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ORDINANCE NO. ��
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH V OF ORDINANCE 4072
PASSED ON THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 1959, SO AS TO AUTHOR-
IZE THE CITY ENGINEER (PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR) TO INCLUDE
IN THE ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING
PREPARED BY HIM THE COST OF CERTAIN WORK AND MATERIALS
TO BE PERFORMED PURSUANT TO BID ITEMS 2.3 THROUGH 2.24
OF THE BID OF LEWIS AND LEWIS AND TO CREDIT THE AMOUNTS
TO BE PAID BY THE CITY FOR SUCH WORK AND MATERIALS
AGAINST THAT PORTION OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS
WHICH THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PAY UNDER APPLICABLE LAW
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth has
heretofore by Ordinance 4072 duly passed and enacted on the 27th
day of March, 1959, accepted the bid of LEWIS AND LEWIS for the
construction-\of certain street improvements, and accepted the bid
of FIRST OF TEXAS CORPORATION to act as Fiscal Agent for the City
in connection with such improvements, and authorized the City Man-
ager to enter into contracts with LEWIS AND LEWIS and with FIRST
OF TEXAS CORPORATION, and appropriated funds for the purpose of
satisfying said contracts; and
WHEREAS, in Paragraph V of said ordinance, the Public
Works Director (City Engineer and the Fiscal Agent were instruct-
ed to begin the preparation of an engineer's estimate of cost of
the street improvements in each unit and a property owners' roll;
and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director (City Engineer) was,
in Paragraph V of said ordinance, instructed to include no part of
the Fiscal Agent's fee nor any part of bid items 2.3 through 2.24
in the costs to be assessed against the owners of abutting proper-
ties and their properties; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council that in
computing the percentage of the cost of the improvements which is
to be paid by the City of Fort Worth, that the amount to be paid
by the City for payment of the work and materials to be done pur-
suant to bid items 2.3 through 2.24 of the bid of Lewis and Lewis
may at the option of the Public Works Director (City Engineer) be
credited against that portion of such cost which the City is re-
quired to pay under applicable law; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
That the last sentence of Paragraph V of Ordinance 4072
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "In repar-
ing such estimate the City Engineer {Public Works Director shall
include no part of the fee of the Fiscal Agent nor any part of
the cost of engineering but he may include the cost of the work
and materials called for in bid items 2.3 through 2.24, contained
in the bid of Lewis and Lewis. The City shall pay the entire cost
of the work and materials embodied in such bid items, but the City
Engineer (Public Works Director) may at his option credit the cost
of such items to be so paid by the City against that portion of
the cost of the improvements which the City is required to pay
under applicable law." Except as herein specifically amended,
Ordinance 4072 shall continue in full force and effect, and the
provisions thereof are hereby ratified and confirmed.
APPROVED AS�TO/>FORM AND LEGALITY:
�� by yA Attorney
ORDINANCE
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Final AdpPtion
Published,
Filed 'nay Qf ^,19
City Secretary
P. 0."No. 14069-A