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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4692 ORDINANCE NO. � �. rT• WQriT�I,y TfX. AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE M--,SSITY FOR AND ORDERING AND PROVIDING FOB THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF DONNELLY AVENUE' AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIO PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: LETTING CONTRACT TO GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IM- PROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR TEE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE INDEBTEDNESS THEREBY INCURRED; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND THE OWNERS THEREOF FOR A PART OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CMTIFICATES IN EVIDENCE OF SUCH ASS':SSM?NTS; DIRECTING TH7 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY TO PREPARE ESTIMATES; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRn.+,TARY TO FILE A NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; DECLARING THAT THIS GRDI11ANCE AND ALL SUBSEgUENT PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SAID STREET IMPROV NT ARE AND SHALL BC PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF THE FIRST CALLED SESSION OF TIE FORTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OV "_'EXAS, CHAPTER 106, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARTICLE, 1105b OF VERNONIS TF=S CIVIL STATUTES; AND DIRECTING TEV CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE, BY COPYI1G THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILING TIE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE' ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THIS CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Public Works Director for the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has prepared Plans and Specifications for the improvement of the hereinafter described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and same having been examined by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and found to be in all matters and things proper, XMI THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY TIE, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. The hereinafter described Plans and Specifications are hereby approved and adopted. II. There exists a public necessity for the improvement of the hereinafter described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of Fbrt Worth, Texas, to-wit: 1. Donnelly Avenue From Merrick Street to Neville Street, Known and designated as Unit No. 1. 2. Byers Avenue From the East line of Lot 9, Block 15, qusensborough Heights Addition, to Montgomery Street, known and designated as Unit No. 2. 3. Lovell Avenue From Faron Street to Como Avenue, known and designated as Unit No. 3. 4. Lovell Avenue From Bala.sco Street to East end of Street. known and designated as Unit No. 4. _y. 5. Diaz Avenue Flom Halloran Street to Littlepage Street, known and designated as Unit No. 5. 6. Olive Place From Curzon Avenue to Locke Avenue, known and designated as Unit No. 6. 7. Penticost Street From Curzon Avenue to Lovell Avenue, known and designated as Unit No. 7. 8. Degary Street From Locke Avenue to Vickery Blvd. known and designated as Unit No. 8. 9. Diaz Avenue From Fgron Street to Horne. Street, known and designated as Unit No. 9. 10. Diaz Avenue From Horne Street to Halloran Street, known and designated as Unit No. 10. 11. Balasco Street From Vickery Boulevard to Locke Avenue, known and designated as Unit No. 11. Each of the above described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon the following, to-wit., 1. Donnelly Avenue Unit No. 1, 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 361 roadway. 2. Byers Avenue Unit No. 2, 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 301 roadway from Montgomery Street to Owasso Street to the north and a 401 road- way from the east line of Lot 9. Blk. 15, q eeneborough Heights Addition, to Owasso Street to the north. 3. Lovell Avenue Unit No. 3, 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 36t roadway. 4. Lovell Avenue Unit No. 4, l*p Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 3p Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete base course on lop Crushed Limestone Base on 301 roadway. 5. Diaz Avenue Unit No. 5, 6p Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 361 roadway. 6. Olive Place Unit No. 6, 6p Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 301 roadway. 7. Penticost Street Unit No. 7, 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 301 roadway. 8. Degary Street Unit No. 8, 12p Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 3-_tp Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete base course on 10" Crushed Limestone Base on 401 roadway. 9. Diaz Avenue Uait No. 9. 611 Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 36, roadway. -2- 10. Diaz Avenue Unit No. 10, 6n Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 361 roadway. 11. Balasco Street Unit No. 11, 1#s Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement on 3*u Hot-Mix Aphaltic concrete base course on 10* Crushed Limestone Ease on 36, roadway. The above, together with combined concrete curbs and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with storm sewers and drains and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances; all of said improvements to be constructed as and where shown on the Plans and Specifications therefor. IV. The cost of said improvements as herein defined shall be paid for as follows, to-wit: A. The property abutting on that portion of the street, avenue or public place and the real and true owners thereof shall pay all of the cost of curbs and gutters in front of their property and not exceeding nine-tenths (9110ths) of the estimated cost of the remainder of such improvements. B. The City of Port Worth shall pay all of the remainder of the cost of said improvements after deducting the amounts herein specified to be paid by the abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof as set out in subsection A. The amounts payable by the abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof shall be assessed against such properties and the real and true owners thereof and shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such properties and a personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, and shall be payable as follows, to-wit; When the improvements are completed and accepted by the City on a parti- cular unit, the sums assessed against property abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall be and become payable in five (5) equal installments, due respectively on or be- fore thirty (30) days, and one (1), two (2). three (3), and four (4) years from the date of such completion and acceptance, and the assessments against the property abutting upon the remaining units shall be and become due and payable in such installments after the date of completion and acceptance of such respective unit. The entire amount assessed against the particular parcels of property shall bear interest from the date of such completion and acceptance of the improvements on the unit upon which the particular property abuts at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually except as to interest on the first installment, which shall be due and payable on the date said installment matures, provided that any owner shall have the right to pay any and all of such installment at any time be- fore maturity by paying principal with interest accrued to the date of payment, and further provided if default be made in the payment of any installment promptly as the same matures, then at the option of the City of Port Worth or its assigns, the entire amount of the assessment upon which such default is made shall be and become immediately due and payable; but it is specifically provided that no assessment shall in any case be made against any property or any owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to property in the enhanced value thereof by means of said improvements in the unit upon which the particular property abuts, as ascertained at the hearing provided by the law in force in the City, nor shall any assessment be made in any case until after notice and hearing as provided by law, Said assessments against the respective lots and parcels of property and owners thereof shall be evidenced by certificates of a special assessment which shall be executed in the name of the City of Port Worth, PR09ID8D, however, that acting through its duly authorized Director of Public Works, the City of Fort Worth retaining the right to authorize payment of the sums assessed against abutting property upon such completed and accepted unit in not more than forty-eight equal regular monthly installments of not less thsa $9.00 each, the first of such installments to become due and payable not more than 30 days after the completion and acceptance by the City of the particular unit, PROVIDED FMTMM, that the City Attorney is hereby empowered to authorize payments of said sums in lesser installments and/or over a longer period of time in cases in which the Director of Public Works has previously determined that an extreme financial hardship upon the property owner will otherwise result; and -3- PROVIDED FURTHER, that such method of payments shall be authorized only in instance$ where the owner or owners of property abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall have executed and delivered to the City of Fort Worth a lawful, valid and binding note and mechanic's and materialman+s contract upon forms supplied by the City granting a mechaaicle lien upon and conveying the said abutting property in trust to secure the payment by said owner or owners according to the terms thereof of the sums assessed against such property. V. The assessments against the respective lots and parcels of property and the owners thereof shall be evidenced by certificates of special assessment, which shall be executed in the name of the City by the Mayor of said City and the City Secretary shall attest the same and impress the corporate seal of the City thereon, and which may have attached thereto coupons in evidence of the several installments, or in evidence of any of the installments in which the assessment is payable, which certificates shall be issued to the City of Fort Worth, shall recite the terms and time of payment, the amount of the assessment, the description of the property, and the name of the owners, as far as known, and shall contain such other recitals as may be pertinent thereto, and shall further re- cite substantially that all proceedings with reference to the making of such improvements have been regularly had in compliance with law, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the property described in said certificates and the personal liability of the owners thereof, have been regularly had, done and performed, and such re- citals shall be prima facia evidence of the matters so recited, and no further proof shall be required in any court, and the said certificates shall provide substantially that if default be made in,the payment of any installment promptly as the same matures, then, at the option of the City of Fbrt Worth, or its assigns, the entire amount of the assessment shall be and become immediately due and payable, together with reasonable attorneys fees and costs of collection, if incurred, all of which, as well as the principal and, interest on the assessment, shall be a first and prior lien against the property, superior to all other liens and claims except State, County, School District, and City ad valorem taxes. No error or mistake incoming any owner or in describing any property or in any other matter or thing, shall invalidate any assessment or any certificate issued in evidence thereof, and the omission of improvements on any particular unit or in front of any property exempt by law from the lien of special assessment for street improvements shall not invalidate any ass- essment levied. The certificates referred to need not contain recitals in exactly the words above provided for, but the substance thereof shall suffice, and they may contain other and additional recitals pertinent thereto. VI. Bids having been advertised for as required by Article 110$b of the re- vised civil statutes of Texas, and the bid of General Construction Company, having been found to be the lowest and best bid for the making and construction of said improvements, the contract therefore is hereby awarded to General Construction Company, at and for the prices stated in the proposal of said comparW and as reported and recommended by the Public Works Department, which said report and recommendation is on file with the City, the City Manager, and City Secretary are hereby directed to execute the said contract in the name of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and to impress the corporate seal of the City thereon, the said contract embracing, among other things, the prices :br the work. VII. To provide for the payment of the indebtedness incurred by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, by said contract, there is hereby appropriated out of available funds and current revenues of the City, an amount sufficient to pay said indebtedness so incurred. VIII. The improvements provided for herein shall be made and constructed, notice given, hearing held and assessments levied and all proceedings taken and had in accordance with and under the terms of the powers and provisions of Chapter 106 of the Acts of the First Called Session of the Fbrtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, now shown as Article 1105b of Vernonts Texas Civil Statutes, which law has been adopted as an ammendment to and made a part of the Charter of the City of Fbrt Worth, Texas, and under which law these proceedings are taken and had. -4- IX. Each unit above described shall be and constitute a separate and independent unit of improvement and the assessments herein provided for shall be made for the improvements in each unit according to the cost of the improvements in that unit and according to the benefits arising from the improvements in that unit. Z. In making assessments, if the name of the owner be unknown, it shall be sufficient to so state the fact, and if any property be owned by an estate or by any firm or corporation, it shall be sufficient to so state, and it shall not be necessary to give the correct name of the owner, but the real and true owners of the property mentioned shall be liable and the assessments against the property shall be valid. %I. The Director of Public Works of the City of Fbrt Worth, Texas, be and he is hereby, ordered and directed to file with the City Council, estimates of the cost of such improvements in each unit, in accordance with the terms of the powers and provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, XI I. The City Secretary is directed to prepare, sign and file with the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, a notice in accordance with the provisions of the Act Passed at the Fifth Called Session of the Fbrty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, and shown as Chapter 21 of the Acts of said Session of the Legislature, said Act having been passed in the year 1930, and now being shown as Article 1220a of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. SIII. The City Secretary is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of same in the Minute Book of the City Council and by filing the complete ordinance in the appropriate Ordinance Records of this City. %IV. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DSY OF 196 0?• 1/7 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney -5- Y OF FORT W(TRrrH t-.r. raw� CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS �* THE SUBJECT MITTE?t OF THIS M. C.C. TEXAS WAS PRESENTED 00 THE CITY COUNCIL AUG 6 OFFICIAL RECOR 182 AND WA.S L�AFFAP$�Vf9E CITY MANA ER Communication to Mayo and Council No. �O�O���t A r�°_ FT. RT August 6, 1962 City Secretary Honorable Mayor and Re: Assessment Paving at Eleven Members of the City Council Locations on West Side, Project City of Fort Worth 94-B4-31 1962 yCIP A-119 Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen: ?/— ; / 4 Petitions have been received requesting the pa ng of the following street on an assessment basis: STREET NAME LIMITS ROADWAY WIDTH Donnelly Avenue Merri k St. to Neville Street 361 Byers Avenue Doroi ► Lane to Montgomery Street 301 & 401 Lovell Avenue Faron treet to Como Avenue # 36' Lovell Avenue Balasco Street to Fast End of Street 30f Diaz Avenue Halloran St. to Littlepage Street # 36, Olive Place Curzon Avenue to Locke Avenue 341 Penticost Street Curzon Avenue to Locke Avenue 301 Degary Street Locke Avenue to Vickery Boulevard 401 Diaz Avenue Faron Street to Horne Street * 36t Diaz Avenue Horne Street to Halloran Street * 36, Balasco Street Vickery Boulevard to Locke Avenue 36, These streets are recommended for 36 foot roadways to conform with the present roadway widths and existing improvements. These streets have an 80-foot right-of-way and the existing pattern in this area is for a 36 foot roadway. (M&C G-187). Byers Avenue from Owasso to Montgomery serves an industrially zoned area. For this reason, a 40-foot roadway on the existing 95-foot right- of-way is recommended. From Owasso to Dorothy Lane.i, Byers serves a residential area, and a 30-foot roadway on the existing 60-foot right-of- way is recommended. Degary Street is an industrially zoned area, and serves as a feeder street for the Fast-West Freeway; therefore, it is being paved with com- mercial type pavement. A 40-foot roadway is recommended to conform with the existing improvements. A portion of this street was recently paved on a 40-foot roadway width (M&C PW1-99 and G1-118). OFFICIAL RECORD M&C PW-1182 CITY SECRETARY August 6, 1962 FL WORTH, TD(. Page Two. Balasco Street is an industrially zoned area and is being paved with commercial type pavement. A 36-foot roadway width is recommen- ded to conform with the existing improvements. A portion of this street was recently paved on a 36-foot roadway width (M&C PW1-99) and G1-118). Tht petition on this street was received after the 1962 Capital Improvement Program was prepared, but was included in this project which is composed o streets in one general area. Bids were received on June 26, 1962, and the following is a tabulation of the bids submitted for construction of this project: BIDDER BID QUOTATION General Construction Company $81,515.85 R. W. Gibbins, Inc. 82,137.44 Glade Construction Company 82,637.37 W. E. Brittain 83,705.16 Texas Bitulithic Company 85,413.96 It is recommended that the following action be taken: 1. An ordinance be adopted declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements; making provisions for the levying of assess- ments; directing the Public Works Department to prepare estimates of cost and amounts to be assessed; awarding the contract to General Construction Co. on its low bid of $81,515.85; and making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements of the streets named above. 2. An ordinance be adopted approving the estimatbi' of cost and amounts proposed to be assessed; and setting August 20, 1962" as the date for the benefit hearing. 3. Approve the following Bond Fund Transfers to provide funds for the City's construction and engineering costs and the property owners' assessments: AMOUNT FROM TO $24,081.47 94-B4-901 Unspecified 94-B4--31, 11 Locations Assessment Paving on West Side Projects #65,434.38 Assessment Paving Revolving Fund, Reserve Revolving Fund fdF A6sessment Paving, Project No. 94-B4-31• 7Re p c 1 v sub itted, LPC:mm L. P. Cookingham City Manager