HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2993 ORDINANCE NO. �
ORDINANCE APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF CRAWFORD STREET IN THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION
AND MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED
THEREBY.
WHEREAS, by contract dated the day of o
ra 1952, between the City of Fort Worth, es and Texas HZzulizhic
Company, said company agreed to construct certain street improve
ments on the hereinafter described portion of Crawford Street,
to wit:
CRAWFORD STREET, from the northerly line of Morphy
Street to the southerly line of Magnolia Avenue;
and,
WHEREAS, certain lots, tracts or parcels of abutting
property upon the hereinabove described portion of Crawford
Street con stitutes the homesteads of the owners of said
respective properties and Texas Bitulithic Company, although
having exercised its best efforts to obtain mechanics lien
contracts from the owners of said respective lots, tracts or
parcels of property, has been unable to do so and said owners
have not satisfactorily secured Texas Bitulithic Company in
the payment of the sums with which such properties would be
chargeable if the heretofore ordered improvements were con-
structed thereon; and,
WHEREAS, the need and necessity exists for the improving
and paving of that portion of Crawford Street hereinabove
described and in order to have Texas Bitulithic Company construcj
the improvements heretofore ordered, the City of Fort Worth,
Texas must arrange to pay for the improvements to be constructed
In Crawford Street on and/or abutting those certain lots,
tracts or parcels of land which are set out and described in
a certain supplemental contract by and between the City of Fort
Worth, Texas and Texas Bitulithic Company, which said supple-
mental contract has heretofore been executed by Texas Bitulithic
Company, is dated this date and is now before the City Council
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and shows that the cost of
the improvements which are assessed against the lots, tracts or
parcels of land set out therein is $ �� q5 �i?� and,
4 WHEREAS, said supplemental contract has been examined
and found to be in all things correct and proper; THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION I.
The supplemental contract hereinabove mentioned be, and
the same is hereby, adopted and approved.
SECTION II.
The Mayor and City Secretary are hereby directed to
execute said supplemental contract in the name of the City of
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Fort Worth, Texas ;_end to im-r)ress the corr,,orate seal of the
Cit-V thereon.
SECTION III.
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To rovide for the -,-layment of the indebtedness incurred
by the City of Fort 1,1orth by said contract, there
is hereby a-p-.ro-pri�-ted out of avail,,ble funds which have been
set aside for said -Durpose, an amount sufficient to pay the
said indebtedness so incurred.
SECTION IV.
Texas Bitulithic Company be, and is hereby, ordered to
proceed with the construction of the lmy�rovements on and against
those -oarticular parcels of property set out -and described in
said su-ID-clemental contract so th2t the im-Drovements will be
constructed on each and every -portion of that portion of
llraT.,.,ford Street '-ereinabove described.
SECTION V.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
from and after its
H..'33ED "ND This the -3:5-0--e day of's,
A. D. , 1952.
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