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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6563 ORDINANCE NO. 495--Allao'3- ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OK — CAROL AVENUE AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: FIXING CHARGES AND LIENS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY THEREON, AND AGAINST THE OWNERS THEREOF: PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFI- CATES IN EVIDENCE WHEREOF: RESERVING UNTO THE CITY COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO ALLOW CREDITS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THE RESPECTIVE ASSESSMENT TO THE EXTENT OF ANY CREDIT GRANTED: DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO EN- GROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH, AND BY FILING THE ORDINANCE IN THE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF SAID CITY: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinafter described portions of streets, avenues and public.places in the City of Fort Worth,Texas, be improved by raising,grading, or filling same and by constructing thereon to-wit: UNIT 9-A: CAROL AVENUE From 75' West of Burger Street to 110' East of Burger Street, known and designated as Unit 9-A, Project No. 104-24000-204, to be improved with six-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be thirty feet wide, and by constructing six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveways where specified. UNIT. 9-B: WILLS POINT COURT From Carol Avenue to 57.5' North, known and designated as Unit 9-B, Project No. 104-24000- 204, to be improved with six-inch thick hot- mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick reinforced cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen- inch wide concrete gutter, so that the fin- ished roadway will be twenty feet wide, and by constructing six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveways where specified. � 3 The above,together with combined concrete curbs and gutter on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with storm drains and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances; all of said improve- ments are to be, so constructed as and where shown on the plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor: and contract has been made and entered into with AUSTIN .ROAD COMPANY for the making and construction of such improvements on the above said portion of streets, avenues and public places. WHEREAS, estimates of the cost of the improvements of each such.portion of streets, avenues and public places were prepared and filed and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City, and a time and place was fixed for a hearing and the proper notice of the time, place and purpose.of said hearing was given and said hearing was had and held at the time"and place fixed therefor, to-wit, on the 7th day of October 19 71 9s30 A,M. , in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and at such hearing the following protests and objections were made, to-wit: protested that protested that protested that protested that _protested that _ protested that _ -- --------._--protested that -._-_— --- ---.-----protested that protested that _protested that r � , and said hearing was continued to the present time in order to more fully accomplish the purposes thereof, and all desiring to be heard were given full and fair opportunity to be heard,and the City Council of the City having, fully considered all proper matter, is of the opinion that the said hearing should be closed and assessments should be made and levied as herein ordered: NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. Said hearing be, and the same is hereby, closed and the said protest and objections, and any and all other protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or or not, be and the same are hereby, overruled. II. The City Council, from the evidence, finds that the assessments herein levied should be made and levied against the respective parcels of property abutting upon the said portions of streets, avenues and public places and against the owners of such property, and that such assessments and charges are right and proper and are substantially in proportion to the benefits to the respective parcels of property by means of the improvements in the unit for which such assessments are levied, and establish substantial justice and equality and uniformity between the respective owners of the respective properties, and between all parties concerned, considering the benefits received and burdens imposed, and further finds that in each case the abutting property assessed is specially benefited in enhanced value to the said property by means of the said improvements in the unit upon which the particular property abuts and for which assessment is levied and charge made, in a sum in excess of the said assessment and charge made against the same by this ordinance, and further finds that the apportion- ment of the cost of the improvements is in accordance with the law in force in this City, and the proceedings of the City heretofore had with reference to said improvements, and is in all respects valid and regular. III. There shall be, and is hereby, levied and assessed against the parcels of property herein below mentioned, and against the real and true owners thereof (whether such owners be correctly named herein or not) the sums of money itemized below opposite the description of the respective parcels of property and the several amounts assessed against the same, and the owners thereof, as far as such owners are known, being as follows: IV. Where more than one person, firm or corporation owns an interest in any property above described, each said person, firm or corporation shall be personally liable only for its, her or his pro rata of the total assessment against such property in proportion as its, his or her respective interest bears to the total ownership of such property, and its, his or respective interest in such property may be released from the assessment lien upon pay- ment of such proportionate sum. V. The several sums above mentioned and assessed against the said parcels of property, and the owners thereof, and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent (61/(-) per annum, together with reasonable attorney's fees and costs of collection, if incurred, are hereby declared to be and are made a lien upon the respective parcels of property against which the same are assessed, and a personal liability and charge against the real and true owners of such property, whether such owners be correctly named herein or not, and the said liens shall be and constitute the first enforceable lien and claim against the property on which such assessments are levied, and shall be a first and paramount lien thereon, superior to all other liens and claims, except State, County, School District and City ad valorem taxes. The sums so assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof shall be and become due and payable as follows, to-wit: in five (5) equal installments, due respectively on or before thirty (30) days, one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years from the date of completion and acceptance of the improvements in the respective unit, 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 the completion and acceptance of such respective units, and shall bear interest from said date at the rate of six per cent (6�(_) per annum, payable annually with each install- ment, except as to the first installment, which shall be due and payable at the maturity thereof, so that upon the completion and acceptance of the improvements in a particular unit, assessments against the property abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall be and become due and payable in such installments, and with interest from the date of such completion and acceptance. Provided, however, that any owner shall have the right to pay the entire assessment, or any installment thereof, before maturity by payment of principal and accrued interest, and provided further that if default shall be made in the payment of principal or interest promptly as the same matures, then the entire amount of the assessment upon which such default is made shall, at the option of said City of Fort Worth, or its assigns, be and become immediately due and payable, and shall be collectable, together with reasonable attorney's fees and cost of collection, if incurred, PROVIDED, however, that acting through its duly authorized Director of Public Works the City of Fort Worth retains the right to authorize payment of the sums assesed against abutting property upon such completed and accepted unit in not more than forty-eight (48) equal regular monthly installments of not less than $9.00 each, the first of such installments to become due and payable not more than thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance by the City of the particular unit. PROVIDED FURTHER, that the City Attorney is hereby empowered to authorize payments of said sums of 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 PROVIDED FURTHER, that such method of payments shall be authorized only in instances 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 mechanic's 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. VI. If default shall be made in the payment of any assessment, collection thereof shall be enforced either by the sale of the property by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City as near as possible in the same man- ner provided for the sale of property for the non-payment of ad valorem taxes, or at the option of the City of Fort Worth, or its assigns, payment of said sums shall be enforced by suit in any court of competent jurisdic- tion, or as provided in any mechanic's or materialman's contract as aforesaid, and said City shall exercise all of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said assessments. d Said certificates shall further recite that the City of Fort Worth, Texas shall exercise all of its lawful powers, when requested so to do, to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, and may contain recitals sub- stantially in accordance with the above and other additional recitals pertinent or appropriate thereof, and it shall not be necessary that the recitals be in the exact form above set forth, but the substance thereof shall be sufficient. The fact that such improvements may be omitted on any portion of any of said units adjacent to any premises exempt from the lien of such assessments shall not in anywise invalidate, affect or impair the lien of such assessments upon other premises. X. Full power to make and levy reassessments and to correct mistakes, errors, invalidities or irregularities, either in the assessments or in the certificates issued in evidence thereof,is,in accordance with the law in force in this City,vested in the City. XI. All assessments levied are a personal liability and charge against the real and true owners of the premises described, notwithstanding such owners may not be named, or may be incorrectly named. XII. The assessments so levied are for the improvements in the particular unit upon which the property described abuts, and the assessments for the improvements in any unit are in nowise affected by the improve- ments or assessments in any other unit, and in making assessments and in holding said hearing, the amounts assessed for improvements in any one unit have been in nowise connected with the improvements or the assess- ments therefor in any other unit. XIII. The assessments levied are made and levied under and by virtue of the terms, powers and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session and now shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which Act has been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. XIV. 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 of Fort Worth, Texas, and by filing the complete Ordinance in the appro- priate Ordinance Records of said City. XV. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and it is so ordained. 04 PASSED AND APPROVED this— day of 7 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: o i City Attorney PROJECT NO. 104-24000-204, UNIT 9-A; CAROL AVENUE FROM 75' WEST OF BURGER STREET TO 110' EAST OF BURGER STREET, to be improved with six-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pave- ment on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be thirty feet wide, and by constructing six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveways where specified. BLOCK OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT BEGINNING AT 75' WEST OF BURGER STREET ON CAROL AVENUE NORTH SIDE OF STREET WHITMORE COURT ADDITION Cora Gardner 17 B 80.6' Pavement $4.06 $327.24 5600 Fletcher Res. 80.6' Curb & Gutter 2.44 196.66 $523.90 Adjusted by Council Action, 10-7-71 (M&C ) $ 250.00 Gladys Kirvin 15 C 95' Pavement $4.06 $385.70 2519 Birdell Res. 95' Curb & Gutter 2.44 231.80 76105 41 Sq. Ft. Drive .85 34.85 $652.35 Adjusted by Council Action, 10-7-71 (M&C ) $ 250.00 PROPERTY OWNERS COST - ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . $ 500.00 PROJECT NO. 104-24000-204, UNIT 9-B: WILLS POINT COURT FROM CAROB, AVENUE TO 57.5' NORTH, to be improved with six-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick reinforced cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be twenty feet wide, and by constructing six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveways where specified. BLOCK OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAROL AVENUE AND WILLS POINT COURT WEST SIDE OF STREET WHITMORE COURT ADDITION Cora Gardner 17 B 57.5' Pavement $3.21 $184.58 5600 Fletcher Res. 41.5' Curb & Gutter 2.44 101.26 $285.84 Adjusted by Council Action, 10-7-71 (M&C ) See Unit 9-A PROPERTY OWNERS COST - ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . See Unit 9-A r� City of Fort Worth, Texas Ti,s Mayor and Council Communication MATSON DOBBS DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Continuation of Benefit Hearing- PACE NUMBER Assessment Paving of 11 Locations on the Iof 2 t� M 10/11/71 G-1834 East Side ✓ On September 20, 1971, the Benefit Hearing for Assessment Paving of 11 Loca- tions of East Side, Unit 9, 9A and 9B (Project No. 104-24000-204) was con- tinued on Lot 17, Block B and Lot 15, Block C, Whitmore Court Addition, so that the enhancement due to the improvement of Carol Avenue and a portion of Wills Point Court could be reviewed. An independent land appraiser was employed by the City to furnish an appraisal of the enhancement of the four corner lots located at the Carol Avenue and Burger Street intersection. The following is a comparison of the normal proposed assessments, in accord- ance with the paving policies, versus estimated increase in land value: Independent Normal Appraiser's Proposed Estimated Item Total Land Value Differ- No. Owner Lot Assessment Increase ential Sunrise Addition 1 J. Z. Johnson S. 55' of $887.80 $1,000.00 +$112.20 1724 Lloyd Avenue N. 110' of 1 2 Ola Mae Gillia.rd S. 50' of $975.00 $1,000.00 +$125.00 1215 E. 12th Street N. 100' of 5 Whitmore Court Addition 3 Cora Gardner 17 $809.74 $ 250.00 -$559.74 5600 Fletcher 4 Gladys Kirvin 15 $652.35 $ 250.00 -$375.35 2519 Birdell It is the opinion of the appraiser that Items 3 and 4 will receive only limited benefits due to their small size. Recommendation It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted closing the hearing and levying the assessments as indicated below: • ! DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Continuation of Benefit Hearing- PAGE NUMBER Assessment Paving of 11 Locations on th 2 of 2 10/11/71 G-1834 East Side Original Revised Owner Lot Assessment Assessment Cora Gardner 17 $809.74 $250.00 5600 Fletcher 76107 Gladys Kirvin 15 $652.35 $250.00 2519 Birdell 76105 RNL:ms Attachment: Excerpt of Plan SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY tl-APPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE) CITY SECRETARY DATE CITY MANAGER