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ORDINANCE NO. 6
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVE-
MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF
LONG AVENUE EXTENSION
AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING TO THE
OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED; DIRECTING
THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING; AND DIRECTING THE
CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE
CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILLING
THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE
CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of 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 im-
proved by raising,grading and filling same and by constructing thereon the following, to-wit:
1. LONG AVENUE EXTENSION: From Decatur Avenue to Deen Road,
-known and designated as Unit 8, Project
No. 104-23000-104, Contract 9, a 7 inch
reinforced concrete on a 6 inch lime
stabilized subgrade on a 64 foot roadway.
2. SCHWARTZ AVENUE: From N. E. 33rd Street to Maydell Avenue,
known and designated as Unit 8-A, Project
No. 104-24000-176, a 7 inch hot mix
asphaltic concrete with a 6 inch lime
stabilized subgrade on a 44 foot roadway.
3. DIXIE STREET: From the West line of Lot 7, Block 2,
Rondell Addition to the East line of Lot
7, Block 2, Rondell Addition, known and
designated as Unit 8-B, Project No.
104-23000-104, Contract 9, a 6 inch hot
mix asphaltic concrete, with 6 inch lime
stabilized subgrade on a 30 foot roadway.
4. N. E. 33rd STREET: From 650 feet West of Deen Road to 670
feet West, known and designated as, Unit
8-C, Project No. 104-23000-104, Contract
9, a 7 inch hot mix asphaltic concrete,
with a 6 inch lime stabilized subgrade
on a 44 foot roadway.
III.
A hearing be given and held by and before the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,Texas,to all own-
ing or claiming any property abutting upon said portions of streets, avenues and public places,as well as to all
owning or claiming any interest in any such property.Such hearing shall be given and held on the 23rd day of
October , 19 67, at 900 A. M., in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of such hearing
and of other matters and facts in accordance with the terms and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called
Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Ses-
sion, now benig shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.Such notice shall be by advertisement
at least three times in a newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth,Texas,the first publication to be made
at least ten days before the date of said hearing.Said notice shall comply with and be in accordance with the
terms and provisions of said Act. The City Secretary is further directed to give personal notice of the time
and place of such hearing to all owning or claiming any property abutting on said portions of streets,avenues
and public places,as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such personal notice
shall be given by the City Secretary mailing said notice postage prepaid, to the respective owners of record of
the properties to be assessed, and to any person owning or claiming any interest in said properties,to the last
known address of said owner or persons. It shall not be necessary for the City Secretary to mail said notices to
any owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed when the addess of such owner
or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed is unknown to the City Secretary and cannot
be determined by the City Secretary after reasonable investigation. In this connection the City Secretary shall
prepare and file with these proceedings a list of the properties to be assessed, the names of those persons own-
ing or claiming any interest in said properties to whom the notice was mailed, together with the last known
address of the respective owners and those persons owning or claiming any interest in said property.
The City Secretary shall certify that each of the parties named in said list whose address was known to
him, was mailed a copy of the notice of hearing and shall further certify the date or dates on which said notice
was mailed. A copy of the notice shall be attached to such certificate. The certificate of the City Secretary will
be conclusive evidence of the facts therein recited. Failure of the City Secretary to give notice of hearing by
mail as herein provided for, or failure of the owners or other persons interested to receive said notice,shall in
nowise invalidate said hearing or any assessments levied pursuant to said hearing, but notice of hearing shall
be sufficient, valid and binding upon all owning or claiming such abutting property or any interest therein when
same shall have been given by newspaper advertisement as first hereinabove provided.
IV.
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.
V.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
Passed and approved this_ - day
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
City of Fort Worth, Texas
.mayor and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Long Avenue PAGE
NUMBER Extension, Unit VIII (CIP A-71) 2
9/25/67 C-1070 1 or
Council action on the project described below is requested.
Project Description
Nature of work: Continuation of Long Avenue Extension from Decatur Avenue to
Deen Road (Unit VIII) is proposed in accordance with the 1967 Capital Improve-
ment Program (CIP A-71). The proposed improvements will include the paving
of Schwartz Avenue from N. E. 33rd to Maydell, a portion of 33rd Street under
the Long Avenue Railroad overpass for channelization purposes and the paving of
180 feet of Dixie Street to connect with Long Avenue.
Unit Street Limits Roadway Width R.O.W.
8 Long Avenue Extension Decatur to Deen 64 feet 115 feet
8-A Schwartz Avenue N.E. 33rd to Maydell 44 feet 100 feet
8-B Dixie Street W. line of Lot 7, Block 2, 30 feet 50 feet
Rondell Add. to E. Line
of Lot 7, Block 2, Rondell
Addition
8-C N.E. 33rd St. 650' West of Deen Road to 44 feet 80 feet
670' West
Submission of Bids
Bidder Amount Bid Working Days
Austin Road, Worth Construction
& C. Cohen, Inc. $467,268.96 200
J. L, Bertram Const. & Eng. Co. 491,894.51 200
Texas Bitulithic Company 498,173.62 200
Project Cost and Financing
Based on the low bid, approximately $29,359.57 will be assessed against abutting
property owners and cost to the city-at-large will be approximately $484,636.29
including engineering and miscellaneous expenses. Sufficient funds are avail-
able in the Long Avenue total project allocation and this contract can be
financed from future bond sales for Long Avenue improvements. ` eC�O�D
Recommendations Q����,11 1�G
It is recommended: SE�RE�NRM
1) That the following Bond Fund Transfer be approved: �• W�RjH, � •
Amount From To Purpose
$21,108.07 Revolving Fund Long Avenue Extension Property owners ' por-
042-10423-901 042-10423-104 tion of construction
cost.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - bong Avenue PAGE
NUMBER Extension Unit VIII (CIP A-71) 2 2
9/25/67 C-1070 of
Amount From To Purpose
$ 8,251.50 Revolving Fund Schwartz Avenue Property owner's portion of
042-10424-901 042-10424-176 construction cost.
17,775.77 Unspecified Pro- Schwartz Avenue City's portion of con-
jects 104-24000-176 struction cost.
104-24000-901
467,000.00 Future Sales Long Avenue Extension City's portion of con-
104-2 3000-104 struction: cost.
2) That an ordinance be adopted:
a) Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements;
b) Making provisions for levying of assessments;
c) Ordering the Public Works Department to prepare estimates of cost and
amounts proposed to be assessed;
d) Awarding the contract to Austin Road, Worth Construction and C. Cohen,
Inc., on its low bid of $467,268.96; and,
e) Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for
improvements to the project named above.
3) That an ordinance be adopted:
a) Approving the estimates of cost and amounts proposed to be assessed; and,
b) Setting October 23, 1967, as the date of the Benefit Hearing.
HDM:ms
The following summaries are attached:
"A" - Resume of the project and summary of the Neighborhood Hearing
"B" - Distribution of cost and results of the Post Card Survey.
EWORTH,
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSI 1 BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
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