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CITY OF FORT WORTH
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE No. 02
(Construction and Maintenance
INTERSTATE PROJECT
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PORTION OF HIGHWAY
NO. Loop 217 IN THE CITY OF Fort Worth, BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING LIMITS, TO WIT: FROM
US HIGHWAY 81 (IH 35-W) TO East City Limits AND FROM West City Limits at Oak Grove Road
TO East City Limits at the Internationa3.. & Oreat Northern Railroad AS A CONTROLLED ACCESS
HIGHWAY AND AS A STREET, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE PROJECT" AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO AFFIX THE CORPORATE SEAL AND ATTEST
THE SAME, A CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, EXISTENCE AND USE OF SAID PROJECT AS A CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY
AND AS A STREET, AND DETERMINING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH
REFERENCE THERETO): AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE
EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
WHEREAS, the public convenience, safety and necessity of the City, and the people of
the City require that the portion of Highway No. Loop 217 from US Highway 81 (IH 35 W) to
East City Limits and from West City Limits at Oak Grove Road to East City Limits at the
International & Great Northern Railroad be constructed, since the existing condition con-
stitutes a serious inconvenience to the public, which it is urgently required to be remedied;
and
WHEREAS, the City has requested the State of Texas to contribute financially in the
project; and
WHEREAS, the State of Texas has made it known to the City that the State will assist
the City in the improvement and maintenance of said project as a street and as a Controlled
Access Highway.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
SECTION 1. That since the public convenience, safety and necessity of the City and the
people of the City require it, said project shall be constructed as a street and as a Con-
trolled Access Highway as defined by House Bill No. 179, Acts 55th Legislature, Regular
Session.
SECTION 2. That the State of Texas be and is hereby authorized to enter upon, construct
and maintain the project at the location and in the manner shown on the construction plans to
be attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A", and made a part hereof in all respects.
SECTION 3. The City Manager be and is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of
the City an agreement and contract with the State of Texas in accordance with and for the
purpose of carr ing out the terms and provisions of this ordinance in the form attached
hereto and marked "Exhibit B". The -City Manager is further authorized to approve and sign
the detailed plans for construction of the project or any section thereof when as such plans
are completed and prior to award of construction contract by the State. The City Secretary
is hereby directed to attest the agreement and contract and to affix the proper seal of the
City thereto.
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SECTION 4. The fact that there is an imperative necessity that the work provided
for in said contract be began and carried out promptlg� and that such contract should
accordingly be forthwith executed] creates a public emergency requiring that this ordi-
nance be passed finally an the date of iYs- introduction, and the Mayor having in writing
declared the existence of such emergency and requested such passage, this ordinance shall
be passed finally on the date of its introduction, this JWX , A.D. 19-W _, and
shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF Tarrant
I, Roy A. Bateman , the duly appointed, qualified and
acting city secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas hereby certify that the forggoing
pages constitute a true and correct copy of an ordinance duly passed by the City Council
at a meeting held on July nth , A.•, 195 8 , at :00 o?clock AtM.
To certify which, witness my hand and seal of the City of Fort Worth , Texas,
this the nth day of July 195_, at Fort Worth, Texas.
City Secretary of the City of
Fort Worth _,Texas