HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6008 ORDINANCE NO. 7
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING AND PROVIDING
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF SOUTH HENDERSON
AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS,
AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; LETTING CON-
TRACT TO SRO ASPHALT, INC. AND FOR THE
MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION;
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 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 IMPROVE-
MENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES IN EVIDENCE OF SUCH
ASSESSMENTS; DIRECTING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY TO PREPARE
ESTIMATES; DIRECTING THE CITY SICRETARY TO FILE A NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF
THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; DECLARING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SAID STREET
IMPROVEMENT ARE AND SHALL BE PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF THE FIRST CALLED SES-
SION OF THE FORTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CHAPTER 106; COM-
MONLY KNOWN AS ARTICLE 1105b OF VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES AS AMENDED
BY ACTS 1967, 60TH LEGISLATURE, PAGE 365, CHAPTER 176, SECTION 1, EMER-
GENCY EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 1967; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS
AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE
BOOKS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPRO-
PRIATE 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 improvements of the hereinafter described portions of streets,
avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and same having been ex-
amined by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and found to be in all mat-
ters and things proper, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE 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
Fort Worth, Texas, to-wit:
Unit 1: South Henderson From Broadus Street to Seminary Drive,
known and designated as Unit 1, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 2: West Allen Street From Enderly Place to Eighth Avenue,
known and designated as Unit 2, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 3: Bryan Avenue From Magnolia Avenue to Morphy Street,
known and designated as Unit 3, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 4: Fifth Avenue From Beddell Street to Gambrell Street,
known and designated as Unit 4, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 5: Morphy Street From South Main Street to Crawford Street,
known and designated as Unit 5, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 6: Baldwin Avenue From Broadus Street to Seminary Drive,
known and designated as Unit 6, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 7: Baldwin Avenue From Seminary Drive to Flint Street,
known and designated as Unit 7, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 8: Fuller Street From James Avenue to Stanley Avenue,
known and designated as Unit 8, Project
No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 9: Joyce Drive From North Line Lot 12, Block 10, High-
land Homes Addition to U. S. Highway 80
West, known and designated as Unit 9,
Project No. 104-24000-181.
Unit 10: Sandage Avenue From North Line of Lot 5, Block 18, to
North Line of Lot 4, Block 18, Prospect
Heights Addition, known and designated
as Unit 10, Project No. 104-24000-181.
11Io
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-.
Unit 1: South Henderson Street From Broadus Street to Seminary Drive,
known and designated as Unit 1, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by con-
structing a six-inch thick hot-mix asphal-
tic concrete pavement on a lime stabilized
subgrade, with seven-inch high reinforced
concrete curbs and two-foot wide reinforced
concrete gutters, and by reconstructing an
existing driveway to proper alignment and
grade, and by constructing five-inch thick
concrete sidewalks where specified, so that
the finished street will consist of one
thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 2: West Allen Street From Enderly Place to Eighth Avenue,
known and designated as Unit 2, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by recon-
structing existing sidewalk and curb and
gutter to proper alignment and grade where
specified, and by constructing a six-inch
thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
on a lime stabilized subgrade, with seven-
inch high reinforced concrete curbs and
two-foot wide reinforced concrete gutters,
on the south half of West Allen Street from
Enderly Place to the east line of Lot 1,
Block E2, Enderly Park Addition, and by con-
structing a six-inch thick concrete drive-
way, so that the finished street will con-
sist of one twenty-six foot wide roadway.
Unit 3: Bryan Avenue From Magnolia Avenue to Morphy Street,
known and designated as Unit 3, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by con-
structing a six-inch thick hot-mix asphal-
tic concrete pavement on a lime stabilized
subgrade, with seven-inch high reinforced
concrete curbs and two-foot wide reinforced
concrete gutters, and by reconstructing ex-
isting sidewalks and driveways to proper
alignment and grade where specified, and by
constructing five-inch thick concrete side-
walks and six-inch thick concrete driveways
where specified, so that the finished street
will consist of one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 4: Fifth Avenue From Beddell Street to Gambrell Street,
known and designated as Unit 4, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by con-
structing a six-inch thick hot-mix asphal-
tic concrete pavement on a lime stabilized
subgrade, with seven-inch high reinforced
concrete curbs and two-foot wide reinforced
concrete gutters, and by reconstructing an
existing driveway to proper alignment and
grade, so that the finished street will
consist of one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 5: Morphy Street From South Main Street to Crawford Street,
known and designated as Unit 5, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by con-
structing a six-inch thick hot-mix asphal-
tic concrete pavement on a lime stabilized
subgrade, with seven-inch high reinforced
concrete curbs and two-foot wide reinforced
concrete gutters, and by reconstructing ex-
isting sidewalks and driveways to proper
alignment and grade where specified, and by
constructing five-inch thick concrete side-
walks and six-inch thick concrete driveways
where specified, so that the finished street
will consist of one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 6: Baldwin Avenue From Broadus Street to Seminary Drive,
known and designated as Unit 6, Project
No. 104-24000-181: to be improved by con-
structing a six-inch thick hot-mix asphal-
tic concrete pavement on a lime stabilized
subgrade, with seven-inch high reinforced
concrete curbs and two-foot wide reinforced
concrete gutters, and by constructing five-
inch thick concrete sidewalks and six-inch
thick concrete driveways where specified,
so that the finished street will consist of
one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 7: Baldwin Avenue From Seminary Drive to Flint Street, known
and designated as Unit 7, Project No. 104-
24000-181: to be improved by constructing
a six-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete
pavement on a lime stabilized subgrade, with
seven-inch high reinforced concrete curbs
and two-foot wide reinforced concrete gut-
ters, and by reconstructing existing side-
walks and driveways to proper alignment and
grade where specified, and by constructing
six-inch thick concrete driveways where
specified, so that the finished street will
consist of one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 8: Fuller Street From James Avenue to Stanley Avenue, known
and designated as Unit 8, Project No. 104-
24000-181: to be improved by constructing
a six-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete
pavement on a lime stabilized subgrade,
with seven-inch high reinforced concrete
curbs and two-foot wide reinforced concrete
gutters, and by reconstructing existing
sidewalks to proper alignment and grade
where specified, and by constructing five-
inch thick concrete sidewalks where speci-
fied, so that the finished street will con-
sist of one thirty-foot wide roadway.
Unit 9: Joyce Drive From the North Line of Lot 12, Block 10,
Highland Homes Addition to U. S. Highway
80 West, known and designated as Unit 9,
Project No. 104-24000-181: to be improved
by constructing a six-inch thick hot-mix
asphaltic concrete pavement on a lime sta-
bilised subgrade, with seven-inch high re-
inforced concrete curbs and two-foot wide
reinforced concrete gutters, and by con-
structing six-inch thick concrete drive-
ways where specified, so that the finished
street will consist of one forty-foot wide
roadway.
Unit 10: Sandage Avenue From the North Line of Lot 5, Block 18,
to the North Line of Lot 4, Block 18,
Prospect Heights Addition, (East side of
street only), known and designated as Unit
10, Project No. 104-24000-181: to be im-
proved by constructing a seven-inch high
reinforced concrete curb and a two-foot
wide reinforced concrete gutter, and by
constructing a six-inch thick concrete
driveway.
The above, together with concrete curbs, gutters, driveways and incidentals
to such improvements, 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 (9/10ths) of the
estimated cost of the remainder of such improvements.
B. The City of Fort 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 there-
of and shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such properties and a personal
liability of the real and true owners there of and shall be payable to-wit:
When the improvements are completed and accepted by the City on a particular
unit, the sums assessed against property abutting upon such completed and accepted
units shall be and become payable in five (5) equal installments, due respectively
on or before 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 pro-
perty 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 (6%) percent 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 before
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 Fort .Worth or its assigns, the entire
amount of the assessment upon which such default is made shall be and become immedi-
ately due and payable; but it is specifically provided that no assessments 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 pro-
vided by the law in force in the City, nor shall any assessment be made in any case
until after notice of 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 Fort Worth, PROVIDED, however, that acting through its duly authorized Director
of Public Works, the City of Fort Worth retaining the right to authorized 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 than
$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 FURTHER, 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 PROVIDED FURTHER, that
such method of payment 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.
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 recite substantially that all pro-
ceedings 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 Fort Worth, or its assigns, the entire
amount of the assessment shall be and become immediately due and payable, together
with reasonable attorney's 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 in naming
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 in-
validate any assessment levied. The certificates referred to need not contain
recitals in exactly the works 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 1105b of the re-
vised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the bid of SRO ASPHALT, INC.
having been found to be the lowest and
best bid for the making and construction of said improvements, the contract there-
fore is hereby awarded to SRO ASPHALT, INC.
, at and for the prices stated in the Proposal
of said company 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 the
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 for 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 assessment 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 Fortieth Legislature of the State of
Texas, now known as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended,
which law has been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of the Charter of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and under which law these proceedings are taken
and had.
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.
X.
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.
XI.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Fort 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.
XII.
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 Forty-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 known as Article 1220a of
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
XIII.
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.
XIV.
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 19
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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R•A B. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Assessment PAGE
NUMBER Paving of 10 Locations on the
cRnwuw 10/7/68 C-1330 1 or 3
South Side
Council action on the project described below is requested.
Project Description
Nature of work: Assessment Paving on 10 Locations on the South Side as
follows:
ROADWAY
UNIT STREET LIMITS WIDTH R.O.W.
1 South Henderson Broadus Street to 30' 50'
Seminary Drive
2 West Allen Street Enderly Place to 26' 50'
Eighth Avenue
3 Bryan Avenue Magnolia Avenue to 30' 0'
Morphy Street
4 Fifth Avenue Beddell Street to iv � 0'
Gambrell Street
5 Morphy Street South Main to 30' 44'
Crawford
6 Baldwin Avenue Broadus Street to 30' 50'
Seminary Drive
7 Baldwin Avenue Seminary Drive to 30' 50'
Flint Street
8 Fuller Street James Avenue to 30' 60'
Stanley Avenue
9 Joyce Drive North Line Lot 12, 40' 60'
Block 10 to Hwy. 80
10 Sandage Street North Line Lot 5, 30' 60'
Block 18 to North Line
Lot 4, Block 18
Sidewalks are included on Units 1, 3, 5, 6 and 8 to divide and protect
pedestrian traffic from vehicular traffic and to tie in with existing side-
walks in the area.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Assessment PAGE
NUMBER
10/7/68 Paving of 10 Locations on the 2 3
C-1330 _ South Side °f
Submission of Bids
The following bids have been received.
Bidder Amount of Bid
SRO Asphalt, Inc. $89,121.00
Texas Bitulithic Co. 94,092.00
Austin Road Co. and Worth Construction Co. 94,590.00
Total Working Days: 75
Project Cost and Financing
Based on the low bid, approximately $48,741.68 will be ass 66ed against
abutting property owners. The cost to the City-at-large ill be approxikatfely
$49,291.42, including engineering. A bond fund transfer r6m Unspecified-
Funds is proposed to provide for the City's portion of th cost of the project.
Request for Immediate Work Order, Units 1 and 6 ~
The normal procedure on assessment paving projects is to award the construc-
tion contract, one month later hold the benefit hearing and then issue the
'work order.
Big Tex Building and Development Company entered into Community Facilities
Contract No. 5923 with the City of Fort Worth on December 22, 1967. This
contract provided for the assessment paving of South Henderson and Baldwin
Avenue as other property owners were involved. The apartment project is
complete and the final loan cannot be closed until the paving is complete.
Therefore it is proposed to issue a work order immediately on Units 1 and 6.
Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1) The following Bona Fund Transfers be approved:
Amount From To Reason
$48,741.68 Revolving Fund 10 Locations on Property owners' portion
042-09724-901 the South Side of construction cost
042-10424-181
$49,500.00 Unspecified Projects 10 Locations on City's portion of con-
104-24000-901 the South Side struction, engineering
104-24000-181 and miscellaneous cost
2) An ordinance be adopted:
a) Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements;
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Assessment PAGE
NUMBER Paving of 10 Locations on the 3 3
10/7/68 C-1330 South Side of
b) Making provisions for levying assessments;
c) Directing the Public Works Department to prepare estimates
of costs and amounts to be assessed;
d) Awarding a contract to SRO Asphalt, Inc. in the amount of
$89,121.00;
e) Making appropriations. to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred
for improvements of the project named above.
3) An ordinance be adopted:
a) Approving the estimates of cost and amounts proposed to
be assessed; and,
b) Setting November 4, 1968, as the date of the benefit hearing.
HDM:ms
e following summaries are attached:
"A" - Distribution of costs and assessments and results of
Poll Card Survey.
"B" - Resume of the Paving Project Neighborhood Hearing.
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION COUNCIL: PROQESSEDABY
APPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
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