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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT:
AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF NORTHWEST
TWELFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND AUTHORIZING ITS
EXECUTION: MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED THEREBY: AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE ESTIMATES.
WHEREAS, on the 8th day of August, 1956, by Ordinance passed and approved by
the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, being Ordinance No. 3502, the City
determined the necessity for and ordered the improvement of a portion of Northwest
Twelfth Street, to-wit:
NORTHWEST TWELFTH STREET: from the westerly line of North Main Street
to the easterly line of Jacksboro Highway.
WHEREAS, subsequent to the passage and approval of said ordinance, plans
and specifications for said improvements were submitted by the Public Works Director
and said plans and specifications were approved and adopted by the City Council;
and,
WHEREAS, notice to bidders was given as required by the City Charter; and,
,MREAS, the bid of Worth Construction Company, was found to be the lowest
and best bid for the making and construction of said improvements, to-wit:
Excavation of present street and placing 7" Reinforced Concrete Pavement with
combined curb and gutter and necessary appurtenances, all as provided by said plans
and specifications:
NOW,THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the work of making and constructing such improvements and contract
therefor is hereby awarded to Worth Construction Company, at and for the prices
stated in the proposal of the said company and as reported and recommended by
the Public Works Department. The Mayor and 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 therein,
among other things, the prices for the work.
SBCTION 2.
That to provide for the payre nt of the indebtedness incurred by the City
of Fort Worth by said Contract, there is hereby appropriated out of available
funds which have been set aside for said purpose, an amount sufficient to
pay said indebtedness so incurred.
SECTION 3.
That the Public Works Director of the City of Fort Ylorth be and he is
hereby ordered and directed to file with the City Council estimates of the cost
of such improvements in accordance with 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 shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Civil Statutes
of the State of Texas, Annotated, which law has been adopted as an amendment to
and made a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
{s CITY ATTORNEY
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Referring to the report of the Public Works Department in connection
with bids for the improvements of Northwest Twelfth Street, from the
westerly line of North Main Street to the easterly line of Jacksboro Highway,
in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and to the proposed contract therefor, it
appears that the amount which the City will pay in connection with such
Contract and improvements is the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-five Thousand
Dollars ($235,000.00).
I do hereby certify to the City Council of the City of Fort Worth that
the money required for such contract and expenditures which will be incurred
thereby is in the Treasury to the credit of the Street Improvene nt Fund and
not appropriated for any other purpose.
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