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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7142 -2 ORDINANCE NO. 1 ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION i 11i'lVL41 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 THEREOF: 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: LJNIT is LANEWOOD DRIVE From t,he south propertly 1-1.de of Lot 14, Block, A,. Cooke's blearlow Addition to the riorth prop- erty Ii,ne of Lot. 40, L'Aock B, Cooke's Meadow Addi.t-j.on, Irmo nn -and designated as Project No. )04-3600C)-3G, 1,:, Unit 1, a five-inch thick� hot,_ rm,lx asi.0"ialtic pavie,�-�'ient on a six-incl"l thic,k lime stablIA.Zed sru'Egrade with severi­J ric C"t Tflgh concrete curb ant"I cork- crete guti�c'�r or� Fi �-hirty fi� o, roat,"Iway. fJ1nI'1' 2- VA1,1ESSA DRTVE Frmru J..55' west of morrima Driv4,,.w Lo Morrison Drive, Incoprk and designated as Project: No. 104- 36r),00-361 , Unft 7, a five-inch tliic . h 'iix aspl.­ialtic concrete pavei',rwnt on a six-inch thiol� Iiine stabilAzed w.fl,->grade with seven-:Lricli Nv[gln conc,rete curb and c4g1ntean­inclh, wilde concrete SutLer on a fLA'r; rLy f(x)t roadway. 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 Y , 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 3rd day of L'I !,;�Lh , 19 75 9:30 A• �4• , 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 ' 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 nuuttec, is of the opinion that the said hearing should he closed and assessments should he made and levied as herein ordered: NOW THEREFORE: DE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: %. . Said hearing |`e. and the yunoe is herehy. closed and the said protest and objectimoa, and any and all other |xntevtu and o|�c,booe, whether, herein enumernted or' or not. be and the vurne are hereby. overruled. IL The UL? [ounci|, from the evidence. finds that the uuyeuameoto herein levied should be made and levied against the respective \xxrcu|s of property u5utbng upon the said |x/diuus of streets, avenues and public and against the owners ufaudh pmVerty. uod that Such assessments and charges are right and proper and are aubstmnKx|k/ in proportion to the |enebtmtuthe respective pu/ze|w of property by ooeuou of the improvements in the unit hx' which such assessments are |evied, and establish su|mtxnbuJ juutice and equality and uniformity between the respective owners of the respective |xnpe 'bea, and between all parties conrerued, considering the benefits received and |`u/xlexs hnDnued, and further finds that in each case the uhotdo.0- property uoaeuoed is specially benefited in enhanced value to the said V/nVeri� by means of the said improvements in the unit upon which the |mdicu|u/ property abuts and [or which assessment is levied and charge rnude, in amuno in ex,eouof the said assessment and charge nxx\e a-ainst the axnue h! this ordinance, and further finds that the apportion- ment of the cost of the improvements is in ucu/odxnce with the law in force in this City, and the ingo of the 8t/ he/,ebohui-* had with reference to said impmrementa, and is in all respects vu)N and regular. Ill. There vhxU ive, and is he/r}Y/, levied and xuye*aed against the pu/re|a of VnuDe, herein hei-ein below ooentioo*d, and against the /em\ and b'o* onuer^ thereof (whether such owners he correcd' named herein or not) the sums of muney itemized ia/ov opposite the description of the respective parcels of \xnperty and the several unx)uots xmaeoned xKuinpt the ^ooue, and the onuer* dhercof, as far as such owner',,, are known, boioo, as follows: ` . . IV. Where more than one person, fit m or r bo interest in art 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 muruo above mentioned and assessed against the said parcels of property, and the owners tbereof, and interest thereon at the t of six per cent (8��) per annum, together ith 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 xaaeuoed against the abutting property and the owners thereof shall be and become due and payable as follows, to wit' in five (D) equal installments, due respectively on or before thirty (80) d (l) 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 beat, interest from said date at the rate of six per cent (61� ) 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 pal'tiCUlar 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 accelAance. Provided, bowever, 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 attorne'y's fees and cost of collection, if incurred, PROVIDED, however, that acting through its dUl'N' 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 thirt'v (30) days after the completion and acceptance by the City of the particular unit. PROVIDED FURTHER, that the Cit*v Attorne'y is hereby empowered to authorize payments of said sums of lesser installments and/or over a lon.ger period of time in cases in which the Director of Public 1Xorks has previous]'v determined that an extreme financial hardship upon the property owner will otherwise result; and PROVIDED f/OD7[fIEll, that such method oƒ payments shall he authorized only io instances where the owner orowners of property abutting upon Such completed and accepted unit shall have executed and delivered to the City of Fort Worth u \u*ful, rulid and binding note and mechanic's and nnmteda|nouo'o contract upon forms supplied by the Cit ting u mechanic's lien upon and conveying the said abutting property in trust to secure the payment by nuid owner or owners according to the terms thereof of the aunua assessed against such property. If default ohuU he noo6e in the payment otun7 aamemanoeoi, collection thereof shall be enforced either by the as|e of the p/npert! by the /\uoeuuur and Collector ofIu�ee of said 0t7 as neurus possible in the aunoe man- net- provided for the sale of property for the nuo-po>�ueoL of ad ru|o'emn taxeo, oi' at the option of the City of Fort Worth, or its uoaiguu, puYnneot of said auroo ohuU |*aenforced by ouit in any cnurt of competent jurisdic` dou' or as provided in any mechanic's or noatedu|mun'n contract as utoeauid' and said City nhuU exercise all of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said assessments. II. The total amount assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property, and the owners thereof, is in accordance with the proceedings of the City relating to said improvements and assessments thereof, and is less than the proportion of the cost allowed arid permitted by the law in force in the City. VIII. Although the aforementioned charges have been fixed, levied, and assessed in th,e respective amounts hereinabove stated, the City Council does hereby reserve unto it self the right to reduce the aforementioned assessments by allowing credits to certain property owners where deemed appropriate. Notwithstanding the City Council has herein reserved the right to issue credits, it shall not be required to issue credits, and will not do so, if same would result in any equity and/or unjust discrimination. The principal amount of each of the several assessment certificates to be issued the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as hereinafter provided, shall be fixed and determined by deducting from the amount of any assessment hereinabove levied such amount or amounts, if any, as may hereafter be allowed by the City Council as a credit against the respective assessments. I . For the purpose of evidencing the several,sum, assessed against the respective parcels of abutting prop- erty and the owners thereof, and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, assignable certificates in tlae principal amount of the respective assessments less the amount of any re- spective credit allowed thereon, shall be issued by the City of Fort 'Worth, Texas, upon completion and accept- ance by the City of the improvements in each unit of improvement as the work in such unit is completed and accepted, which certificates shall be executed by the mayor in the name of the City and attested by the City Secretary, with the corporate seal of the City impressed thereon, nml sfaall be payable to the City of Fort Worth, or its assigns, and shall declare the said amounts,, time and terra, of l"rauyment, rate of interest, and the date of the completion and acceptance of the irnprovy,ments abutting upon such property for which the certificate is issued, and shall contain the name of the o)r,,ner or owners, if ]cru rr, description of the property by lot and block number, or front feet thereon, or such offi er dewac:iptia_an as ma'v otlrc r wise identify the same; and if the said property shall be owned by an estate, their the description of �s,anrax AS so okvned sdmll be sufficient and no error or mistake in describing any property, or in giving the name of then owner, shall invalid,,tte or in anywise impair such certificate, to the assessments levied. The certificates shall provide substantially that if rynie ;liall not be paid promptly upon maturity, then they shall be collectable, with reasonr�al;le r�attor ney's fauns, nand cor,f , of collection, if incurred, and shall provide substantially that the amounts evidenced theroby shall be p oid to the sassssor and Collector of Taxes of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, who shall issue his receipt thorefor, wlyich shall he evidence of such payment on any demand for the same, and the assessor rand C(Olector of Taxes shall deposit the sums so received by him forth- with with the City Treasurer to be kept and held by him iry aa, fund, and when any payment shall be made in the City the Assessor and Collector of Taxes upon such certiheato swlaall, upon presentation to him of the certificate by tire holder thereof endorse said pra,v nien..t thereof, If suych sae tiQicate be assigned then the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Cit'v Treasurer thc• armourIt pasid upon the presentation to him of such certificate so endorsed and credited; and such r lidorsoy naarrt and r r odic shall lye the Treasurer's Warrant for making such payment. Such payments by the °l1VaSU1(,1' slrryll lion ieceiplocl for thins holder of such certificate in writing and by surrender thereof when the principal, tar,etlier N'Vith a °:rued interest and all costs of collection and reasonable attorney's fees, if incurred, mve IN-en p;ayid in fuJI, Said certificates shall further recite suhstantlally that than proccra;(hnr ,s, with reference to making the improvements have been regularly had in compliance wi1:Py tlw lao.er and t heat call prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the property desevihed in syrr°la cer litit'yd„e and tltt� per°a,a5na1 liability of the owners thereof have been performed, and such recitals shall be prinlaa fack- ovidence of;dl than recited in such certificates, and no further proof thereof shall he required in any CoUrt Said certificates may have coupons aat9aehed tlwi'.,to irN evidram,t, of each or any cyf the several installments thereof, or may have coupons for vn-,4_Al of than Zia st four in,;hdiya enls„ leai,in . the main certificate to serve for the fifth installment, which coupons may be pa'va.ble to than ('itty of Forl Worth, o it., �a ssit;��rrs may be signed with the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary. 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. X1. 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. PASSED AND APPROVED this&_ta.�__day of M 19 Is.Y-Sl- APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney PROJECT NO, 104-36000-361, UNIT 1, TANEWOOD DRIVE FROM SOUTH PROPERTY UNE OF LOT 14, BLOC A, COOKE'S MEADOW ADDITION TO NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF LOT 40, BLOCK B. COOKE'S MEADOW ADDI- TION, to be improved by constructing a five-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch lime stabilized subgrade with seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter on a thirty foot roadway,, BLOCK OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE, RATE, AMOUNT ASSESSMENT WEST SIDE D, H175ON SURVEY Jimmy A. Robards, et ux Tract 4-B 460' Pavement $5,85 $2,691,00 1958 Lanewood Drive Res, 460' Curb &. Gutter 2.65 1,219,00 Ft. Worth, Texas 76112 $3,910.00 EAST SIDE COOKE 'S MEADOW ADDITION Cooke's Meadow 40 B 94' Pavement $5.85 $ 549.90 Development Co,, , Inc. Res, 94' Curb & Gutter 2,65 249A0 c/o J,H, Williams 6200 N. Central Expressway $ 799,00 Dallas, Texas 75206 Cooke's Meadow 39 B 94' Pavement $5.85 $ 549090 Development Co, , Inc, Res, 94" Curb & Gutter 2,65 24910 c/o J. H, Williams 6200 N, Central Expressway $ 799.00 Dallas, Texas 75206 Cooke's Meadow 38 B 105' Pavemnt. $5W85 $ 614.25 Development Co. , Inc, Res, 105' Curb & Cutter 2,65 278.25 c/o J. H. Williams 6200 N. Central Expressway $ 892.50 Dallas, Texas 75206 PROJECT NO, 104-36000-361, UNIT 1, LANEWOOD DRIVE, Continued: BLOCK OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT EAST SIDE COOKE'S MEADOW ADDITION Carriage Lane intersects Cooke's Meadow 14 A 117' Pavement $5e85 $684,45 Development Co. , Inc. Res, 117' Curb & Gutter 2.65 310.05 c/o J. H. Williams 6200 N. Central Expressway $994.50 Dallas, Texas 75206 TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS (UNIT 1). $ 7,395.00 TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH (UNIT 1). . . . . . $ 2,621.57 TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST (UNIr 1) . . . . a $10,016.57 PROJECT NO. 104-36000-361, UNIT 2, VANESSA DRIVE FROM 155' WEST OF MORRISON DRIVE TO MORRISON DRIVE, to be improved by constructing a five-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade with seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter on a thirty foot roadway. BLOCK OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT NORTH SIDE BURTON PLACE ADDITION Beginning at a point 155' west of Morrison Drive Harold E. Kurtz, Jr. 38 155' Pavement $5.85 $906.75 1605 Clover Lane Res. 155' Curb & Gutter 2.65 410x75 Fort Worth, Texas 76107 $1,317.50 Morrison Drive intersects SOUTH SIDE COOKE'S MEADOW ADDITION Cooke's Meadow I B 155' Pavement $5,85 $906.75 Development Co. , Inc. Res, 155' Curb & Gutter 2.65 410,75 c/o J. H. Williams 6200 N. Central Expressway $1,317.50 Dallas, Texas 75206 UNIT 2: TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS. . . . . . . p a $2,635.00 TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH, $1,139.77 TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST, $3,774.77 TOTAL BOTH UNITS : COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS. . . . . . . . $10,030.00 COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH. . . . . . $ 3,761.34 ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST. . . . . . $13,791.34 City of For Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DIE AEfERENCE SURJEar: Benefit Hearin As:7:9men PAGE UMBER a '0 Me�tow 1 -3/3/75 G-2633 Paving at 2 Locations fn ok I of February 3, 1975, a contract was awarded for the assessment paving at 2 -A.ocations in Cooke's Meadow Addition, Project No. 104-36000-361, and March 3, 1975, was set as the date for the Benefit Hearing QQ C-3012) . fro 1t,Rescription Roadway R.O.W. Unit— Street Ldinits Width-Ft. Width-Ft. 1 Lanewood Drive South P/L of Lot 14, 30 50 Blk A, Cooke's Meadow Addition to 4601 North 2 Vanessa Drive 155' West of Morrison 30 50 Drive to Morrison Dr. initiation_of Pro ec pro 1p t Unit 2 was initiated by Community Facilities Contract No. 8066, Cooke's Meadow Addition, Section One, as a border street to the development (M IC C-2965, November 1. , 1974) . On February 3, 1975 (M&C 0-3012) the Community Facilities Contract for Cooke's Meadow Addition Unit I was amended to include the improvement of Lanewood Drive as a border street. QRKovemen&E The above streets will be improved with residential grade hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement with concrete curb and gutter and required drainage appurtenances. Enhancement of AbuttinM _1LyZee Z It is the opinion of the Public Works Department that each parcel of abutting property is benefited in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount recom- mended for assessment. Recommendation It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted closing the Benefit Rearing and levying the assessments as proposed for Unit 1, Lanewood Drive and Sit 2, Vahessa Drive. _ pi 'h 1!�h.......... SUBMITTED BY: WSPOSIT Y COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY to" "? 0 1�fAPEIPRO ED C1 OTHER (DESC 0 TA S '01 _Y7 DME ........... ITS" MANAGER 13 3 2 5_