HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7410 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No.- 7410
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e To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 19, 1989
Subject: PROPERTY OWNER CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING
THE GRAINGER STREET BEN[Ell-HEARING
The benefit hearing for the assessment paving of Grainger Street was
held June 27. Barney W. Uselton, owner of Lots 18 and 19, Block 16,
Emory College bdivision, being unable to attend because of health
problems, sent correspondence to the Mayor via Registered Mail .
The letter was received in the City Mail Room on June 15 but did not
reach the mayor and was not presented at the hearing. Because the
original cannot be located, Mr. Uselton sent copies of the letter and
the U.S. Postal receipt, which are attached for the Council 's con-
sideration.
Although the hearing has been closed and the assessments levied, the
assessment can be reduced should the Council desire. The assessment
against Mr. Uselton's property is in compliance with the policy. The
only grounds for a reduction would be that the property would not be
benefited by as much as the amount of the assessment. An independent
appraiser reported at the hearing that, in his opinion, the special
benefits exceeded the amount of the assessments in every case.
This matter will be brought to the Council 's attention when final pay-
ment for the construction contract and final assessment rolls are
presented for approval and Mr. Uselton will be notified in advance.
If additional information is desired it will be furnished upon request.
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Douglas Harman
City Manager
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-ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
June 13, 1989
CERTIFIED MAIL #P061386842
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Bob Bolin, Mayor, and
Fort Worth City Council
1000 Throckmorton
Ft. Worth, Texas 76102
Re: Proposed Assessment on
Block 13, Lots 18 and 19;
Emory College Subdivision
Benefit Hearing: 6/27/89
Gentlemen:
We are in receipt of your notification of a Benefit Hearing scheduled
on June 27, 1989 at 10:00 a.m. for the proposed assessment of Lilac
Street, Unit 2A, College Avenue, Unit 2B, and Grainger Avenue, Unit 2C.
Please read this letter into the minutes of that meeting.
The proposed assessment against our property is $3,674.32. That property
was received by us by inheritance and is a vacant lot where a condemned
house was removed. The house was the former homestead of Barney
Washington Uselton, and after his death, was rented out by us to pay the
debts on the property. A city inspector at the time contacted us and
indicated that the neighbors were complaining about the "undesirable"
tenants, so, we moved them out on a Saturday and a "condemned" sign was
placed on the property on Sunday. He explained that, since the house
was vacant, he was allowed to condemn it. After an earnest and prolonged
attempt to Meet city standards for the aging property, our health was
deteriorating to the point that we decided our lives were more important
than the house, and we tore it down, although it was clearly one of the
better properties on the block. If the vacant lot is now toned "F"
increasing the assessment, surely the other lots on that block are also
zoned 'T' because they were rezoned by a builder who was to use the block
for some sort of federally subsidized structure, which never came about.
We are requesting that you take these facts, and our current income and
health status into account, before any assessment is made. In short,
and in sincerety, we cannot afford an assessment. We both live on a
fixed income from retirement, and are both sixty-nine (69) years of age.
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We both had to retire at sixty-two (62), which decreased our retire-
ement benefits, because of increasing health problems. I, Barney
Uselton, currently am being treated for heart trouble and hypertension,
and*Pauline Uselton has a rare blood disease, hypertension, chronic
ulcers of both feet, and neuropathy. She is also being treated for
nerve and muscle damage caused by the blood disease and is permanently
disabled. Two to three time a year, she is hospitalized, and those
bills are astronomical, but, even without the frequent hospitalizations,
our regular monthly doctor bills exceed $325.00 per month and regular
prescription bills exceed $200.00 per month.
We ask that the city not charge us an assessment on the property.
Thank you very much for your consideration of these matters. If we
can provide any additional information, please let us know.
Sincerely yours,
/'��Barney W. Uselton
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