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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5748 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVE- MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING TO THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILLING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of 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 frn- proved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon the following, to-wit: „1firoc.� r_,ae forth line of ,. colo � ,arcd to tlia 'Jlorth line of ��'enns Ivania, knovin and desiajnj�,ed as 'LniLs 4 and. `5, roject .;io. T,)4_2,' ?LU-110, CLntract 3, Conore .e ;"aarfaac:e on a 6; inch f2einforced Concrete Vase on a 43 to 60 foot roadty ay. together with combined concrete curbs and gutters 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 in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor; and contract therefor has been made and entered into with Texan, Bituli Lhic Co. __; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, 'L'exas, has caused the Public Works Director to prepare and file estimates of the cost of such improvements and estimates of the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting'property and the owners thereof, and such estimates have been ex- amined. NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. Such estimates be, and they are hereby adopted and approved. II. It is hereby found and determined that the cost of improvements on each portion of street,avenue and public place hereinafter described, with the amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such improvements against abutting property and the owners thereof, are as follows, to-wit: b'rn;n the 1`dorth line of AE. kich:.jcnd to UP(r': i.rrth lite of Pernsylvani_a, lkc iovm ,and Josijriatdd as Lnits 4 r.nd 5, :'r(ject _o. 094-23000-110, Contract 3. The Estimated cost of improvements is 2L1.3,946.6l5 --.__; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for combined concrete curb and gutter is $ '•33 .; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is 75I ; the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $...0.08 e for Section i of k nl_t 4; 'fIhr, est iatrd _a° ount por fror;t foot exclusive of ct.,rl7 and gutter i_s y '6 L"or a Lotal ct ,12.19 for `;.¢'notion; 2 of Unit 4; the estii'��ated awr,ount per front foot exclusive o£�curb and gutter is �,4.`.?3 for u total of $7.96 for Unit 5. The estimated cost of improvements is ? _. __ the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for combined concrete curb and gutter is $, the estimated arnount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $ ... the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is III. A hearing be given and held by and before the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,Texas,to all own- ing or claiming any property abutting upon said portions of streets, avenues and public places, as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such hearing shall be given and held on the. 23th day of March 19 67 at 9:30 A_. M_. , in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of such hearing and of other matters and facts in accordance with the terms and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Ses- sion, now benig shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.Such notice shall be by advertisement at least three times in a newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth,Texas, the first publication to be made at least ten days before the date of said hearing.Said notice shall comply with and be in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Act. The City Secretary is further directed to give personal notice of the time and place of such hearing to all owning or claiming any property abutting on said portions of streets,avenues and public places, as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such personal notice shall be given by the City Secretary mailing said notice postage prepaid, to the respective owners of record of the properties to be assessed, and to any person owning or claiming any interest in said properties, to the last known address of said owner or persons. It shall not be necessary for the City Secretary to mail said notices to any owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed when the addess of such owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed is unknown to the City Secretary and cannot be determined by the City Secretary after reasonable investigation. In this connection the City Secretary shall prepare and file with these proceedings a list of the properties to be assessed, the names of those persons own- ing or claiming any interest in said properties to whom the notice was mailed, together with the last known address of the respective owners and those persons owning or claiming any interest in said property. The City Secretary shall certify that each of the parties named in said list whose address was known to him, was mailed a copy of the notice of hearing and shallfurthercertify the date or dates on which said notice was mailed. A copy of the notice shall be attached to such certificate. The certificate of the City Secretary will be conclusive evidence of the facts therein recited. Failure of the City Secretary to give notice of hearing by mail as herein provided for, or failure of the owners or other persons interested to receive said notice, shall in nowise invalidate said hearing or any assessments levied pursuant to said hearing, but notice of hearing shall be sufficient, valid and binding upon all owning or claiming such abutting property or any interest therein when same shall have been given by newspaper advertisement as first hereinabove provided. IV. 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. V. 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 of�� _. � �� r ". _ __ __, 19 .� APPROVED AS TO FORM AND•LEGALITY: City Attorney City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication WqE u 40PERENCE swacn Award of Contract - Eighth PAGE UMBER ' � 909 Avenue Widening and Favin 3/13/67 C-909 Council action on the project described below is requested ; Pro ject Descliption %ture of Work: Widening and paving of Eighth Avenue from West Richmond to Pennsylvania Avenue. This project completes the improvement of Eighth Avenue-Cleburne Kad-P&CArt Street Major '11orougHare System which was authorized and funded by the voters in the 1958 and 1965 bond elections. Upon completion of this section, new paving will extend from Pennsylvania to Highway 1-820. Project plans for the widening and improvement of Eighth Avenue are as follows: Roadway unit Oxtet Liami t S. Width R. »W. Section 1, Unit IV Eighth Avenue W. AichmonJ to 60 feet 80-90 feet Magnolia Section 2, Unit IV Eighth Avenue hagnolia to Worth 60 feet 70-80 feet Unit V Eighth Avenue Worth to Pennsyl- 48 feet 68-70 feet vania Subpi2sion of Bids Bidder Amount Bid Texas Bitulithic Company $139,951.50 90 Worth Construction Company 276,570.13 90 PQ ect Cost and Based on the low bid, approximately $55,692.22 will be assessed against abutting property owners. The cost to the City-at-large will be approxi- mately $208,254.43, including engineering and miscellaneous expenses . Funds for the property ouners ' share of the paving costs can be provided by a transfer from the Revolving Fund. Funds are available in Project 094-23000-110 Aightb Avenue Widening and Improvements" for the City's portion of construction, engineering and miscellaneous costs. Olffmam,e tions It is recommended : 1) That the following boal fund transfer be approved : Awast Fromm To Jnr $55,692.22 Revolving Fund Eighth Avenue Widen- Property owners " I 042-09724-901 inn 042-09423-110 share of construc- tion costs.