HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3501 ORDI NAN CF: No.
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING
THAT A PORTION OF SEMINARY DRIVE
IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, ,TEXAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS. HERE-
IN DEFINED, BE IMPROVED: PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH
THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS SHALL, BE PAID: DIRECTING
THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE AND FILE PLANS AND SPECIFI-
CATIONS FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS: DIRECTING THE CITY SECRE-
TARY TO FILE A NOTICE OF THF; ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE
WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS: AND DE-
CLARING THAT THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PROCEED-
INGS RELATING TO SUCH IMPROVEMENTS ARE AND SHALL BE PUR-_
SUANT TO THE ACT OF THE FIRST-CALLED SESSION OF THE FORTI-
ETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CHAPTER 106, COM-
MONLY KNOWN AS ARTICLE 1105b,. OF THE VERNON'S STATUTES
OF TEXAS,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has determined
that a public necessity exists for and has decided to order the improvement of
the hereinafter described portion of a street in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
in the manner hereinafter provided; THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That there exists a public necessity, and said City Council does hereby
determine that it is necessary to permanently improve the following described
portion of a. street within the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as follows, to-wit:
SEMINARY DRIVE: ( A new street from South Adams Street to College Avenue
and along the present Prince Street from College Ave, to Hemphill Street)
from the westerly line of South Adams Street to the easterly line of
Hemphill Street, known and designated as Unit Nom 2,
SECTION 2.
That it is hereby ordered that said street within the limits hereinabove des-
cribed shall be improved by raising, grading, filling, widening, permanently paving
or repaving same by the construction, reconstruction, repairing or realigning of
concrete curbs and gutters in the manner and where the City Engineer determines that
adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed on proper grade and line, and by
construction of such drains and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances as deemed
necessary by 'said Engineer, said permanent paving to consist of the construction of an
adequate wearing surface upon a substantial base course, both of such type, construction,
materials, and thickness as is deemed adequate and proper by said Engineer, and all of
said improvements to be provided for in the plans and specifications therefor, to be
prepared by said City Engineer as hereinafter directed, and as shall be approved and
adopted by the City Council.
SECTION 3.
In providing for and making such improvements, said City Council deems it
advisable and hereby determines to proceed under and in the exercise of the powers,
terms and provisions of Chapter 106 of the Acts of the First-Called Session of the
Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, which is known and shown as Article 1105b
of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and as adopted by the City of
Fort Worth as Section 17, Chapter MIT of the Charter of said City.
SECTION .
The City Engineer is hereby directed to forthwith prepare and file with the
City Council complete plans and specifications for such improvements.
,ECTI0N 5.
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 and the real and true
owners thereof shall pay all of the cost of the curbs and gutters in front of their
respective 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 above 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 thereof
and shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such properties and a personal
liability of the real and true owners thereof, and shall be payable as follows, to-wit:
2.
When said improvements are completed and accepted by the City Council, the
amounts payable by and assessed against the property abutting thereon and the real
and true owners thereof shall be and become payable in five (5) equal annual install-
ments, due respectively on twenty (20) days, one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4)
years from the date of said acceptance by said City Council, together with interest
thereon from said date of acceptance at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum,
payable annually; provided, however, that the owners of said property shall have the
privilege of paying any one of or all of such installments at any time before maturity
thereof by paying the total amount of principal due, together with interest accrued
to the date of payment. Further, if default be made in the payments of any of said
installments of principal or interest promptly when same matures, then at the option
of the Contractor or assigns, the entire amount of the assessment upon which such
default is made shall be and become immediately due and payable, together with
reasonable attorney's fees and collection costs, if incurred. However, it is
specifically stipulated and provided that no assessment shall in any case be made
against any property or the real or true owners thereof in excess of the special
benefits to accrue to such property in the enhanced value thereof resulting from said
improvements.
SECTION 6.
In the levying and making of said assessments, if the name of any owner be un-
known, 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 any owner, but the real and true
owner of the property mentioned shall be liable and the assessment against the property
shall be valid whether or not such owner be named or correctly named-. It is hereby
further provided that in levying said assessments, the omission of said improvements
in front of any parcel of property exempt from the lien of such assessments shall,
in nowise affect or impair the validity of the assessment against the other abutting
properties in such street.
SECTION 7.
The City Secretary is hereby directed to cause to be prepared a notice of the
enactment of this ordinance and to file said notice with the County Clerk of Tarrant
County, Texas, among the Mortgage Records of said County.
SECTION 8.
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.
PPP?CVED AS TO K17ZM:
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ity Attorney
'''NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
Notice is hereby given that the governing body of the City of
Fort:.Worth9 Texas, has ordered and determined it to be necessary that the
following portion of SEMINARY DRIVE
in the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, be improved and that a portion
of the cost of such improvement is to be specially assessed as a lien upon the `
property abutting thereon, said portion of street in the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, being as follows:
SEMINARY-,,DRIVE: ( A new street from South Adams Street to College Avenue and
along,the pre`s'ent Prince Ste from College Ave.'=to ,Hemphill ,S.t.)' from the
:westerly line of South Adams Street to the easterly line of Hemphill Street,
known and,,designated as Unit No. 2.
IN TESTIMONY 1,4IEREOF, the City of Fort Worth has caused this
instrument to be executed in its behalf and signed by its Mayor, this lst
i c.00oap F. M_ .
,AU st , A.D., 19 .
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CITY OF OR H
BY
ATT � T
City Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for
the;State -'and ',.County aforesaid, on this day personally appeared W. F. E. XCX
-doar on'�,,k6own to me to be the person whose name is subscribed"to the fore•
ing i trument, and acknowledged" to Mme that he executed the same as, the .act
City of Fort Worth, a municipal corporation of Tarrant County,
ands as ",the Mayor thereof,, and for the purposes-and consideration therein
GIVEN UNDER 'MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the lst day
\ of i! _R 1�° ° August A D ' 19 56
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COUNCILMEN DR.F. E.'(JACK) GARRISON,MAYOR
COUNCILMEN
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A.A. (GUS) JACKSON JOE B.OWEN
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
C. M. THELIN, DIRECTOR July 27, 1956
Mr. Jo F. Davis Re: Paving Seminary Drive
City Manager So Adams St. to Hemphill St,
Building Project No, 84—B3d-23, Unit No® 2
Dear Sir:
Attached are Ordinance ordering the paving, notice of said Ordinance to be filed
with the County Clerk. location Plat of the project, estimate of cost, and
Appropriation request for $277,000.00, for the Cityls part of the cost for
paving Seminary Drive, Unit No. 2, from South'Adams .Street to Hemphill Street.
The Appropriation request included funds for the purchase of right-of--way for
Unit No. 3, from Hemphill Street to M. K. & To Railroad*
Seminary Drive is planned to extend from McCart Street to the North—South Freeway.
Construction of Unit No. 1, from McCart Street to South Adams Street has recently
been completed. The construction of this Unit will complete the connection to
Hemphill Street.
It is proposed to construct Seminary Drive on a 60 foot roadway and widen
Hemphill Street, on the west side for one block north and one block south
from Seminary Drive in order to improve traffic conditions at this intersection,
The Appropriation request Includes $90.,000,00 for the purchase of right—of—way
from Hemphill Street to the M. K; & To Railroad, which.we recommend be purchased
at this time,
Plans, specifications, and contract documents are being prepared by Scott
Engineering Company and will be ready when the right—of—way is purchased*
The abutting property is zoned for residential purposes,, the assessment
against the abutting property is recommended to be for 30 feet, which is the
usual width for residential street, with the City assuming the cost for the
additional 30 feet. The maximum of $5.50 per front foot for residential
property and 100 foot maximum assessment on side lots, as approved by the
City Council, will apply.
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Mira Jo F. Davis
Page Two
July 27, 1956
It is proposed to take bids on three alternate types of pavement:
1. 7" Reinforced Concrete Pavement
2. 611 Reinforced Concrete Base and 12" Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete
Surface,
3. 1011 Flexible Base (Crusher--run Crushed Limestone) with 32" Hot
Mix Asphaltic Concrete Base and 12" Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete
Surface.
Following is a tabulation of the Estimated Cost t:o' the City, as shown on the
attached Estimate and Estimate Summary:
City's part of Construction Cost 66,520®00
Engineering 53000.00
Contingencies (Including purchase. of Paving
Certificates) 7,480.00
Right-of-Way Cost: S. Adams to Hemphill 10$,000 100
Right-of-Way Costs Hemphill to M. K. & T. Railroad 90,000.00
Total Estimated Cost to City 277,000®00
We recommend that the Ordinance be adopted ordering the paving of Seminary
Drive, from South Adams Street to Hemphill Street, as outlined above and
that the attached Appropriation Request for 7%7,000®00 be approved®
Yours very t
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C. M. THELIN
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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cc - Mr. H, C. Michael, Commissioner of Accounts
cc - Mr. R. E. Rouer, City Attorney
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