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HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-2175 ord77-2175 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE WRITTEN STATEMENT CITY ENGINEER~ SHOWING THE ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL COSTS THE ESTIMATES OF THE COSTS PER FRONT FOOT PROPOSED TO BE ABUTTING PROPERTY, AND THE REAL AND TRUE OWNERS THEREOF, V2LRIOUS OTHER COSTS FOR THE IMPROVING OF PORTIONS OF SUND CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS HEREINBELOW D! OTHER ~kTTERS RELATING THERETO; DETERMINING AND FIXING THt COSTS ~ND THE RATE THEREOF PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED AGAINS~ · Y OF PLA ,NV gW --Date ~,cfion ~ ~TI~N ABUTTING PROPERTY, AND THE REAL AND TRUE OWNERS THEREOF; AND DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF COST TO BE PAID BY RAILWAYS USING, OCCUPYING OR CROSSING ANY PORTION OF A SPECIFIC UNIT TO BE IMPROVED; AND ASSESSING THE ENTIRE COST OF SUCH IMPROV~ENT IN THE .AREA BETWEEN SAID RAILWAYS OR RAILROAD COMPANIES RAILS AND TRACKS, DOUBLE TRACKS, TURNOUTS AND SWITCHES AND TWO FEET ON EACH SIDE THEREOF; AND DET~gRMINING ~RtAT SAID AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID BY SAID RAILWAY USING, OCCUPYING OR-~CROS,SING SAID PORTION OF A SPECIFIC UNIT TO BE IMPROVED; DETERMINING THE NECESSITY OF LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST SAID ABUTTING PROPERTY, AND THE REAL AN]) TRUE OWNERS THEREOF FOR THE PORTION OF SAID COSTS APPORTIONED TO THEM; D~gTERMINING THE NECESSITY OF LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST RAILWAYS USING ANY PORTION OF SAID STREETS TO BE IMPROVED THE ENTIRE COST OF SUCH IMPROV~24ENT IN THE AREA BETWEEN THEIR RAILS AND TRACKS, DOUBLE TRACKS, TURNOUTS AND SWITCHES AND TWO FEET ON EACH SIDE THEREOF; ORDERING AND SETTING A HEARING AT l~.'ll~ n'r. lnck A.M. ON THE 23rd DAY OF January , 1978 , IN THE ~OUNCIL CHAMBER _OF THE CITY HALL OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, AS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE HEARING OF THE REAL AND TRUE OWNERS OF SAID ABUTTING PROPERTY AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED IN SAID ABUTTING PROPERTY OR IN ANY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND CON[~RACT CONCERNING SAID ASSESSMENTS, PROCEEDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, TO GIVE NOTICE OF SAID HEARING AS REQUIRED BY .LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW; DECI~RING AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIA~FELY UPON ITS PASSAGE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, hereby finds and determines: (a) That the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, has heretofore by ordinance duly enacted on August 23, 1977, recorded in Ordinance Book 8 ,. Pages %6~168 , and by Ordinance duly enacted on October 25, 1977, recorded in Ordinance Book 8 , Pages 211-215 , determined the necessity for and ordered the improvements of portions of West 26th Street and sundry other streets, in the City of Plainview, Texas, within the limits hereinafter defined, and in the manner and according to the Plan~s and Specifications therefor, which said Plans and Specifications have heretofore been approved and adopted by said City Council. Said streets and the portions thereof to be improved, designated by unit numbers are as follows: 31' WIDTH STREETS Unit 1-1-77 Unit 2-1-77 Unit 3-1-77 Unit 4-1-77 Unit 5-1-77 Unit 6-11-77 Unit 7-11-77 Unit 8-1-77 Unit 9-1-77 Unit 10--1-77 Unit 11-1-77 Uni,t 12-1-77 Unit 13--1-77 Unit 14-1-77 Unit 15--1-77 Unit 16--1-77 Unit 17--1-77 Unit 18--1-77 Unit 19--1-77 West 26th Street from 400' West of West Property Line Trinity Street to East Property Line Quincy Street West 25th Street from 5' West of West Property ~Line Trinity Street to West Property Line Sabine Street West 25th Street from East Property Line Sabine Street to East Property Line Quincy Street Trinity Street from North Property Line West 25th Street to South Property Line West 26th Street Sabine Street from South Property Line West 24th Street to North Property Line West 25th Street Denver Street from 630' South of South Property Line 28th Street to South Property Line 28th Street North Beech Street from South Property Line East 13th Street to South Property Line Campbell Street North Beech Street from North Property Line Campbell Street to North Property Line Givens Street North Cedar Street from North Property Line East 13th Street to South Property Line Campbell Street East 14th Street from East Property Line North Beech Street to West Property Line Date Street Winchell Street from North Property Line Frisco Street to 400' North of North Property Line Drake Street Davidson Street from North Property Line Frisco Street to 150'~North of North Property Line Gray Street Drake Street from East Property Line Winchell Street to West Property Line Davidson Street Frisco Street from West Property Line Winchell Street to 50' West of West Property Lin~ Davidson Street Utica Street from South Property Line 25th Street to North Property Line 26th Street 25th Street from West Property Line Utica Street to 'West Property Line Trinity Street ~West 1/2 Sabine Street from North Property Line 25th Street to 300 feet North of North Property Line 25th Street West 1/2 of North Austin Street from North Property Line Givens Street to South Property Line Bullock Street North Austin Street from South Property Line Bullock Street to North Property Line 24th Street 36' WIDTH STREETS Unit 1-2-77 Unit 2-12-77 Unit 3-2-77 27th Street from East Property Line Denver Street to 'West Property Line Columbia Street Milwee Street from North Property Line East 5th Street to South Property Line East 9th Street E1 Camino Drive from North Property Line Yoakum Street to North Property Line East 14th Street 45' WIDTH STREETS Unit 1-3-77 Campbell Street from West Property Line Austin Street to West Property Line Date Street (b) That notices duly executed in the name of the City of Plainview, Texas, of the enactment of said above described[ ordinances, have heretofore been filed with the County Clerk of Hale County, Texas, the county in which the City of Plainview is situated, and such notices have been duly recorded in the Deed of Trust Records of Hale County, Texas. (c) That said City Council after having duly advertised for bids in the manner as required by law and the Charter of the City of Plainview, did award contract for the construction of said improvements to High Plains Pavers, Inc., upon its lowest and best responsible bid therefor, and said contract which is dated November 22 ,~ 1977, has been executed by the said High Plains ]Pavers~ Inc. and by said City, the execution of which contract by the City being authorized by Resolution heretofore passed by said City Council; and the performance bond required by law and said contract has been properly f~Dished~by said High Plains Pavers, Inc. and approved and accepted by said City Council, all as required by law and the Charter of the City of Plainview. (d) That the City Council of the City of Plainview has caused the City Engineer to prepare and file estimates of the costs of such.improvements and estimates of the amount per front foot to be assessed against the property abutting said streets; and the City Engineer has heretofore filed said estimates and a statement of other matters'relating thereto with said City Council, and the same have been received, examined, and approved by said City Council; and that in accordance with said statement of the estimates so filed by the City Engineer and herein approved, the amounts of said estimated costs are hereinafter stated and set out in the schedule contained in Section 2 hereof. SECTION 2: The written statement and report of the City Engineer here- tofore filed with the City Council, showing the estimated total costs of all the improvements on each of said streets or units, within the limits above defined~ showing the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and against the real and true owners thereof for said improvements, showing the total estimated cost of said improvements on each of said streets or units proposed to be assessed against and paid to the City of Plainview by the abutting property and the real and true owners thereof to reimburse the City for a portion of the cost of such improvements and showing the amount of said improvements to be paid by railways and railroad companies using, occupying or crossing a portion of a specified unit to be improved for the improvement in the area between their rails and tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, and showing the total estimated cost of said improvements on each of said streets or units and other matters relative thereto, having been received and examined by the City Council said report and the estimates therein shown are hereby in all things approved and adopted; and it is hereby found and determined by the said City Council that the estimated amounts of the several respective itemS of costs of said improvements as above described on each of said streets or units are as follows, to-wit: o °°~ t'rl .-I ..,¢ 0 X Z 0 rr~ Z Z I'll o ~ ~ 6 Z : c 0 m t ~c Z CZ C Z Z Z r~ C CZ 0 ~ .,,c F CC ZC~ ~ irm r r 4 rm ~ r" · m m 0 r r -6 r r r r r r ,4 I: Z ,,4. 4 I r r 0 r r ~ r ~ r SECTION 3: The cost of said improvements shall be paid as follows, to-wit: (a) The entire contract price shall be paid to the successful bidder by the City of Plainview. (b) The City of Plainview shall reimburse itself by assessment against the respective abutting properties amd the real and true owners thereof, and as against railways using, occupying or crossing any portion of a specific unit herein designated to be improved, all in accordance with applicab'le provision of the Statutes of the State of Texas herein referred to. No assessments shall be made against any abutting property or t]he real and true owners thereof for costs in excess of the benefits ---~o such property in enhanced value thereof by means of such improvements. The .amounts of such assessments shall constitute a first and prior lien upon all such properties and a personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, whether correctly named or not, and shall be payable as hereinafter provided in this ordinance. SECTION 4: That allocation of payment for the specified improvements of t]~e said streets as herein designated, shall be as follows: (a) Railways ~sing, occupying, or crossing any portion of a specific unit as herein designated to be improved, shall be assessed for and shall pay ~for the entire cost of such improvements in the area between their rails and tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches, and two feet on each side thereof. (b) The abutting property and the owners thereof of a specific unit as herein designated to be improved, shall be assessed for and shall pay for the cost of the curb and gutter. (1) In connection with the above assessment, should it appear at the hearing to be held before the final assessment is made, that the special benefits to such property, by way of enhancement of value thereof by w[rtue of such improvement, will not aggregate such of the cost speci- fied above, then there shall be assessed against the abutting property and shall be paid by such abutting property owner a lesser amount, not to exceed the benefits of the said improvement. SECTION 5: That the part of the cost of the specified improvements as herein designated, which may be assessed against abutting property and owners thereof, shall be apportioned among the parcels of abutting property and owners thereof in accordance with the Front Foot Plan or Rule. (a) In connection with the above apportionment, should it appear that the application of the above plan or rule would, in the opinion of the City Council of Plainview, in particular cases result in injustice or inequality, the said Council shall apportion and assess the said costs in such proportion as it may deem just and equitable, having in view the special benefits and enhanced value to be received by such parcels of property and owners thereof, the equities of such owners and the adjust- .... ment of Such apportionment, so as to produce a substantial equality of benefits received and burdens imposed. (b) The construction and installation of the improvements herein ordered in each street unit or portion of street herein designated and described shall be separate and independent of the construction and installation of such improvements in each and every other street unit or portion of street. The assessments to be levied for the improvements in each street unit shall be separate and distinct from each other; and in m~king and levying the assessments against property for the improve- ments in each street unit as herein designated and defined, no matter or circumstance in connection with any other such unit shall be considered in connection with the other. Such proceedings as to each of such units shall be separate and independent, all as fully and to the same extent as if separate contracts were executed and separate proceedings had with reference to each such unit. SECTION 6: A hearing shall be held and given to the real and true owners of, and all owning or claiming any interest in any property abutting upon said streets or units within the limits above defined, and all others owning, claiming or interested in said property or any of said matters, as to the assessment and as to the amount to be assessed against each parcel of abutting property, and the real and true owners thereof, and as to the special benefits, if any, to said property to be received from said improvements, and to railways using, occupying or crossing any portion of a specific unit as herein designated to be improved, and concerning any error, invalidity, irregularity, or deficiency in any proceeding or contract with reference thereto or concerning any matter or thing connected therewith which hearing shall be held by the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, in the Council Chamber of the C~ty Council in the City Hall of the City of Plainview, Texas, beginning at 10:00!o'clock · A.M. on the 23rd day of January ., 1978, at which time and place all persons, firms, corporations, or estates owning or claiming any such abutting property or any interest therein, and their agents or attorneys, railways and railroad companies using, occupying or crossing any portion of a specific unit as herein designated to be improved, and persons interested in said proceedings shall be notified to appear and to be heard in person or by counsel and may offer evidence; and said hearing may be adjourned from day to day and from time to time .... and kept open until all evidence and protest have been duly offered and heard; and the City Clerk of the City of Plainview, Texas, is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of such hearing, or other matters and facts in accordance with the terms and provisions of an Act passed by the First Called Session of t]he 40th Legislature of the State of Texas, known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Legislature as amended. Said notice shall be by advertisement inserted at least three times in a newspaper published in the City of Plainview, Texas, the first publication shall be made at least twenty-one (21) days before said hearing; and, additional wr{tten notice of the hearing shall be given by depositing in the United States mail at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing, written notice of such hearing postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to the owners of the respective properties abutting such streets, high~ay, highways or portion or portions thereof to be improved, as the names of such owners are shown on the then current rendered tax rolls of the City of Plainview and at the addresses so shown, or if the names of such respective owners do not appear on such rendered tax rolls, then addressed to such owners as their names are shown on the current unrendered rolls of the City at the addresses shown thereon; and notice to railroads or railways shall be given by depositing in the United States mail, at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing, a written notice of such hearing, postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed to the said railway as shown on the then current rendered tax rolls of the City of Plainview at the address so shown, or, if the name of such respective railways do not appear on such rendered rolls of the City, then addressed to such railways as the names are shown on the current unrendered rolls of the City, at the addresses shown thereon. Said notice con~ents shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 9 of Article ll05-b, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended by Acts .of 1967, 60th Legislature, Page 365, Chapter 176, Paragraph 1. SECTION 7: Following such hearing as above provided, assessments will be levied against said abutting property, and the real and true owners thereof for that portion of the costs of said improvements hereinabove determined to'be payable by said abutting property and the real and true owners thereof, which assessments shall be a first and prior lien upon said abutting property and a personal liability and charge against the real and true owners thereof. In levying said assessments, if the name of the true owner be unknown, it shall be sufficient to so state the ~fact, and if said abutting property be owned by an estate or by any firm or corporation, it shall be sufficient to so state the fact, and it shall be unnecessary to give the correct name of any such owner and no error or mistake in attempting to name such owner or in describing any of said property shall invalidate any assessment or certificate --issued-in evidence thereof; but nevertheless, the real and true owners of said abutting property shall be liable, and the assessment against said abutting property shall be valid whether or not such owner be named, or correctly named, or said property correctly described therein. Assessments shall be levied against railways or railroad companies using, occupying or crossing any portion of a specific unit as herein designated to be improved for the entire cost of such improvements in the area between their rails and tracks, double tracks, turnouts and sWitches and two feet on each side thereof. SECTION 8: Each portion of said streets hereinabove described and designated by Unit numbers constitutes a separate and independent Unit of the improvement and shall be improved and the improvements constructed therein as separate and independent from each and every other Unit of said streets, and the assessments to be levied for said improvement in each Unit or portion of said streets shall be altogether separate and distinct and independent of and from the assessments to be levied in every other of said Units and portions of said streets, and, in making and levying said assessments against the property abutting upon one of said Units, no matter or circumstance in connection with any other of said Units shall be considered or have any effect upon the other, all as fully and to the same extent as if separate proceedings and contracts had been had and executed with reference to the improvements to be made in each of said Units. SECTION 9: The City Council of the City of Plainview may make such corrections of mistakes, changes, and assessments as it may have the power to do by reason of the Statutes of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City. SECTION 10: The fact that the streets and portions thereof to be improved as heretofore and hereinabove provided for are in such.condition and improvements are necessary and should be made without delay creates an emergency and imperative public necess- ity for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare, requiring that any rule necessitating more than one reading thereof, be and the same are hereby suspended;~ and this Ordinance shall be passed and take effect as an emergency measure and be in full force from and after its passage as provided by ].aw, and it is so ordained. PASSED this the 13th day of December , A. D. 1977, by unanimous vote of the City Council of the City of Plainview. APPROVED this the 13th day of December , A. D. 1977. ATTEST: M. L. Rea, City Clerk