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Min 08/09/1926Wichita Falls, Texas. Basement City National Bank Bldg. August 9, 1926 The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular session on the above date with the following members present: R. E. Shepherd, Mayor J. H. Patton Q Frank QueisserQ P. B. Curd Aldermen J. W. Hunt 0. A. Jones W. E. McBroom, City Clerk rl- The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. -------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the building inspector be authorized to grant a permit to the Texhoma Oil and Refining Co. for the construction of a filling station at the intersection of Hays Street and Seymour Road. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. Moved by Alderman Curd that H. 0. Sypert be per- mitted to establish a Drive -In Filling Station at the corner of Broad Street and Sibley Avenue. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried. J The hearing with reference to paving Hays Street from Ozark to C-aLberlexi Avenue was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following re- solution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Queisser, Jones, Curd, Hunt Nays; None. Form 8- Hays St. Cumberland -Ozark RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS -INTERESTED WITH REGARD TO IMPROVEMENT OF HAYS STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF CUMBER - LAND AVENUE TO THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF OZARK AVENUE, AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT WHEREAS, the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore ordered that Hays Street from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue in said City be improved by raising, grading and filling same and Installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete, and WHEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and approved on the l9th. day of April 1926, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said Street above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber of said Board in the City National Bank Building in said City at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the 9th. day of August 1926, and that due notice there- of be given to said parties, and WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing was duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attor- ney's, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said hearing: NO PROTESTS) THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SAID BOARD OF ALDERMEN, I. THAT, all protests and objections, whether therein specifically mentioned or not, be, and the same are hereby over ruled in while and in part. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence presented thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the just and proper rule of apportionment of the cost of said im- provement is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the 18th. day of April 1926, and heretofore approved by the Board, and that by such plans and rules equality and jus- tice will exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further find that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements thereon in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer. II. THAT said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other proceedings applicable thereto. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. III. THAT this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th. day of August A. D. 1926. ORDINANCE NO. 800. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF HAYS STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TMS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 800 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Queisser, Curd, Hunt, Jones. Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Queisser, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 800 be passed on the third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the following resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried by the follow- ing vote: Yeas; Aldermen Hatton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10- Hays Cumberland -Ozark RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls, Texas and L. E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the following street in said City to -wit: Hays Street, from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue, to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue, together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and, WHEREAS, THE BID of L. E. Whitham and Company for the making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said contracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made, and upon opening of the said Bids, said contract was awarded to said Company; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and provide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside and appropr tee o t f the funds available for that purpose, the sum of 0 �L I to pay and defray all that portion of the cost or impro-ving sa d portion of said street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; The said contract and the construction bond and maintenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the name of the City. passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its Approved and passed this 9th. day of August 1926. Form 11-Hays Cumberland -Osage. RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contracts in writing between L. E. Whitham and Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Hays Street, from the North Property Line of Cumberland Avenue, to the South Curb Line of Ozark Avenue for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the contract, being one contract for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval, and, WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con- tract upon the terms set forth therein, and for the compensation therein provided, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; I. That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, do enter into contracts with L. E. Whitham and Company binding the City to do and perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. III. its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Passed and approved this 9th. day of August A. D. 1926 The hearing with reference to paving Filmore Street from Avenue "M" to Wichita Valley Railway was called and after discussion the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the hearing be continued until 7:30 P. M. September 6, 1926. Berman Jones Motion seconded and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. The hearing with reference to paving Fourth Street from Ohio to Scott was called and after hearing protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 8- Fourth Ohio -Scott RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY O =ERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED WITH REGARD TO IMPROVEMENT OF FOURTH STREET FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF OHIO AVENUE TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF SCOTT AVENUE, AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS AND PAR- CELS OF PROPERTY ANDTHE OWNERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WHEREAS, the said Board of Aldermen has heretofore order ed that, Fourth Street from the West Property Line of Ohio Avenue to the East Property Line of Scott Avenue, in said city be improved by raising grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete, and WHEREAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen passed and approved on thelt/th. day of June 1926, it was ordered that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said Street above mentioned and to all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber of said Board in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the 9th. day of August 1926, and that due notice thereof be given to said parties, and WHEREAS, in accordance with said resolution due notice of the time and place and object of such hearing was given and such hearing wad duly held, and whereas all parties, their agents and attor- neys, and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and the following protests were made at said hearingL M. G. Catter, owner of 150 feet abutting on this street, protesting against the cost of such improvements and declaring that this is an inopportune time therefor. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED -BY THE SAID BOARD OF ALDERMEN, I. That, all protests and objections, whether therein spec- ifically mentioned or not, be,and the same are hereby overruled in whole and in part. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence pre- sented thereto that no property will be damaged by means of, or as a result of, any of such proposed improvements. It is further declared that the just and proper rule of apportionmerrt of the cost of said im- provemen is that reported in estimates, statements and reports of the City Engineer filed on the th. day of June 1926, and heretofore approved by the Board, and that by such plans and rules equality and justice will exist between the various lots and parcels of land shown to be affected thereby, and the respective owners thereof; and the Board further finds that each lot or parcel of land abutting on said portion of said street will be benefited in enhanced value by means of such improvements there- on in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown by said estimates and reports of the City Engineer. II. That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of land and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and present detail form of assessment Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City and in accordance with the Ordinances, and other proceedings applicable thereto. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. III. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed and approved this 9th. day of August A. D. 1926 ORDINANCE NO. 801. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF FOURTH STREET IN THE^CITY tF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 801 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote; Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Quelsser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the rules requiring Ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emerg- ency declared. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. ---------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 801 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. ----------------------- be adopted. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolutions following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 10-Fourth Ohio -Scott RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contract in writing between City of Wichita Falls, Texas and L. E. Whitham and Company for the improvement of the following street in said City to -wit; Fourth Street, from the West Property Line of Ohio Street, to the East Property Line of Scott Avenue together with construction bonds and maintenance bonds required thereby, are this d"ay presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval; and, WHEREAS, the Bid of L. E. Whitham and Company for the making and construction of the improvements provided for in the said con- tracts, has after due advertisement and notice, been made, and upon opening of the said Bids, said contract was awarded to said Company; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to set aside and pro- vide for the payment of all that portion of the cost required in the said contract to be paid by the City of Wichita Falls; THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that there be and is hereby set aside and appr priated out of the funds available for that prupose, the sum of to pay and defray all that portion or e cost of improving said port of said street, to be paid for by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; The said contract and the construction bond and main- tenance bond, be and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and sign the said contract, in the name of the City. Its passage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Approved and passed this 9th. day of August 1926 Form 11- Fourth Ohio -Scott. RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, contracts in writing between L. E. Whitham and Company and the City of Wichita Falls, for performing of all work of excavation in connection with the improvement of Fourth Street, from the West Property Line of Ohio Street, to the East Property Line of Scott Avenue,for the prices named therein and upon the terms therein set forth binding the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to do and perform all work of excavation upon said street, as is provided in the contract, ' being one contract for said street, are this day presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption and approval, and WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to enter into said con- tract upon the terms set forth therein, for the the compensation therein provided, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas: I. That the City of Wichita Falls, Texas do enter into contracts with L. E. Whitham and Company binding the City to do and perform all the work of excavation shown in said contract, and on said street, at and for the prices and for the terms therein stipulated and set forth. II. That the said contract is hereby approved and adopted and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign the said contract in the name of the City. III. its p� ssage. That this resolution shall take effect from and after Passed and approved this 9th. day of August A. D. 1926 ------------------------- Moved by Alderman Queisser that the hearing with reference to paving the unpaved portions of Eleventh Street from Scott to Brook Sts. be continued until 7:30 P. M. August 1-6, 1926 Motion seconded by A3EerrAan Hunt and carried. ----------------------------- Engineer's Letter accepting Broad St. Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926 Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This is to certify that the pavement on Broad Street from the South Property Line of Eighteenth Street, to the North Prop- erty Line of Twenty Fourth Street, has been completed by L. E. Whitham and Company, in accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor heretofore filed with your honorable body. be adopted. following vote; I, therefore, recommend that this pavement be accepted. Respectfully, (Signed) FRugeley Z i. yM.ig3neer. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. C Form 14- Broad 18th.-24th. St. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON BROAD STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF EIGHTEENTH STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF TWENTY FOURTH STREET, AND DI- RECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE VARIOUS LOTS OR TRACTS OF LAND ANDTHE OWRERS THEREOF ABUTTING UPON SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET. WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered that Broad Street, from the South Property Line of Eighteenth Street to the'North Property Line of Twenty Fourth Street, be improved, by raising, grading, and filling same, and in- stalling concrete curbs and gutters and paving same, and after due notice and hearing, special assessments were levied against the various lots and tracts of land and the owners thereof abutting upon the said portion of said street, and contract for the making and construction of,the said im- provements was entered into with L. E. Whitham and Company, and WHEREAS, the said L.E. Whitham and Company, has fully performed its said contract, and the said improvements have been made and constructed in accordance with the said contract and the speci- fications therefor, and to the entire satisfaction of this Board: THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA TALLS, TEXAS, I. That the said improvements on said portion of said street be'and the same are hereby accepted and L. E. Whitham and Company and the sureties on its construction bond are hereby released from any further obligation for, or eon account of, the contract or bond for the making and constructing of said improvements. II. That this resolution does not and shall not in any way effect the bond of the said company for the maintenance of the said im- provements, but such maintenance bond shall and does remain in full force and effect. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized, instructed, and directed to issue to the said L. E. Whitham, and Company certificates of special assessment, in evidence of the various assessments levied against the respective lot or parcels of land abutting upon said portion of said street, and the owners thereof, and against which special assessment has been levied, reciting the description of such prop- erty, the amount of the assessment against same, the owner thereof, the terms of payment thereof the rate of interest, the date of completion and acceptance of the said improvements, the lien of the said assessment and the personal obligation and liability of the owner of the property, and reciting that all proceeding with reference to making such improvements have been regularly had in accordance with the Law, the Charter of said City, the terms of the certificate, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of a lien and claim of personal liability evidenced by the certif- icates have been performed, and containing other appropriate and pertinent recitals, all in accordance with the contract with the said company and the law in force in the City, and the proceedings of this Board. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from - and after its passage. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 9th, day of August A. D. Engineerts Letter accepting Polk Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926 Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: This certifies that the Plains Paving Company has com- pleted the paving and otherwise improving Polk Street from its inter- section with the North Curb Line of Avenue "J" to its intersection with North Curb Line of Avenue "M" in accordance with the plans and speci- fications therefor and I hereby recommend the acceptance of the above described work. Respectfully, (Signed] —�iRl. ey ZgitFi Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 14-Polk Avenue "J"-Ave. "X" RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK OF PAVING AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING A PORTION OF POLK STREET AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CER- TIFICATES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OFTHE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the City Engineer has certified that the pav- ing and otherwise improving Polk Street from its intersection with the North Curb Line of Avenue 'J" to its intersection with the North Curb Line of Avenue "M" has been completed by the Plains Paving Company in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor and the said City Engineer recommends the acceptance of the said work by the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FA LLS, TEXAS. THAT said paving and other improvements be and the same are hereby accepted by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Mayor be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Special Assessment Certificates evidencing the indebtedness of the owners of the property abutting on said portion of street, in the name of the City of Wichita Falls, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest same and to impress the Seal of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and to deliver said Special Assessment Certificates to the Plains Paving Company, as set forth in the contract, for the above named improvements, all in accordance with the ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted and passed by the City of Wichita Falls, with reference to the above described improvements. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 9th. day of August A. D. 1926. Moved by Alderman Queisser that the bill of Parfet and Martlew in the amount of $12.25 covering the cost of printing brief in the tax refund case of the City vs United States be approved and allowed. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Jones that the bill of the Plains paving Company in the amount of $2705.65 covering the cost of paving I } portions of Austin and Avenue "L" fronting on Park properties be approved and the City Clerk be instructed to draw warrant note payable out of the Park fundct P/April 15, 1927; bearing interest at 6% per annum. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. ----------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be J t adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following note: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 1-Filmore Ave. "K"-Ave."M" RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF FILMORE STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND THE METHOD BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THEREFOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROVILES, SPEC- IFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS PREPARED. Engineer's Letter Filmore St. from Ave. "K"-Ave. "M" Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926. To The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Alder- men with reference to the improvement of Filmore Street from the North Property Line of Avenue "K", to the North Property Line of Avenue "M" I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications and estimate of the proposed improvements; the same embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said resolution. (Signed) F. yRu M. ele g eer. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the following vote: i Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser 0 Nays; None. Form 3-Filmore Ave. "K"-Ave. "M" RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE,PROPOSED IMPROVEP.4ENTS OF FILIACRE STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "K" TO THE -NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE "M", IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK ,TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MAKING AND CON- STRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. ----------------------------- Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None, Form 1-Elm Kentucky -Mississippi RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF ELM STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS? TEXAS, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND THE METHOD•BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THEREFOR? AND DIRECTING THE•CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS PREPARED. BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY -RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: Form No. 2- Engineers Letter Elm from Kentucky to Mississippi Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926 To The Honorable Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen with reference to the improvement of Elm Street from the West Curb Line of Kentucky Street to the West Property Line of Mississ- ippi Street, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications and estimate of the proposed improvements; the same embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said resolution. (Signed4 F. M. Rugeley City Engl7neer. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted, Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 3- Elm Kentucky -Mississippi RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVE- 14ENTS OF ELM STREET FROM THE%*ST CURB LINE OF KENTUCKY STREET TO THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF MISSISSIPPI STREET, IN -THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY -CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. *--------------------------- be adopted. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the Following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form Ave. A Monroe -Tenth RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF AVENUE A IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE METHOD BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THEREFOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS PREPARED. Form 2-Engineer's Letter Avenue "A" -Monroe -Tenth Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926. To The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen with reference to the improvement of Avenue "A" from the West Property Line of Monroe Street, to the East Property Line of Tenth Street, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications and estimate of the proposed improvements; the same embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvements set forth and specified in the said resolution, Signed) F. M, Rugeloyy__� CityEngineer, be adopted. Moves cy Alderman un itshe rollowing resolution Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and.carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Form 3- Ave. "A" Nays; None Monroe -Tenth. RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF TH-PROPOSED IM- PROVEMENTS OF AVENUE "A" FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF MONROE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF TENTH STREFT IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. ------------------ --------- be adopted. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution the following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 1-Mississippi Elm-Barwise & Jalonic Addt. RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF 14ISSISSIPPI STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS ANDTHE METHOD BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THEREFOR, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEY jENTS PREPARED. Form 2-Engineer's Letter Mississippi -Alley Block 18 Barwise & Jalonic Addt, Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926 To The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen with reference to the improvement of Mississippi Street, from the North Property Line of Elm Street, to the North Line of Alley Block 18, Barwise and Jalonic Addition, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifications and estimate of the proposed improvements; the same embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said resolution. (Signed) F. M, Rugele q ng Weer. Y P ,3 Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 3-Mississippi Elm -A". "Ai:' RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVE- MENTS OF MISSISFSII,PPI STREFT FROM THE NORTH PROPER Q�,, LIIN5OO.F.. RF THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF �Wa 0 TA FALLS TEXAS AND DIRECING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEaENTS. ORDINANCE NO. 802 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE NO. 372 ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION - AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH AND hARBAGE;, PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN FEES THAT MAY BE CHARGED FOR HAULING SAME AND REQUIRING ANY ONE SO ENGAGED TO GET A PERMIT AND GIVING A BOND PROVIDING A PENALTY AND CREATING AN EMERGENCY". Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 602 be passed on its first reading. following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd. Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Jone that the rules requiring ordinances to be passed on three separate days be suspended and an emergency declared. following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 802 be pass- ed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton,.Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution following vote; Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones. Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 5- Bullington, Filmore-Sixth RESULUTION. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE AND FILE REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOWING ESTI- MATED COST OF IMPROVEMENT OF UNPAVED PORTION OF BULLINGTON STREET, Filmore street and SIXTH STREET, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF TICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT; WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of unpaved portion of BULLINGTON STREET, from the Center Line of Sunset Drive, to the East Property Line of Polk Street, FILMORE STREET, from the South Property Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of Sixth Street, and SIXTH STREET, from the East Property Line of Filmore Street, to the East Property Line of Polk Street, in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas by raising, grading and.filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation and has caused advertisements to be made for bids for the making and construction of said improvements to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said Board has determined to make the same in the manner described and with one -course reinforced concrete pavement as shown in the specifications adopted therefor. NOT THEREFORE: M, The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a report with the Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated total cost of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property, and the owners t19ease of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby, and the owners thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed, in each case, for curb, the estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvement other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof, and such report may show other matters or things and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property and the owners thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said im- provements. Such report shall in all respects comply with the resolution and other proceedings of this Board with reference to the proposed im- provement of said portion of said street II. passage. This resolution shall take effect from and after its A. D. 1926. Passed and approved this the 9th. day of August Form 6-Engineer's Letter Bullington. Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926. To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: of improving unpaved I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost r P 8 P aved portion of Bullington Street from the Center Line of Sunset Drive to the East Property Line of Polk Street showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be y 13r,,� The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be $ kjS.jL The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be6 The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is $ L,y9Ly per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is 6.2P6�c per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. R"geley City Eg3neer. be adopted. Moved by Alderman Curd that the following resolution following vote: Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried by the Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7-Bullington Sunset Drive -Polk RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF UNPAVED PORTION OF BULLINGTON STREET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NO`!ICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore ordered the improvement of unpaved portion of Bulling - ton Street, from the Center Line of Sunset Drive to the East Property Line of Polk Street, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and not exceeding ninety (90) per cent of the remaining cost of said im- provements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimates of the costs of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof, and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: M That said report of City Engineer filed on the 9th. day of August 1926, he and it 1s hereby adopted and approved. II. i That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of .the City National Bank Building, in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the g day of I - 1926, and at which hearing and at said time and p ace t e owners said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or anyone else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceed- ings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly hears as to any of the said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in anywise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner there- of, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities, in any proposed assessment and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance, make and levy assessments against each such peice or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. z After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal 1, therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all.persons, firms, corporations estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irre- gularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by eausing.sueh notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON UNPAVED PORTIO4! OF BULLINGTON STREFT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF SUNSET DRIVE TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED", Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to proceed with the improvement of unpaved portion of Bullington Street from the Center Line of Sunset Drive to the East Property Line of Polk Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course rein- forced concrete CxKlm and gskkws$xaxdxp= assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels 7917 of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the � a day of AfM A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City "atlonal Bank-b3-1di g, in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections F or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to.be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is $ 3 1 7 The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ 3y/JY.q/ The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is .,L­ per lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ &.vY6 y per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anywise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 8th. day of August 1926. (Signed)' W. E. McBroom CityGT-e-rff And said Notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days pripr to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be maoled to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containg a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 1926. Passed and approved this 9th, day of August, A. D. ---------------------- Form 6-Engineer's Letter Filmore Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926. To The .Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herewith report and estimate ¢�a �he cost of improving unpaved Portion of Filmore Street from the S,94 y Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of Sixth Street show- ing the amount to be assessed against such propeety owners, etc., as re- Quired by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be /09,z,y0 The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be 4 ti,3ti The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is � d. I tl I The estimated amount to be assessed for Excavation for pavement per front foot is The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is {�,y,3 tL per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners f-or pavement ixx , exclusive of curb is per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course reinforced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, F, Id. Rugeley L;Ic(Signed) y Engineer. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Naysj None. Form 7- Eilmore Bullington-Sixth RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTI14ATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER ASTO COST AND ASSESSMENT FO T ,IM- PROVEMENT OF FILMORE STREET FROM THE S9F39 LINE OF BULLINGTON STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SIXTH, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIB- ING THE FORM OF SUCH NOTICE. WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, has heretofore h ordered improvement of unpaved portion of Filmore Street from the y Line of Bullington Street, to the North Property Line of Sixth Street, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety (90) per cent of the remaining cost -of said improvements, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimates of the costs of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof, and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the Proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I I. That said report of City Engineer filed on the 9th. day of August 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock on the G day of _ 1926, and at which hearing and at said time a— Place the own rs of sa property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or anyone else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of the said matter and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the bene- fits to their property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in anywise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. III. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference .o the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordi- nance, make and levy assessments against each such peice or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdic- tion within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, estates, and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of si�ch assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE OMIERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON PAVED STREET PORTION ON FILMORE FROM THE LINE OF BULLINGTON STREET TO THE NCR TH PROPERTY LINE OF SIXTH STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to procged w:Lth the improvement of unpaved portion _ of Filmore Street from the Se r`$Pa y Line of Bullington Street to the North Property Line of Sixth Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced goncrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructdn such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by means of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the o6th. day of Autu�t A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, ay 7:30 P. M. o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims will be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said im- paovements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land andthe owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is owners is ggZ..3v The estimated amount to be assessed against property � The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is oer lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing, in anywise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 9th. day of August A. D. 1926. cWcity . E. McBroom ityClerk. And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a regis- tered letter containing a copy of the said notice, such notice to be deposit- ed in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 1926. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9th. day of August A. D. NM Form 6-Engineer's Letter Sixth Street Wichita Falls, Texas. August 9, 1926. To The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen: I hand you herew rport and estimate of the cost of improving unpaved portion of from from the East Property Line of Filmore Street to the East Property Line of Polk Street, showing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws and by the proceedings of your Honorable Body: As is shown on this report the estimated total costs of the improvement will be $4-�-o-7 n- The estimated amount payable by the City for this improvement will be 0 ' The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be The estimated cost to property owners per lineal foot of curb is .,4 o The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for pavement per front foot is $ p,,4h,.,A- The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement is SN,,L97 _ per front foot. The estimated cost to be assessed against property owners for pavement, exclusive of curb is f ;,,,o�—per front foot. The estimated damages are nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon one -course rein- forced concrete all in accordance with the specifications thereof. heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F. M. R le City jzgineer. Moved by Alderman Hunt that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Queisser and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser Nays; None. Form 7- Sixth St. Filmore-Polk RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER ASTO COST AND SESS dT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF UNPAVED PORTION OF FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF FILMORE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OTWERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THE FORIJt OF STIH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OFTHE CITY (F WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita F 11s as heretofore ordered the improvement of unpaved portion of S from the East Property Line of Filmore Street, to the East Property Line of Polk Street, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same (' and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street, and not exceeding ninety (90) per cent of the remaining cost of said improvements, as determined at the hearing here- inafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and against othe owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improvements, and the City Engi- neer has made and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the costs of such improvements and estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof, and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected: I. That said report of City Engineer filed on the 9th. day of August 1926, be and it is hereby adopted and approved. II. That a hearing shall be given to the property owners proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested, and shall be given or held in the Council Chamber in the basement of the City National Bank Building in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 7:30 P. M. o'clock, on the 6' day of 1926, and at which hearing and at said time an p ace the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys, or anyone else in any manner interested either in said property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of the said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and the amounts to be assessed against the said property and against the owners thereof, and as to the benefits totheir property in enhanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matters or things in anywise incident to or connected with the said improvements, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or method or manner of paying for same. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form provided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests, and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board of Aldermen and said hearing may be continued from time to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed againg each lot or parcel of property and against the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said improvements, and will de- termine the amount of damages, if any, to each lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assess- ments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, make and levy assess- ments against each such price or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this City, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having juris diction within twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corpor- ations, estates,and other parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake, or invalidity therein. M The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the said City, which notice shall be substantiall y the following form, to -wit "TO OWNS? OF PROPERTY' ABUTTING ON UNPAVED PORTION ON MA'Yf FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF FILMORE STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF POLK STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City of Wichita allsL, Texas, to proceed with the improvement of unpaved portion of ANSI from the East Property Line of Filmore Street, to the East Property Line of Polk Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course reinforced concrete curbs and gutters and paving with one -course rein- forced concrete and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and land benefited by mans of the said improvements, and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the owners thereof. On the 4 4Z-" day of .r-- A. D. 1926, in the Council Chamber in the City Nationa Banc Build�i `min the City of Wichita Falls, at_� M o'clock, all such owners and their agents will be fully hear3-by7he Board of Aldermen, and any protests, objections, or claims sill be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment thereof will be levied. Plans and specifications for the improvements, and form contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection. The estimated cost of the said improvement is $_s- ra— The estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is $ The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is : per lineal foot of curb; and The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is $ per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anywie connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor, the benefits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proveedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of Aldermen at said time and place. Done in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, on the 9th. day of August A. D. 1926. (Signed I Si edI W. E. McBroom city Clerk And said notice shall be published in said paper not lass than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the date of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containinga copy of the said notice,such notice to be deposited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given or whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. IV. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVEDthis the 9th. day of August A. D. 1926 ----------------------- r C4 Moved by Alderman Curd that hhe water department be authorized to buy 6500 feet of 6 inch cast iron pipe from the Alabama Pipe Company at a cost of $52.00 per ton and 4000 feet of 6 inch De Lavafid at 178.49/100 per foot. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. ---------------------- Moved by Alderman Jones that Commissioner Curd be authorized to buy a car load of lead at the prevailing prices on August 10, 1926. Motion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried. --------------------------- Moved by Alderman Patton that the park department be authorized to buy a mower attachment at a cost of approximately $175.00. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. Moved by Alderman Curd that the City Clerk be instructed to write a,letter to W. M. Priddy stating that the City will be liable for all damages arising from the connection of a cable to support a traffic signal from his building at the intersection of Tenth Street and Scott. Motion seconded by Alderman Hunt and carried. -------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 797. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF NORTH FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY r OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Queisser that Ordinance No. 797 be passed on its third and, final reading and be adopted as read. Motion seconded by Alderman "Curd that the follow- ing resolution. Yeas; Aldermen Curd, Jones, Hunt, Patton, Queisser Nays; None. ---------------------------- ORDINANCE NO. 798. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF NORTH FIFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING,A CHARGE, AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY ANDTHE OWNERS THERE- OF,.PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Hunt that Ordinance No. 798 be passed on its third and final reading and be adopted as read. Motion Ieconded by Alderman Jones and carried by the Following vote: Yeas; Aldermen Patton, Curd, Jones, Hunt, Queisser. Nays; None. --------------------------- The Board of Aldermen adjourned . Read and approved. Sz��d,_ ATTE l� L�fI"t7"feiJ ' C -05 Wichita Falls, Texas Basement City National Bank Bldg. August 10, 1926 The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular called session at 8 o'clock P. M. on the above date with the following members present: R. E. Shepherd, Mayor J. H. Patton ¢ Frank Queisser ¢ Ora�'l,,/f Jones ¢ Aldermen J. H. Hunt ¢ P. B. Curd ¢ W. E. McBroom, City Clerk W. E. George, City Attorney Engineering Proposals for a Preliminary Survey of the proposed water improvements were received. The following Engineers presented their propositions: R. A. Thompson, Dallas, Texas. N. T. Veatch, Representing Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Mo. C. R. Velzy, Representing Pearse, Greely & Hansen, Chicago, Ill C. S. Timanus, Representing Burns & McDonald, Kansas City, Mo. Gibb Gilcrist, Representing Nagle, Witt, Rollins and Gilcrist of Dallas, Texas. After careful consideration of the qualifications of the Engineers and the details of each proposal the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman surd that the Mayor be authorized to enter into contract with Black and Veatch of Kansas City, Mo., for a Preliminary Survey and report on the proposed water improvements at a cost not to exceed $7,500.00. Motion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the following vote: Yeas; Aldermen, atton, Curd, Queisser, Hunt. Nays; P#e2xe.uC� ------------- The Board of Aldermen then adjourned. Read and approved this the 16th. day of August A. D. 1926. 'f1 ATTEST: ayor City. Clerk— i CCv 'I