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Min 07/05/1923 Wichita Falls, Texas. July 5th 1923. Basement Morgan Bldg., The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, met in regular adjourned session at 7:30 P. M. on the above date with the following present: Frank Collier, Mayor B. A. Stayton J. T. Young I N. N. Cliffordl Aldermen J. H. Patton R. E. Shepherdi W. E. EcBroom, City Clerk. ##### ##i#i###### Hearing to property owners with reference to paving Pearl Street was called and after hearing all protests the following motion was put in order. • roved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Young and carried, by the foll- owing vote: Yeas: Stayton, Young, ClitTord, Patton, Shepherd. Hayes: None. RESOLUT ION RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT OF PEARL STREET BETWEEN THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF BELOK STREET AND THE WEST CURB LINE OF GRACE STREET AND DETERMINING AMOUNTS OF -SSESSENTS AGAINST ABUT'.:ING LOTS, PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS :HEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOArD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ICHITA FALLS: THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Bichita Falls has heretofore ordered the following portion of Street in said city improved by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and paving With one course concrete pavement to-wit: all the unpaved portion of Pearl Street between the East property line of Brook Street and the west curb line of Grace Street. WHE7EAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen adopted on the llth day of June 1923, itwis ordercd that a hearing to all owners of property abutting on said portion of said street and all others interested be held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building at 7:30 P. IT, on the 5th day of July 1923, and that notice thereof be given; and, WHEREAS, due notice of the time and place of such hearing was given and such hearing held, and all parties their agents and attorneys and all others desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly head, and at such hearing the fallowing protests were made: Ed Wilson H. C. Hancock J. F. Caveness H. Carrigan representing the Collins Estate;protesting against the cost of such improvements and that this is an inopportune time therefor: 1. That all protests and objections, whether therein specifi- cally mentioned or not, be and they are hereby over-ruled. 2. That the Board, of Aldermen finds from the evidence before it that no property will be damaged by means of or as a result of any of the said improvements. \CP 3. The Board further finds from the evidence before it that the proper rule of apportionment of the cost of such improvement is that applied and shown on the estimates, reports, and statements of the City Engineer filed on the 11th day of June 1923, and examined and approved by the Board, and that such produces and effects substantial equality and jus- tice between the various lots and parcels of land shown and affected thereby and the respective owners thereof and the Board further finds from the evi- dence that each parcel or lot of land abutting on said portion of Pearl Street will be benefitted in enhanced value by means of such improvements on said portion of Pearl Street in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown on said estimates, reports, and statements of the City Engineer. 4. That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of prorerty, and against the owners thereof, and the City attorney is hereby directed to prepare form of Ordinance, levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City, and in accordance with the Ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings applicable thereto. 5. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said imnrovements. 6. That this resolution take effect from and after its passage. ###J,i4iiii/414##ii4#11- fiq#i44 ORDINANCE 452 ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSLENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF Ma- ROVING A PORTION OF PEARL STREET IN THE CITY OF 'iICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OMNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSEENTS, AND FOR RUE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERCErCY. Moved. by Alderman Clifford that Ordinance No.452 be passed on its first reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried by '0e foll- owing vote:- Yeas:3tayton, Clifford, Patton, Young, Shepherd. Nayes: None. Hearing to property owners with reference to paving Bluff Street was called and after hearing all protests the following motion was put in order. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried by the fol- lowing vote: Yeas: Stayton, Clifford, Patton, Young. Shepherd. Nayes: None. RESOLUTION • RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT OF BLUFF STREET BETWEEN THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF NINTH STREET AND THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF ELEVENTH STREET, AND DETER- MINING AMOUNTS OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING LOTS, PARCELS OF PROPERTY AND THE ORDERS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDEHUT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS: THAT; \10\ ;;HEREAS, the Board of ,ldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore ordered the following portion of Street in said City improved by raising, grading, and filling same and installing Concrete Curbs and paving with one course re-inforced concrete to-wit: all the unpaved portion of Bluff Street between the South property line of rinth Street and the Forth Property line of Eleventh Street. WHEEAS, by resolution of the Board of Aldermen adopted on the llth day of June 1923, it is ordered that a hearing to all Owners of pro- perty abutting on said portion of said street, and all others interested, be held in the Council Chamber in the Lorgan Building at 730 P. on the 5th day of July 1923, and that notice thereof be given; and, WHEREAS, due notice of the time and place of such hearing was given and such hearing held, and all parties, their agents and attorneys and all others, desiring to be heard, have been fully and fairly heard, and at such hearing the following protests were made. A. E. Bauch protesting against the cost of such improvements and that this is an inopp- ortune time therefor: 1. That all protests and objections, whether therein specifically mentioned or not, be and they are hereby over-ruled. 2. That the Board of Aldermen finds from the evidence before it that no property will be damneed by means of or as a result of any of the said improvements. 3. The Board further finds from the evidence before it that the proper rule of apportionment of the cost of such improvement, is that applied and shown on the estimates, reports, and statements of the City Engineer filed on the llth day of June 1923, and examined and approved by the Board, and that such produces and effects substantial eouality and justice between the various lots and parcels of land shown and affected thereby and the respective owners thereof and the Board furth r finds from the evidence that each parcel or lot of land abutting on said portion of Bluff Street will be benefitted in enhanced value by means of such improve- ments on said portion of Bluff Street in an amount in excess of the portion of costs to be assessed against same as shown on said estimates, reports, and statements of the City Engineer. 4. That said sums be assessed against said lots or parcels of property, and against the owners thereof, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare form of Ordinance levying such assessments in accordance with the Charter and Laws in force in this City, and in accordance with the Ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings applicable thereto. ' 5. That said hearing be and is hereby closed as to all parties and as to all said improvements. 6., That this resolution take effect from and after its passage. ORDIFAKCE 450 ORDI7_7C L:77IKG .,SSESS:=T 70F, 1.21= OF THE COST OF IL1T- OVING PORTION 07 7LiT1— 1,22FET I HTE CITY OF TIC lid FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING A CILLEGE AND LIEN IL ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE 0',11:ERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSIDEFTS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSEGNABLE CERTIZICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Young that Ordinance No.450 be passed on its first reading. Lotion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried by the foll- owing vote: Yeas; Shepherd, §tayton, Young, Patton, Clifford. \Or\i Nayes: Bone. The hearing to property owners with reference to paving Folk Street from Avenue D to Avenue G was called and as no protests were heard the following motion was put in order. IJoved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adoAed. Eotion seconded by alderman Stayton and carried by the followinj vote: Yeas: Stayton, Clifford, Patton, Young, Shepherd. Payee: Cone. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION CLOSING HEARING WITH REFERENCE TO ThWROVEIJENTS AND ASSESCKDHTS THER-3FOR ON A PORTION OF POLK STREET IN THE CITY CF wicHial FALLS TEXAS. WHEREAS, by resolution passed and adopted on the 16th day of April 1923, it was ordered that Polk Street from its intersection with the south property line of Avenue D to its intersection with the north curb line of “venue G, be improved in the manner set forth in the said resolution; and thereafter contract was let and entered into with the Plains Paving Company for the making and construction of such improvements; and thereafter the City Engineer filed roll or statement showing thereon the various parcels of prop- erty abutting upon said street, with the names of the owners thereof, as far as known, and showing the amounts to be assessed against each parcel, and showing other matters and things; and such statement having been examined and approved, it was by resolution ordered that hearing be given to all own- ers of abutting property and to all others interested and a time and place was fixed therefe±;aand at said time and place, to-wit, the 5th day of July 1923, at 7:30 o'clock E. E., in the Council Chamber in the :/lorgan Building in the City of iiichita Falls, Texas, said hearing was duly and held, notice of the time and place thereof and of such hearing having been theretofore given in due and proper manner and for the length of time as was proper and at said hearing there were no protests. and all parties desiring themselves to be heard their agents, representatives and attorneys, were fully and fairly heard, and evidence was introduced and considered; and the Board of Aldermen having heard the evidence and having considered same, and having heard and con- sidered all protests and objections made,whether herein enumerated or not, is of the opinion that all protests and objections should be over-ruled, and that said hearing should be closed; and all errors and other matters requiring corrections or rectification having been corrected and rectified; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER= OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: I. All protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or not, be, and the same are hereby overruled. The Board of Aldermen from the evidence finds that in each and every case the property abutting upon the said improvements will be en- hanced in value by means of such improvements, in a sum in excess of the amount proposed to be assessed against it therefor; and further finds that the apportionment of the cost of the said improvements made and applied and shown on the Engineer's roll or statement is substantially in proportion to the benefits received by means of the improvements, and that such apportion- ment is just and equitable, and results in substQA.tial justice and equality between the various parcels of property and the owners thereof, considering burdens imposed and benefits received. III. That the said hearing be, and it is hereby closed, and it is ordered that each parcel of property abutting upon the said improvements and the owners of such property be assessed in the sums shown on the said roll or statement opposite the description of the respective parcels under the column "Total Assessment" and itemized in the columns preceeding such column; and it is directed that ordinance leaying such assessments in accord- ance with the terms and provisions of the proceedings of the City with ref- erence to said improvements and in accordance 'eith the law and charter be prepared. IV. The Doard of Aldermen further finds that the sums assessed against the respective parcels of property do not exceed the amount or pro- portion authorized by charter and provided by the proceedings of the City; mad further finds all other matters and things necessary and prerequisite to this resolution and to such assessments. V. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 5th day of July 1923. ORDINANCE 110.451. ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMP- ROVING A PORTION OF POLK STREET IN THE CITY OF ..lICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST AEUT:ING PROPERTY AND THE OUNEBS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, AND'FOR TEE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Young that Ordinance No.451 be passed on its first reading. Notion seconded by Alderman Stayton and carried by the foll- owing vote: Yeas: Shepherd, Stayton, Clifford, Patton, Young. Napes: None. :4#######iiiffi####&4 • The Board of Aldermen then went into executive session to consider those matters that may be considered in executive session. The Board of Aldermen then went out of exec utive session. The Board. of Aldermen then adjourned. Read, and approved this 9th day of July 1923. ir • Mayor ATTESt:- Arri244/ City lark •