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Min 11/21/1921 Morgan Building Wichita Falls, Texas. November 21st, 1921 The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date with the following present:- W. D. Cline, Mayor R. E. Shepherd ( J. B. Fitts ( W. S. Curlee ( ALDERMEN J. F. Reed ( T. N. Bonner ( Geo W. Thorburn, City Clerk ################# Moved by Alderman Fitts that the Mayor be authorized to exe- cute a Quit Claim Deed to Lots Nos Ten (10) and Eleven (11) in Block No. One Hun- dred and Thirty Nine (139) of the original townsite of Wichita pails, Texas. • Motion seconded by Alderman Curlee and carried. ################ Moved by Alderman Reed that the delinquent taxes shown on the Tax Collector's Books as "Unpaid" at this time against' Lot two (2) Block One Hundred (100) Original townsite of Wichita Falls, Texas be abated and that the Tax Collector be now instructed to clear his records as to this property. Motion seconded by Alderman Fitts and carried. ################ Moved by Alderman Pitts that Alderman J. F. Reed be author- ized to expend a sum not to exceed Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for curbs and gutters etc in Bellevue Park. Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried. ###1/############ Moved by Alderman Curlee that it be deemed a public necessity to curb and pave Indiana Avenue between Tenth and Thirteenth Streets and that the following three Resolutions be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried by following vote:- Yeas: Shepherd, Fitts,Curlee,Reed, Bonner Hayes: None ################ RESOLUTION # 1 RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF IMPROVING INDIANA STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF TENTH STREET TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THIRTEENTH STREET, STATING THE NATURE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENT AND THE METHOD BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT PAYMENT BE MARE THEREFORE, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENG- INEER TO HAVE PLANS, PROFILES, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMP- ROVEMENTS PREPARED: BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WIQgITA FALLS: THAT 1. It is necessary that Indiana Street from the South property line of Tenth Street to the South property line of Thirteenth Street be improved by raising, grading, filling and paving the same, and installing concrete curbs and gutters, and that same be improved with the following methods and materials to-wit: (a) Concrete (b) Bitulithio (o) Brick II. The City Engineer is hereby directed to have plans, profiles specifications and estimates embracing the foregoing materials and plans of im- provement prepared, and to file the same with the Board of Aldermen, the City ' Engineer being so directed, there being no City Manager. 329 P III. The said improvements shall be paid for in the following manner, to-wit: The benefited and abutting nronerty, and the owners thereof, shall be assessed and pay for all of the cost of installing curbs and three- fourths of the remaining cost of such improvements, and the City of Wichita Falls shall pay the remainder. The sums payable by the benefited property and owners thereof shall be payable in three equal installments, the first of which shall be due on or before thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance by the City of such improvements, and the second shall be due on or before one (1) year after such completion and acceptance, and the third on or before two (2) years after said completion and acceptance. The entire amount of such sums shall bear int- erest from the date of such completion and acceptance and until paid at the rate of TA per annum payable annually, but such property, and the owners thereof, shall have the privilege of paying any or all of such installments at any time before maturity, and the failure to pay any installments upon the maturity thereof,shall at the option of the owner and holder of the certificate of special assessment issued in evidence thereof, mature the entire amount then unpaid; and the sums payable by the respective lots or parcels of property abutting upon the said imp- rovement, and benefited thereby, shall be assessed against such lots or parcels and against the owners thereof, and shall be a personal liability of such owner and a first and prior lien and charge against such property, superior to all other liens claims and charges and demands of whatsoever kind, excepting only State, County and Municipal taxes. No assessment shall be levied against any lot or parcel of land, or the owner thereof, in excess of the special benefits to such lot or parcel of land in enhanced value thereof by means of such improvement, and no assessment shall be levied until after the notice and hearing as provided in the Charter and Laws in force and effect in this city, and in the ordinances and proceedings of the Board of Aldermen applicable thereto. Iv. Upon the completion and acceptance of such imnro vement, if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates in evidence of the assessments levied against the respective lots or parcels of property, and the owners thereof, shall be issued to the contractor or party performing and exe- cuting the work of such improvement and containing recitals lawful and properly applicable thereto, and the said improvements shall be executed, and the said matters filed, said notice and hearing ordered given, and ordinance levying the assessment, and any other matters with reference to said improvement shall be done and performed in the manner and form provided by the Charter and Laws in force and in effect in this city, and the proceedings, ordinances and resolut- ions of the Board of Aldermen. V. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Signed: W. D. Cline, Mayor ATTEST:- Signed: Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk. #' #################### RESOLUTION # 2 LETTER OF ENGINEER SUBMITTING PLANS, PROFILES SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES. TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERNEN OP THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLSV TEXAS; In compliance with the resolution of the Board of Aldermen with reference to the improvement of Indiana Street from the South pronerty line of Tenth Street to the South property line of Thirteenth Strreet, I have prepared and hand you herewith plans, profiles, specifioations and estimates of the pro- posed improvements, the same embraces the different materials, plans and methods of improvement set forth and specified in the said resolution. Signed: Julian Montgomery, City Engineer. • ######################## • 330: RESOLUTION # 3 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS, PROFILES, SPECI- FICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF INDIANA STREET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF TENTH STREET TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THIRTEENTH STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO AD- VERTISE FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTING OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDE1T EN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS: THAT WHEREAS, by resolution passed on the 21st day of November A. D. 1921 the Board of Aldermen of the city of Wichita palls declared the nec- essity of improving Indiana Street from the South property line of Tenth street to the South Property Line of Thirteenth Street by raising, grading and filling same, and paving same and installing concrete curbs and gutters, with the mater- ials and in the manners and methods stated in the said resolution, and gave the method by which it was proposed that payment be made therefor, and directing the City Engineer to have plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of the pro- posed improvement prepared; and, WHEREAS, the said City Engineer has prepared such plans, profiles, specifications and estimates and has filed the same with the Board of Aldermen, and the same have been inspected and examined and corrected, where necessary; 1. That the said plans, profiles and specifications and esti- mates, be and they are hereby adopted and approved as those under, by, and in accordance with thich the said improvements shall be made and constructed. E. That the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to adver- tise for competitive bids for the making and constructing of the said improvements in the manner and for the length of time and in the form required and provided by the City Charter and laws in force and in effect at this time, and by the or- dinances and proceedings of this Board, and such bids will be received until and shall be opened on the 9t4 day of January 1922, at 9 o'clock, P. M., and all bids shall be made in the form and in the manner, and accompanied by certified check and by the guarantee provided and required by the said specifications. 3. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 21st day of November A. D. 1921 Signed: W. D. Cline, Mayor ATTEST:- Signed:- Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk ################## The Board of Aldermen then adjourned. Read and approved this 28th day of November 1921. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk 331