Min 12/16/1920 Moved by Alderman Shepherd that Ordinance 336 be placed
on its third and final reading.
which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley and carried
by the following vote:-
Yeas:- Bralley, McDowell, Shepherd.
Mayes:- None.
The Mayor then presented to the Board of Aldermen for its
consideration an Ordinance same being Ordinance 337, entitled.
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGING THE MEETING PLACE OFF
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS FROM THE CITY HALL
TO THE BASEMENT OF THE MORGAN BUILDING, SAME BEING ROOM NO.
AND OCCUPIED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FAI;LEiTEMAS".
Moved by Alderman Shepherd that Ordinance 337, be put on
its third and final reading which motion was seconded by Alderman Bralley
and passed by the following vote:*
Yeas:- Bralley, McDowell, Shepherd.
Reyes:- None.
4( The Mayor then presented to the Board of Alderman for its
consideration an Ordinance same being Ordinance 338 entitled.
"AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF PROCEDURE IN TER
IMPROVEMENT OF PORTIONS OF EIGHI'H STR'ET,NINTH STREET, AVENUE "A",AND
" GRANT STREET, AND FOR THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE OWNERS OF PRO-
v PEATY ABUTTING THEREON, AND DECCLARING AN EMERGENCY".
Moved by Alderman Bralley that ordinance 338 be placed
on its second reading, whin h motion was seconded by Alderman ahe pherd
and carried by the following vote.
Yeas:- Shepherd, Bralley, McDowell.
Nayes:- None.
The Board of Aldermen then recessed until 1:30 P. M. Thur-
sday 16th December.
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Water Works Department
Morgan Building,
Wichita Falls, Texas
Thursday 16th, Dec. 1920.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls Texas
met in regular adjourned session on the above date for the transaction
of the business of the City.
PRESENT:
W. D. CLINE, Mayor
R. E. Shepherd
W. G. Bralley E ALDERMEN
W. N. Bonner I
Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk
The Mayor presented to the Board of aldermen for its con-
sideration an Ordinance, same being Ordinance 338 entitled.
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"AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE THE IETHOD OF PROCE,URE IN THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF PORTIONS OF EIGHTH STREET, NINTH STREET, AVENUE "A", AND G&LI$
STREET, AND FOR THE LEVY OF ASSESSIMUT AGAINST THE Oi,TERS OF PROPERTY
ABUTTING THEREON, AND DECLARING AHEM! GENCY".
Moved by Alderman Bralley, that Ordinance No.338 be put on its
third and final reading.
which motion was seconded by Alderman Bonner and carried by
the following vote;-
Yeas:- Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd.
Mayes:- None.
' Julian Montgomery, City Engineer, then presented to the Board
of Aldermen estimates of the cost of improving that part of 8th street,
between East Property line of Bluff and West property line of Brook Street
and Alderman Bralley moved that same be approved and adopted,
which motion was seconded by Alderman Bonner and carried, by
the following vote.
Yeas:- Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd.
Nayes:- None.
The Resolution follows:-
R-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF TEE CITY ENGINERR
AS TO COST AND ASSESSIENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PART OF )OTH STREET
BETWEEM7 EAST PROPERTY LINE OF BLUFF AND HEST PROPERTY LINE OF BROOK STREET )(
FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INT-
ERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND
PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI,TEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THNT:-
WHEREA$,"the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls
has heretofore ordered the improvement of that part of 8th Street between
East property line of Bluff and West property line of Brook Street, and
has received estimate plans and specifications from the City Engineer
and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, com-
petitive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the
cost of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and three-
fourths of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed
against the nroperty abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and
the City Engineer has Lade and filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement and the estimated
amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or 'Excel of land ant
the owner thereof and showing other matters, and things required by the
law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such re-
parts and same has been examined and corrected:
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the lath day of
December, 1920, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
That a hearing shall be given to the owners of property abutting
on said portions of said street and to all others interested and same
shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building
in the City of Wichita ralls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the lath day of
January, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owtw rs
of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one
else in any manner interested either in said property or in said impro-
vement 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 said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against
the said roperty and against the ow.m rs thereof and as to the benefits
to said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as
to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be
in sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any other matter or thing
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in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract,
proceedings or assessments therefor, or the 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 the provisions of the City Charter, any other claims or
matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hear-
ing all claims, rotests and objections whatsoever rill be passed upon
by the Board 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 said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing
and from the evidence ,eafore it, the Board of Aldermen will determine
the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting prop-
erty and against the owner thereof and will determine the amount of
damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof,
the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property by
means of said improvement., and will correct any errors, mistakes or in-
validities in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with ref-
erence to the making or constructing of said improvement or the levy-
ing of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and :
levy assessments against each piece or parcel of abutting property and
against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the mann-
er and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by
law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions and other pro-
ceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed any one desiring
to appeal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having
jutisdiction within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed
and final assessment of twenty days from the levyi g of such assessment
be forever barred and estopped from in any manner/attacking or resulting
same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity there-
in. The City Secretary 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 (Lansing such notice to be published in the official
newspaper of the City, which skid notice shall be in substantially the
following form, to-wit:
"To the owners of property abutting on Eighth street between East
property line Bluff Street and Nest property line of Brook Street, and
to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the intention of
the City to eroceed with the improvement of Eighth Street from East peop-
erty line of Bluff Street to West croperty line of Brook Street, by
raising, grading and filling same, installing concrete curbs and gutters
and paved with the GIs rren te_Bjtulithic Paving on cr"shed stone found-
ation, and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of Eighth Street
will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improvement, and such
assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots
and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owner there
of; On the 10th day of January, 1921, in the Council Chamber in the
Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls, at 7:30 omolook P. M.,all
such owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring
to be heard . ill be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest,
objections 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 lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof
will be determined, and assessments therefor will be levied. Flans and
specifications for said improvements and form of contract and report of
the City Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount
of assessment against each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof
are on file in the office of the City Secretary and open to inspection
the estimated cost of said improvement is)Sixty Two Thousand Eight Hundred
Sixty Three Dollars and Forty three cents ($62863.43) the estimated amount
to be assessed against property owners is Forty Eighth Thousand Two Hund-
red seventy two & 36/100, ($48272.36) Dollars, the estimated amount to
be assessed against abutting property for curb is 1.0244 dollars per lin-
eal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assessments against
abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement and excavation for
pavement is 11.9465, Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms corporations
or estates their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any
matter or thing in any wise connected with skid improvements, the assess-
ments therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings connected there-
with shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place.
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Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of
the City of Wichita Falls.
Passed on the 16th day of December, 1920.
Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than
four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than
t4 days prior to the date set for said/hearing not counting the said day
of hearing, and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each
owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a reg-
istered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be dep-
osited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls end such notice by letter
shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by
advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given
and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent.
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Julian Montgomery, City Engineer, then presented to the Board
of Aldermen estimates of the cost of Improving that part of Avenue A,
Street between south property line Tenth Street and south property line
on Eleventh Street, and Alderman Bralley moved that same be approved and
adopted which motion was seconded by Alderman Bonner and carried, by the
following vote.
Yeas: Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd.
Mayes:- None.
The Resolution Follows:-
R*E* *0*L*U*T*I*0*N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENGINEER
AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PART AVENUE A STREET
BETWEEN SOUTH PROPERTY LINE TENTH STREET AND SOUTH PROPERTY LIVE ON ELEVENTH
STREET, FIXING A TINS AND PUCE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF,AND
PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY O1' WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has
heretofore ordered the improvement of that part of Avenue A, Street between
south property line, Tenth Street and south property line of Eleventh Street
and has received estimate plans and specifications from the City Engineer
and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, compe-
titive bids were received, and it has been determined that all of the cost
of constructing curbs along said portion of said street and three-fourths
of the remaining cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the
property abutting thereon and against the ownars thereof, and the City
Engineer has made and filed with the Mayor andBoard of Aldermen his report
and estimate of the cost of sunk improvement and the estimated amount to
be assessed aa:ainst each abutting lot or parcel of land and the owx r
thereof and showing other matters and things reanired by the 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 the City Engineer filed on the 16th day of
December, 1920, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
That a hearing shall be given to the owrn rs of property abutting
on said portions of said street and to all others interested and same shall
be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the
City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 10th day of January,
1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners of said
property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any
manner interested either in said property or in said improvement or in
1c2g the manner or method of making and constructing same or in the contract
�► therefor or theproceedings with reference thereto or thebenefits of damages
to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard, as to'any of said mat-
ters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and
against the owners thereof and as to the benefits to said property in
enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as to damages to said
property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be sustained by rea-
son of said improvement or as to any other matter or thing in any wise
incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings
or assessments therefor, or the 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 the provisions of the City Charter, any other claims or mat-
ters 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 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 said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing
andfrom the-evidence before it, theBoard of Aldermen will determine the
amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting property
and against the owner thereof and will determine the amount of damages
if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, the
bere-fits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of nrorerty by means
of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes or invalidities
in any proposed assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the
making or constructing of said improvement or the levying of assessments
therefor, and will thereafter by ordinance make and levy assessments against
each piece or parcel of abutting property and against the owners thereof
in the proportion provided and in the manner and form andin accordance
with the terms required and provided by law axe_ the City Charter and the
ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. After such
hearing is closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall prosecute
and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction within twenty days from the
date such hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter
and all persons shall after the expiration of twenty days from the levying
of such assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner
at acking or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake
or invalidity therein. The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice
of the time and place of said hearing to the owrn rs of said property and
to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the City, which said notice shall be in substantially
the following form, to-wit:
"To the owners of property abutting on Avenue A street between
south property line Tenth Street and south property line on Eleventh street
and to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the intention
of the City to .roceed with the improvement of Avenue A from South prop-
erty line Tenth Street and South property line on Eleventh Street, by
raising, grading and filling same, installing concrete curbs and gutters
and paving with the Warrenite Bitulithic Paving on crushed stone found-
ation, and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of Avenue A,Street
will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improvement, and such
assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots
and lands assessed and a personal claim and charge against the owner there-
of; On the 10th day of January, 1921, in the Council Chamber in the Morgan
Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M., all such
owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons desiring to be
heard will be fully heard by the Board of Aldermen and any protest, obj-
ections 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 lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof will
be determined s.nd assessments therefor will be levied. Plans and specifi-
cations for said improvements and form of contract and report of the City
Engineer showing estimated cost thereof, and the estimated amount of ass-
essment against each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof are on
file in the office of the City Secretary and open to inspection, The est-
imated cost of said improvement is Seventeen Thousand, four hundred ten
dollars and thriteen cents, ($$17,410.03) the estimated amount to be ass-
essed against property owners is Thirteen thousand, dour hundred ninety
four & 21/100, 013,494.21), Dollars the estimated amount to be assessed
against abutting property for curb is 1.0244 Dollars per lineal foot of
curb, and the estimated amount of the assessments against abutting property
and the owners thereof for pavement and excavation for pavement is 7.7189
Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms corporations or estates, their
agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter or thing in any
wise connected with said improvements, the assessments therefor, the bene-
fits thereof or the proceedings connected therewith shall be and appear
before said Board at said time and place.
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Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Alei.ermen of
the City of Wichita Palle.
Passed on the 16th day of December, 1920.
Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than
four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less
than 14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said
day of hearing, and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each
owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a reg-
istered letter containing a copy of said notice, : uch letter to be dep-
osited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall
be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by adver-
tisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and
whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent.
Julian Montgomery, City Engineer, then presented to the Board of
Aldermen estimates of the cost of improvement part of 9th Street, between
west property line Denver Street and 100'feet west of west property line
Taylor street, and Alderman nralley moved that same be approved and ad-
opted which motion was seconded by Alderman Bonner and carried, by the
following vote.
Yeas:- Bon.,er, hralley, Shepherd.
dayes:- None.
The Resolution follows:-
I
R-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTIMATE OF THE CITY ENG-
INEER AS TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PART OF
9TH STREET,BETWEEN WEST PROPERTY LINE DENVER STREET AND 100 FEET WEST
OF WEST PROPERTY LINE OF TAYLOR STREET, FIXING A TIME AND P MWR FOR A
HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY
SERNETARY TO GIVE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOArD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHiTA
FALLS, TEAS, THAT:
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls has
heretofore ordered the improvement of that part of 9th street, between
west property line Denver Street and 100 feet west of west property
line of Taylor Street,and has received estimate plans and specifications
from the City Engineer and after .adoption of same and after due advertise-
ment 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 andthree-fourths of the remaining cost of such improvement shall
be assessed against the property abutting thareon and against the owe rs
thereof, and the City Engineer has male and filed with the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvement
and the estimated amount to be assessed against each abutting lot or parcel
of land and the owner thereof and showing other matters and things req-
uired by the 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 the City Engineer filed onthe 16th day of
December, 1920, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
That a hearing shall be given to the own rs of property abutting
on said portions of said street and to all others interested and same
shall be given and held in the Council chamber in the Morgan Building
in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 10th day of
January, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners
of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else
in any manrn r interested either in said property or in said improvement
12 5 or in the manner or method of making and constructing same or in theoon-
"*� tract therefor ar the proceedings with reference thereto or to the benefits
G �a,
to said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as
to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to be
sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any ,,they matter or thing
in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement, contract
proceedings or assessments therefor, or the method or manlier 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 the provisions of the City Charter, any other claims or
matters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at such hear-
ing all claims, protests andobjections whatsoever will be passed upon
by the Board and saidhearing 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 said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing
and from the evidence before it, theBoard of Aldermen will determine
the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting pro-
perty and against the owner thereof and will determine the amount of
damages if any to each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof
the benefits in enhanced value of to each lot or parcel of property by
means of said improvement, and will correct any errors, mistakes or in-
validities in any proposed assessment and in any orooeedings with ref-
erence to the making or constructing of said improvement of the levy-
ing of assessments therefor, and will thereafter by ordina._ce make and
levy assessments against eacy piece or Parcel of abutting property and
against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the man-
ner and form and in accordance with the terms required and provided by
law and the City Charter and the ordinances, resolutions andother pro-
ceedings of this Board. After such hearing is closed any one desiring
to appeal the reform shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jur-
isdiction within twenty days from the date such hearing is closed and
final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons shall after
the expiration of twenty days from the levying of such assessment be for-
ever barred and estopped from in any manner attacking or resisttng same
or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein. The
City Secretary 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 oausing:such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the
City, which said notice shall be in substantially the following form,to-wit:
"To the owners of property abutting on Ninth Street, between west
property line Denver street and 100 feet west of west property line Taylor
Street, and to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the in-
tention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Ninth Street from
West property line Denver Street and 100 feet west of west property line
Taylor street, by raising, grading, and filling same, installing concrete
curbs endgutters and paving with the Warrenite Bitulithic Paving on cru-
shed stone foundation, and all lots and lands abutting on said portion of
Ninth Street will be assessed for a portion of the cost of such improve-
ment, and such assessments when levied shall be a first and prior lien
upon the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and ()barge against
the owner thereof; On the lath day of January, 1921, in the Council Cham-
ber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock
P. M., all such owners, their agents or attorneys or any other persons
desiring to be heard will be fully heard by the B:ard of aldermen and any
protest, objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the bene-
fits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and
the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the
owner thereof will be determined, and assessments therefor will be levied.
Plans and specifications for said improvements and form of contract an3
rrport of 'the City Engineer showing estimated coat thereof, and the est-
imated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of land and the
owner thereof are on file in the offide of the City Secretary and open to
inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is Seventy Six thous-
and one hundred seventy two & 53/100 Dollars, ( 76,172.53) the estimated
amount to be assessed against property owners is Fifty eight thousand
four hundred fifty six & 91/100 ( 58,456.91) Dollars, the estimated amount
to be assessed against abutting property for curb is 1.0244 Dollars per
lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assessments against
abutting property and the owne s thereof for pavement and excavation for
pavement is 11.6095 Dollars per front foot. All persons, firms corporations
or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be heard about any matter
or thing in any wise connected with said improvements, the assessments
therefor, the benefits thereof or the proceedings connected therewith shall
be and appear before said Board at said time and place.
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Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of
the City of Wichita Falls.
Passed on the 16th day of December, 1920.
Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than
four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than
14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said day
of hearing, and the City Secretary shall cause tb be mailed to each
owner whose name appears on the said report of the City Engineer a reg-
istered letter containing a cony of said notice, sich letter to be dep-
osited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls and such notice by letter shall
be cumulative of the notice b,7 advertisement and such notice by adver-
tisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given ant
whether or not such notice by letter he received nr sent.
Julian Montgomery, City Engineer, then presented to the Board
of Aldermen estimates of the cost of Improving that part of Grant +wrip
Street between 100 feet north of north property line of Avenue D, and
center of intersection at Avenue H, and alderman Bralley moved that
same be approved and adopted which motion was seconded by Alterman
Bonner and carried, by the following vote:
Yeas:- Bonner, Bralley, Shepherd.
Hayes: None
The Resolution follow s:-
R-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND ESTTT4 TE OF THE CITY ENGINEER
2S TO COST AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IM:ROVEMENT of GRANT STREET BETWEEN
100 FEET NORTH OF NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE D, AND CENTER OF INTER-
SECTION AT AVENUE H. fixing A TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING TH+: CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE
NOTICE THE:EOF, AND PRESCRIBING FORM OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF AL7Itram 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 that cart of Grant Street,
between 100 feet north of north property line of Avenue D, and center
of intersection at Avenue H, and has received estimate plans and spec-
ifications 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 three-fourths of the remaining cost of
such impropvement shall be assessed against tle property abutting thereon
and againd't--the owners thereof, and the City Engineer has made and filed
with the Mayor'and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost
of such improvement and the estimated amount to be assessed against each
abutting lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof and showing other
matters and things required by the law and the City Charter and the pro-
ceedings of this Board for such reports and sam has been examined and
correcteds
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the 16th day of
December, 1920, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
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II.
That a hearing shall be given to the ocners of roperty abutting
on said portions of said street and to all others interested and same
shall be given and held in the Council Chamber in the Morgan Building
in the City of Wichita Falls at 7:30 o'clock F. M. on the 10th day of
January, 1921, and at such hearing and at said time and place the owners
of said property or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one
else in any manner interested either in said property or in said impro-
vement 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 said matters end as to the amounts to be assessed against
the said property and against the owners thereof and as to the bens fits
to said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and as
to damages to said property or the owners thereof resulting from or to
be sustained by reason of said improvement or as to any other matter or
thing in any wise incident to or connected with the said improvement,
contract, proceedings or assessments therefor, or the 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 the provisions of the City Charter, any other claims or mat-
ters may be resented either orally or in writing, and at such hearing
all claims, protests and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by
the Board 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 said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from
the evidenoe before it, the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts
to be assessed against each lot or parcel of abutting nronerty and against
the owner thereof and will determine the amount of damages if any to each
lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, the benefits in enhanced
value of to each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvement,
and will correct any errors, mistakes or invalidities in any proposed
assessment and in any proceedings with reference to the making or constr-
ucting of said improvement of the levying of assessments therefor, and
will thereafter by ordinance make and levy assessments against each piece
or paro8l of abutting property and against the owners thereof in the pro-
portion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance with the
terms required and provided by law and the City Charter and the ordinances
resolutions and other proceedings of this Board. After such hearing is
closed any one desiring to appeal the reform shall proseotue and appeal
to any Court having jursidiction within twenty days from the date such
hearing is closed and final assessment levied and not thereafter, and all
persons shall after the expir ation of twenty days from the levying of
such assessment be forever barred and estopped from in any manner attack-
ing or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity mistake or
invalidity therein. The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice
of the time an,' 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 City, which said notice shall be in substantially
the following form, to-wit:
"To the owners of property abutting on Grant Street between 100
feet north of north property line of Avenue D, and center of intersection
at Avenue H, and to all others interested, notice is hereby given to the
intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Grant Street
from 100 feet north of north property line of Avenue D, to center of in-
tersection at Avenue H, by raising, grading and filling same, installing
concrete curbs and gutters and paved with the uarrenite Bitulithic Pav-
ing on crushed stone foundation, and all lots and lands abutting on sail
portion of Grant Street will be assessed for a ,ortion of the cost of
such improvement, an such assessments when le--ied small be a fir st and
prior lien upon the lots and lands assessed and a personal claim and
charge against the owner thereof: On the 10th day of January, 1921, in the
Council Chamber in the Morgan Building in the City of Wichita Falls at
7:30 O'clock P. M., all such own re, their agents or attorneys or any
other persons desiring to be heard will be fully heard by the Board of
Aldermen and any protest, objections 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 lot or parcel of
land and the owner thereof will be determined, and assessments the refor
will be levied. Plans and specifications for said improvements and farm
of contract and report of the City Engineer showing estimated cost there-
of, and the estimated amount of assessment against each lot or parcel of
land and the owner thereof are on file in the office of the City Secretary
and open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is
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Thirty seven thousand four hundred forty five & 73/100, (:37,445.73)
Dollars, the estimated amount to be assessed against property owners is
l'wenty nine thousand, thirty seven & 66/100 ($29,037.66) Dollars the esti-
mated amount to be assessed against abutting property for curb is 1.0244
Dollars per lineal foot of curb, and the estimated amount of the assess-
ments against abutting property and the ovine rs thereof for pavement a T
excavation for pavement is 7,6436 Dollars, per front foot. All persons
firms corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys desiring to be
heard about any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improve-
meats, the assessments therefor, the benefits thereof or the prooeedings
connected therewith shall be and appear before said Board at said time
and place.
Done in accordance with resolution of Board of Aldermen of the
City of Wichita Falls.
Passed on the 16th day of December, 1920
Geo. W. Thorburn, City Clerk.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not less than
four times and the first of said publications shall appear not less than
14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting the said
day of hearing, and the City Secretary shall cause to be mailed to each
owner whose name alpears on the said report of the City Engineer a reg-
istered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be dep-
osited in the Post Office at Wichita Falls and suoh notice by letter shall
be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and s.ioh notice by adver-
tisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and
whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent.
The Board of Ali ermen then considered a letter from Frank Kell
relative to a raise in Street car fares to seven cents, and it was the
unanimous opinion of the Board that no action should be taken on same.
The Board of Aldermen then adjourned.
Read and approved this 20th day of Dec. 1920.
ATTEST: ��_t_f
Mayor
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