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RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON PORTIONS OF STREETS, AVENUE
AND PUBLIC PLACE IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS,
FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING TO THE OWNERS OF
ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinafter
described portions of streets, avenue and public place in the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas be improved by raising, grading and
filling same and by constructing thereon combined concrete curbs
and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already
so constructed, and by further constructing thereon the improve-
ments hereinafter specified, to wit:
The hereinafter described portion of California Avenue
and the hereinafter described portion of Vermont Street, shall be
further improved by constructing thereon a 7 inch Flexible Base
Course, with a 11 inch Hot Mix Asphaltic Surface.
That portion of the hereinafter described portion of
Sherman Road which lies in and between the south line of York
Avenue and a point 50 feet south of the south line of Alabama
Avenue, shall be further improved by constructing thereon a 5 inch
Reinforced Concrete Pavement, and the remaining portion of that
portion of Sherman Road which lies in and between a point which
is 50 feet south of the south line of Alabama Avenue and the
north line of the Wichita Valley Railway Company right-of-way,
shall be further improved by constructing thereon a 6 inch
Flexible Base Course with a 111 inch Hot Mix Asphaltic Surface.
Each of the hereinafter described portions of Bonner
Street and Flood Street shall be further improved by constructing
thereon a 6 inch Flexible Base Course with a 1' inch Hot Mix
Asphaltic Surface.
All of said portions of streets, avenue and public place
shall be so improved, together with storm sewers and drains and
other necessary incidentals and appurtenances as and where shown
on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Spec-
ifications therefor now on file with the City; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas has caused the City Engineer to prepare and file
estimates of the cost of such improvements and estimates of the
amount per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting
property and the owners thereof, and such estimates have been
examined and found to be in all things right and proper; THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
Such estimates be, and they are hereby, adopted and
approved.
II.
It is hereby found and determined that the cost of improve-
ments on each portion of street, avenue and public place, with the
amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such
improvements against abutting property and the owners thereof on
each such portion is as follows, to wit:
On CALIFORNIA AVENUE: from a point 27 feet south of the
south property line of Galveston Street to a point 15 feet north
of the south property line of Chester Street, known and designated
as Unit No. 1: the estimated cost of the improvements is $3,338.38;
the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against property
which abuts and fronts on said Avenue and the owners of such prop-
erty for curb and gutter is $1.10; the estimated amount per front
foot to be assessed against.,property which abuts and fronts on said
Avenue and the owners of such property for improvements exclusive
of curb and gutter is $3.269; total estimated amount per front foot
to be assessed against property which abuts and fronts on said
Avenue and the owners of such property is $4.369; the estimated
amount per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts
on said Avenue, but which fronts on some other street, and the
owners of such property for curb and gutter is $1.10; the estimated
amount per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts
on said Avenue, but which fronts on some other street, and the
owners of such property for improvements exclusive of curb and
gutter is $2.541; total estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts on said Avenue, but which
fronts on some other street, and the owners of such property is
3.641.
On VERMONT STREET: from a point 228 feet south of the
south property line of North Tenth Street northward to a point
4.5 feet south of the main track of the Fort Worth and Denver
Railroad, known and designated as Unit No. 2: the estimated cost
of the improvements is 7 851.62; the estimated amount per frontp
foot to be assessed against property which abuts and fronts on
said street and the owners of such property for curb and gutter
is $1.10; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against property which abuts and fronts on said street and the
owners-of such property for improvements exclusive of curb and
gutter is $3.623; total estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts and fronts on said street
and the owners of such property is $4.723; the estimated amount
per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said
street, butwhich fronts on some other street, and the owners of
such property, for curb and gutter is $1.10; the estimated amount
per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said
street, but which fronts on some other street, and the owners
thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $2.836;
total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
property which abuts on said street, but which fronts on some
other street, and the owners thereof is $3.936.
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On SHERMAN ROAD: from the south property line of York
Street to the north property line of the Fort Worth and Denver
Railroad, known and designated as Unit No. 3: the estimated cost
of the improvements is $19, 309.57; the estimated amount per front
foot to be assessed against property which abuts and fronts on
said Road and the owners of such property for curb and gutter is
1.10; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
property which abuts and fronts on said Road and the owners of
such property for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is
3.20; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against property which abuts and fronts on said Road and the
owners of such property is $4.30; the estimated amount per front
foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said Road,
but which fronts on some other street, and the owners of such
property for curb and gutter is $1.10; the estimated amount per
front foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said
Road, but which fronts on some other street, and the owners of
such property for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is
2.484; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
property which abuts on said Road, but which fronts on some other
street, and the owners of such property is $3.584.
On BONNER STREET: from a point 7.5 feet east of the east
property line of Cleveland Avenue to the west edge of the existing
paving on Rosewood Avenue, known and designated as Unit No. 4: the
estimated cost of the improvements is $2,828.03; the estimated
amount per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts
and fronts on said street and the owners of such property for curb
and gutter is $1.10; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts and fronts on said street
and the owners of such property for/improvements exclusive of curb
and gutter is $2.143; total estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts and fronts on said street and
the owners of such property is $3.243; the estimated amount per
front foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said
street, but which fronts on some other street, and the owners of
such property for curb and gutter is $L.10; the estimated amount
per front foot to be assessed against property which abuts on said
street, but which fronts on some other street, and the owners of
such property for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is
1.602; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
property which abuts on said street, but which fronts on some other
street, and the owners of such property is $2.702.
On FLOOD STREET: from the east edge of the pavement on
Rosewood Avenue to the east property line of Bailey Avenue, known
and designated as Unit No. 25: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $1,833.82; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts and fronts on said street
and the owners of such property for curb and gutter is $1.10;
the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against property
which abuts and fronts on said street and the owners of such property
for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $2.436; total
estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against property
which abuts and fronts on said street and the owners of such prop-
erty is $3.536; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against property which abuts on said street, but which fronts on
some other street, and the owners of such property for curb and
gutter is $1.10; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against property which abuts on said street, but which
fronts on some other street, and the owners of such property for
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improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $1.847; total
estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against property
which abuts on said street, but which fronts on some other street,
and the owners of such property is $2.947.
III.
A hearing be given and held by and before the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to all owning or
claiming any property abutting upon said portions of streets,
avenue and public place, as well as to all owning or claiming
any interest in any such property. Such hearing shall be given
and held on the day ofr r ' ' - , 1961, at E
o'clock,x •. M. in
in the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of such hearing and of other matters and facts
in accordance with the terms and provisions of an Act passed at
the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the
State of Texas, and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said
Session, now being shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes. Such notice shall be by advertisement inserted at least
three times in a newspaper published in the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, the first publication to be made at least ten days before
the date of said hearing. Said notice shall comply with and be
in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Act. The City
Clerk is further directed to give personal notice of the time and
place of such hearing to all owning or claiming any property
abutting said portions of streets, avenue and public place, as well
as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property.
Such personal notice shall be given by the City Clerk mailing said
notice, postage prepaid, to the respective owners of record of the
properties to be assessed, and to any person owning or claiming
any interest in said properties, to the last known address of said
owners or persons. It shall not be necessary for the City Clerk
to mail said notice to any owner or other person claiming an
interest in the property to be assessed when the address of such
owner or other person is unknown to the City Clerk and cannot be
determined by the City Clerk after reasonable investigation. In
this connection, the City Clerk shall prepare and file with these
proceedings a list of the properties to be assessed, the names of
the record owners of the respective properties and the names of
those persons owning or claiming any interest in said properties
to whom the notice was mailed, together with the last known address
of the respective owners and those persons owning or claiming any
interest in said property. The City Clerk shall certify that
each of the parties named in said list whose address was known
to him, was mailed a copy of the notice of hearing and shall
further certify the date or dates on which said notice was mailed.
A copy of the notice shall be attached to such certificate. The
certificate of the CityClerk shall be conclusive evidence of the
facts therein recited. Failure of the City Clerk to give the notice
of hearing by mail as herein provided for, or failure of the owners
or other persons interested to receive said notice, shall in nowise
invalidate said hearing or any assessments levied pursuant to said
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hearing, but notice of hearing shall be sufficient, valid and
binding upon all owning or claiming such abutting property or
any interest therein when same shall have been given by newspaper
advertisement as first hereinabove provided.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED , This / day of April, 1961.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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