Res 154 10/8/1951NO1401_
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON PORTIONS OF AUSTIN STREET AND
PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS AND AVENUES IN THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, FIXING TIME AND PLACE
FOR HEARING TO 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 herein-
after described portions of streets and avenues in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, be improved as follows:
Each of the hereinafter enumerated and described portions
of streets and avenues known and designated as Units Nos. 61,
62, 75, 76, 86, 830 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 108, 110 and 111,
be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by con-
structing thereon a six inch Reinforced Concrete Pavement with
integral curbs;
The hereinafter described unpaved and unimproved portion
of Burnett Street, known and designated as Unit No. 68, be
improved by raising, grading and filling same, by installing
and constructing thereon curbs and gutters where same are not
already constructed on proper grade and line, and by further
constructing thereon a five inch concrete base with a brick
surface;
The hereinafter described unpaved and unimproved portion
of Polk Street, known and designated as Unit No. 89, be improved
by raising, grading and filling same, by installing and con-
structing thereon curbs and gutters, where same are not already
constructed on proper grade and line, and by constructing there-
on a Five Inch Concrete Base with a One and One-half inch Type
I "Q"-Modified Asphalt Pavement Surface;
All of the hereinabove described improvements be construct-
ed together with incidentals and appurtenances, including storm
sewers and drains, as and where shown on the Plans relating to
said improvements and in strict accordance with the Plans and
Specifications therefor, now on file with the City, and contract ,
1 for the making and constructing of such improvements was made
and entered into with Stuckey Construction Company, a copartner-
ship of Wichita Falls, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls has caused the City Engineer to prepare and file estimates :
of the cost of such improvements and estimates of the amounts
per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting property !
and the owners thereof, and such estimates have been examined;
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
improvements on each portion of street and avenue, with the
i amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for
such improvements against abutting property and the owners
1 thereof on each such portion are as follows, to wit:
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF AUSTIN STREET
which abuts Lot 6, Block 6, Jalonick Addition to the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the east one-half of that
portion of Austin Street abutting said Lot 6, known and des-
ignated as Unit No. 61: the estimated cost of the improvements
is $731.64; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against abutting property and the owners thereof is $7.839.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF AUSTIN STREET
which abuts Lots 4 and 5, Block 171, Original Townsite of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the west one-half of
that portion of Austin Street abutting said lots, known and
designated as Unit No. 62: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $1,042.02; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting ,roerty and, the owners thereof is
7.815 .
On THE '„'PAVED U I fPi=OVED PORTION OF DUR SETT STREET
which abuts Lot 6, Block 169, Original Townsite of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the west one-half of that
portion of Burnett Street which abuts said Lot 6, known and
designated as Unit No. 68: the estimated cost of the iim rove-
ments is $496.68; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
8.098.
On FIFTEENTH STREET, from the east property line of
Lamar Street to the west property line of Scott Avenue, SAVE
AND EXCEPT the area lying in and between and under rails, tracks,
double tracks, turn-outs and switches and two feet on each side
thereof, of any railway, street railway or interurban using,
occupying or crossing said portion of Fifteenth Street, known
and designated as Unit No. 75: the estimated cost of the
improvements is $6, 712.98; the estimated amount per front foot
to be assessed against those parcels of property which abut and
which front on said portion of Fifteenth Street and against the
owners thereof is $8.391; the estimated amount per front foot
to be assessed against those parcels of property which abut on
said Fifteenth Street but which front on some street other than
Fifteenth Street and against the owners thereof is 426.713.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF FILLMORE STREET
which abuts Lot 15, Block 108, Floral Heights Addition to the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the southeast one-half
of that portion of Fillmore Street abutting said Lot 15, known
and designated as Unit No. 76: the estimated cost of the
improvements is $400.21; the estimated amount per front foot to
be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
6.003.
On AVENUE J, from the west property line of Taylor
Street to the east property line of Fillmore Street, known and
designated. as Unit No. 83: the estimated cost of the imrrove-
ments is $5,287.67; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against those parcels of Property which abut and which
front on said portion of Avenue J and against the owners thereof
is 86.6096; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut on said Avenue J
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but which front on some street other than Avenue J and against
the owners thereof is $5 .2877.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF LA.MAR STREET
which abuts Lot 13, Block 126, Original Townsite of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the east one-half of that
portion of Lamar Street which abuts said Lot 13, known and
designated. as Unit No. 86: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $521.01; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
7.8152.
On TIE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF POLY STREET
which abuts Lot 5, Block 95, Floral Heights Addition to the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the west one-half of
that portion of Polk Street which abuts said. Lot 5, known and
designated as Unit No. 89: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $262.81; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
3.942.
On SEVENTEENTH STREET, from the east property line of
Grace Street to the center line of the alley lying between
Grace Street and Magnolia Street, known and designated as Unit
No. 94: the estimated cost of the improvements is $3,827.91;
the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
abutting property and the owners thereof is $6.380.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF TAYLOR STREET
which abuts Lot 16, Block 95, Floral Heights Addition to the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the east one-half of
that portion of Taylor Street which abuts said Lot 16, known
and designated as Unit No . 98: the estimated cost of the
improvements is 4.00.21; the estimated amount per front foot
to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof
is $4.8026.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF TAYLOR STREET
which abuts Lot 8, Block 1A, Highland Addition to the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the west one-half of that
portion of Taylor Street which abuts said Lot 8, known and
designated as Unit No. 100: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $400.21; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
ii $6.0032.
On THIRTEENTH STREET, from the west line of the alley
which lies in and between Scott Avenue and Lamar Street to the
east property line of Travis Street, SAVE AND EXCEPT the inter-
section of Thirteenth Street with Lamar Street, known and des-
ignated as Unit No. 102: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is 59, 578.68; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against those parcels of property which abut and which
front on said portion of Thirteenth Street and against the
owners thereof is $8.457; the estimated amount per front foot
to be assessed against those parcels of property which abut on
said Thirteenth Street but which front on some street other
than Thirteenth Street and against the owners thereof is
6.766.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF TRAVIS STREET
which. abuts Lot 4, Block 148, Original Townsite to the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the west one-half of that
portion of Travis Street which abuts said Lot 4, known and
designated as Unit No. 104: the estimated cost of the improve- II
ments is $521.01; the estimated amount per front foot to be
assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
7.8152.
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DOn THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF TWELFTH STREET
which lies in and between the west property line of Broad Street
and a north prolongation across Twelfth Street of the east prop-
1 erty line of Lot 9, Block 251, Collins Subdivision of the
Original Townsite of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and
being the south one-half of that portion of Twelfth Street
within the limits herein described, known and designated as
Unit No. 108: the estimated cost of the improvements is
1,681.79; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut and which front
on said portion of Twelfth Street and against the owners thereof
is $9.010; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut on said Twelfth
Street but which front on some street other than Twelfth Street
and against the owners thereof is $7.208.
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On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTIOd OF TWELFTH STREET
1 which abuts Lot 5, Block 198, Original Townsite of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the north one-half of that
portion of Twelfth Street which abuts said Lot 5, known and
lidesignated as Unit No. 110: the estimated cost of the improve-
ments is $1,842.04; the estimated amount per front foot to be
H assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is
7. 702.
On THE UNPAVED AND UNIMPROVED PORTION OF TWELFTH STREET
j which abuts Lot 19, Block 232 of the Gulley and Clark Sub-
division to the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and being the
I, south one-half of that portion of Twelfth Street which abuts
said Lot 19, known and designated as Unit No. 111: the estimated]
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cost of the improvements is $521.01; the estimated amount per 1
I front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the
owners thereof is $2.92.
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III.
A hearing be given and held by and before the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls to all owning or claiming
any property abutting upon said portions of streets and avenues,
1 as well as all owning or claiming any interest in any sl3F h prop-
I erty. Such hearing shall be given and held on the , day
of A. D. , 1951, at 7_ o'clock, J' . t. , in
the Council Room in the Memorial Auditorium in the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to
I give notice of the time and place of such hearing and of other ;
matters and facts in accordance with and under the terms of
H the powers and provisions of Chapter 106 of the Acts of the
I First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State
of Texas, together with all amendments thereto, said act now
shown as Article 1105b of Vernon' s Texas Civil Statutes, under
i; which law these proceedings are taken and had. Such notice
shall be by advertisement inserted at least three times in a j
newspaper published in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, the
first publication to be made at least ten (10) days before the
j date of said hearing. 1
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II IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force
o immediately from and after its passage.
i PASSED AND APPROVED This 8 h 'ay of October, A.D. , 1951. 1
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