Res 78 6/12/1950RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF TEXAS & ROSEWOOD
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,DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
GIVE NOTICE AND PROVIDING SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS
INCIDENT THERETO,
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls
Texas, has heretofore ordered that the portions of streets
in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, hereinbelow described and
hereinafter enumerated and designated by unit or district numbers,
be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by install-
ing concrete curbs and gutters where same are not already install-
ed on proper grade and line, and by constructing thereon a Seven
Inch Crushed Stone Flexible Base Course with Texas State Highway
Department Type Q-Modified-Asphalt Pavement, and that portion of
Roberts Avenue in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, hereinbelow
described and hereinafter enumerated and designated as Unit or
District No. 14, be improved by installing concrete curbs and
gutters where same are not already installed on proper grade and
line, by leveling up the existing surface and by resurfacing
said existing surface with Texas State Highway Department
Type Q=Modified-Asphaltic Concrete; all of said improvements to
be constructed together with incidentals and appurtenances,
including four inch concrete sidewalks and storm sewers and
drains where same are shown and provided for on the plans and
all of which said improvements are to be constructed where shown
and in strict accordance with the plans and specifications now
on file with the City; and,
WHEREAS, bids were duly advertised for and received, were
fully tabulated, canvassed and considered, and the bid of Stuckey
Construction Company, having been found to be the lowest and most
advantageous, was accepted by the City of Wichita Falls; and,
WHEREAS, a form of contract to be executed by the City
has heretofore been executed by Stuckey Construction Company and
is now on file with the City; 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
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improvements on each portion of street and avenue, with the amount
or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such im-
provements against abutting property and the owners thereof on
each such portion are as follows, to wit:
On TEXAS & ROSEWOOD from E. Scott paving to No. line of
Gerald Street, known and designated as Unit or District No. 12:
the estimated cost of the improvements is $2..ss2..o.
On SULLIVAN STREET from E. property line of Redwood to
West curb line of Rosewood, known and designated as Unit or
District No. 13: the estimated cost of the improvements is
3. 044...zo; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut and which front on
said portion of Sullivan Street and against the owners thereof
is $1.45; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut on said portion of
Sullivan Street but which front on some street other than
Sullivan Street and against the owners thereof is $0.97.
On ROBERTS AVENUE from W. property line of Van Buren to
E. property line of Sunset Dr., known and designated as Unit or
District No. 14: the estimated cost of the improvements is
472.44p; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed
against those parcels of property which abut and which front on
said portion of Roberts Avenue and against the owners thereof is
2.20; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against
those parcels of property which abut on said portion of Roberts
Avenue but which front on some street other than Roberts Avenue
and against the owners thereof is $1.46.
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 avenue,
as well as all owning or claiming any interest in any ,such prop-
erty. Such hearing shall be given and held on the q4kr day of
June, A. D. , 1950, at o' clock, M. , inA7Nolm
in Memorial Auditorium 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 and under the terms of the powers and provisions
of Chapter 106 of the Acts of the First Called Session of the
Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, now shown as Article
1105b of Vernon' s Texas Civil Statutes, under which law these
proceedings are taken and had. Such notice shall be by advertise-
ment 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 (10) days before the date of said hearing.
IV.
The City Clerk is directed to prepare, sign and file with
the County Clerk of Wichita County, Texas, a notice in accordance
with the provisions of the Act passed at the Fifth Called Session
of the Forty-First Legislature of the State of Texas and shown as
Chapter 21 of the Acts of said Session of the Legislature, said
Act having been passed in the year 1930, now shown as Article
1220a of Vernon' s Texas Civil Statutes.
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V.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force and
effect on and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED This 12th day of June, A. D. , 1950.
Alf 11111,-1.
v.yor„ City of ich' t= Falls, Texas
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Pio )f,A
City Attorney.
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