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Ord 1601 2/11/1952ORDINANCE DETERMINING THAT IT IS NOT PRACTICAL TO PROCEED WIT:i THE IMPROVEMENTS HERETOFORE ORDERED ON THAT PORTION OF NORTH TRAVIS STREET, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO. 105, IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, ABANDONING THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAID PORTION OF NORTH TRAVIS STREET KNOWN AND DESIGINATED AS UNIT NO. 105, CANCELLING ANY AND ALL ASSESSMENTS HERETOFORE LEVIED FOR A PORTION OF THE COST OF IMPROVING SAID PORTION OF NORTH TRAVIS STREET, PROVID- ING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF NORTH TRAVIS STREET TO BE KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO. 105-A, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SUPPLE'IENTAL CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PORTION OF NORTH TRAVIS STREET TO BE KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO. 105-A5 PROVIDING SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, by resolution dated July 9, 1951, provided for the improvement of, among others, a portion of North Travis Street, known and designated as Unit No. 105, in the pity of Wichita Falls, Texas, and did enter into a, contract with Stuckey Construction Company for the making and construction of said improvements thereon; and, WHEREAS, it is not practical to proceed with the improvements provided for in said resolution on that portion of :North Travis Street known and designated as Unit No. 105 and said improvements should be abandoned and all assessments heretofore levied to pay for a part of the cost of said im7,rove- ments should be cancelled; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary to make certain changes in 1 the description of the portion of North Travis Street to be improved and to amend the proceedings and contract relating to such improvements so that same may be constructed on the hereinafter described portion of North Travis Street to be known and designated as Unit No. 105-A; and, WHEREAS, Stuckey Construction Company has consented to the changes in the improvements to be constructed and in the abandonment of the improvements cn that portion of North Travis Street known and designated as Unit No. 105; and., WHEREAS, supplemental contract for the making and construction of improvements on a portion of North Travis Street to be known and designated as Unit No. 105-A has been examined and found to be in all matters and things proper; THEREFORE, - 1 - BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER?IEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: I. It is hereby determined that it is not practical to proceed with the improvements heretofore provided for on that portion of North Travis Street known and designated as Unit No. 105, in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and the improve- ments on that portion of North Travis Street 'mown and des- ignated as Unit No. 105 are hereby abandoned and. any and all assessments heretofore levied to defray a portion of the cost of said improvements are hereby cancelled. II. It is hereby determined that it is necessary that the hereinafter described portion of North Travis Street, to wit: NORTH TRAVIS STREET, from the south property line of Lincoln Street to the south property line of Wichita Street, SAVE AND EXCEPT its intersection with Wichita Street, to be known and designated as Unit No. 105-A, be improved by raising, grading and filling same, by construct- ing and. installing concrete curbs and gutters where same are not already constructed on proper grade and line, and by constructing thereon a 7 inch Flexible Base Course with a 121 inch Type Q-Modified Asphalt Surface, together with incidentals and appurtenar_ces, including storms sewers and drains as and. where shown on the plans relating to said improvements and in strict accordance with the plans and specifications therefor. The contract heretofore entered i to ith tuckey Construction Company on the �¢- day of 1951, for the making and construction of certain street improvements on those portions of streets and avenues described therein and designated therein as being Units Nos. 60 to 122, inclusive, is hereby amended and changed by deleting the description of that portion of North Travis Street known and designated as Unit No. 105 therein on page 6 of said contract and inserting in lieu of such description the following description, to wit: NORTH TRAVIS STREET, from the south property line of Lincoln Street to the south property line of 1-'icti.ita Street, SAVE AND EXCEPT its intersection_ with Wichita Street, to be '_mown and designated as Unit Nc. 105-A, and by deleting in the last paragrapl-, on page 8 of said contract the reference to Unit No. 105 and substituting therefor Unit No. 105-A. The terms and provisions of said contract shall apply to the �)ortion of. :North Travis Street hereinabove described and designated as Unit No. 105-A the same as if said unit had.. been inserted in said contract in the .first instance in lieu of Unit To. 105. IV. The supplemental contract dated this date, which has been executed by Stuckey Construction ComlanIT and which is now on file with the City be, and it is hereby, adopted and approved. - 2 - V. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute said supplemental contract in the name of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas and the City Clerk is authorized and directed to attest same and. to impress the corporate seal of the City thereon. VI. The Engineer of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas is hereby directed to prepare new estimates for the cost of the improvements to be constructed on that portion of `jorth Travis Street hereina.bove described and designated as Unit i,To. 105-A and to submit same to the Board of Aldermen. VII. Assessments for a part of the cost of said improvements to be constructed shall be made against abutting property and the owners thereof, all as is provided in the contract hereto- fore entered into with Stuckey Construction Comman.y hereinabove mentioned. VIII. 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 by the Fifth Called Session of the Forty -First Legislature of the State of Texas, and shown as Charter 21 of the Acts of said. session of the Legislature, said Act having been passed in the year 1930 and now being known as Article 1220a of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. IX. The present condition of said portion of PTorth Travis Street,hereinabove described and designated as Unit No. 105-A, to be unproved endangers health and safety and the improvement of same constitutes an urgent public need for the preservation of peace, health and safety of property and it is necessary that said improvements be constructed while the weather will permit and the construction of said improvements is being delayed rending the taking effect of this ordinance, and. such fact constitutes and creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the rules providing for ordinances to be read more than one time or at snore than one meeting or tgat the ordinance shall not go into effect ?until thirty (130) daysafter the passage of same, be suspended and that this ordinance be passed as and take effect as an emergency Leasure, and' such rules are accordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed as and shall take effect and be in force as an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect immediately from and after its passage. I PASSED A-vD APPROVED This llth day of February, A. D., 1952. ATTEST: -4E2 � City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FOR114: CITY 2OFWICTHITA FALLS, TEXAS a or City ;Attney. - 3 -