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Min 06/10/1968 1237 Wichita Falls, 'Texas Memorial Auditorium Building June 10, 1968 i Items 1 t; 2 i The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in called session on the above date in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 9:00 o'clock A.M. , with the following members present: Kenneth Hill ,'Mayor Don Trills X Harrison L. Taylor X James E. Davis X Aldermen Max Kruger X ,Jack Davis City Manager H. P. Hodge, Jr. City Attorney Wilma J. Thomas City Clerk Dick Darner Absent Cletus C. Schenk Absent The inovcation was given by Alderman Davis. Item 3a John J. Roark, Director of Public Works, presented a proposed ordinance declaring necessity for improvements of certain correction units in the 1968 Assessment Paving Program. Typographical errors were discovered in preparation of engineering rolls for assessment against abutting property owners. P ✓ ORDINANCE NO. 2423 AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR THE ORDERING AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PORTIONS OF AVENUES, STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, DESIGANTED AS A PORTION OF THE 1968 ASSESSMENT PAVING PROGRAM, DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS THEREFOR, PROVIDING SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO AND DELETING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF AVENUES AND STREETS FROM THE 1968 ASSESSMENT PAVING PROGRAM. Moved by Alderman Kruger that Ordinance No. 2423 be passed. Motion seconded by Alderman Taylor, and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Aldermen Wills, Taylor, Davis, and Kruger. Nays: None Item 3b A proposed ordinance was presented awarding the contract on Edison Street, Rosewood - j Colorado Extension, and the 1968 Assessment Paving program, and setting the date for the benefit hearing. John J. Roark, Director of Public Works, reported to the Council a total cost of r $1,409,560 for paving and drainage costs of items in the 1967 bond issue. It was his recommendation that in the supplemental assessment paving program in connection with bond projects that the cost split between the city and property owner be based in the usual manner on front footage, and that the property owner be assessed the full amount of curb and gutter on side footage, but only 50 percent on paving. In previous programs the property owner was assessed the full amount of curb and gutter and 75 percent of paving. He also recommended award of the contract to R. 0. Green Construction Company in the amount of �758,044.50 for combined construction of the above R projects, and to Gifford - Hill and Company, Inc. , in the amount of $5,550.00 for ready-mix concrete for leave-out sections in the 1968 Assessment Paving Program. Mr. Roark further recommended that this year's budget amount be applied to the assessment paving cost, and to forego an assessment paving program for 1969, but apply next year's budget amount on this year's program. The present program is already as large as an average three-year program. 1238 Item 3b cont'd v ORDINANCE NO. 2424 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF TEE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF IiMPROVEMENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE 1968 ASSESSMENT PAVING PROGRAM AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING OF THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY AND TO ALL OTHER INTERESTED; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE. OF SUCH HEARING; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME, IN THE NINUTE BOOK OF Till: BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND BY FILING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING SUNDRY OTHER 'MATTERS INCIDNET TIlERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Moved by Alderman Kruger that Ordinance No. 2424 be passed. Motion seconded by Alderman Wills, and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Aldermen Wills, 'Taylor, Davis, and Kruger Nays: gone Item 3c John J. Roark., Director of Public Works, recommended award of the contract for � construction of Flood Street and Plum Creek drainage to flcKnight and Little Contracting Company in the amount of $567,857.60 on the basis of the low bid submitted. , These projects were approved under the 1967 Capital Improvements program. :Moved by Alderman Davis that the contract be awarded as recommended on Flood Street and Plum Creek drainage. Motion seconded by Alderman Taylor, and carried unanimously. Mr. Roark commended Earl Peland and A. D. ,January for their hard work on these various projects. Much has been accomplished since passage of the bond program. Item 4a City attorney 11. I'. Hodge, Jr. , explained that he had discussed the proposed changes in the contract for purchase of land for Lake Kemp dam construction with the Waggoners and the Corps of Engineers. After consultations with each party he recommends the proposed changes, and that the contract be entered into with the l:'aggoner Estate. ✓ RESOLUTION NO. 824 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDEICHL-N OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, 'TEXAS, THAT: THAT certain contract of sale between W. T. Waggoner Estate and the City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County Water Improvement District No. 2, in which the Waggoner Estate agrees to convey to the City and the Water Improvement District 475.9 acres of land, more or less, at the present dam site area at Lake Kemp in Baylor County, Texas, is hereby approved, and the Mayor is authorized to execute the same for the City of W'ichtia Falls, provided that it is approved by the Corps of Engineers. Moved by Alderman Taylor that Resolution No. 824 be passed approving the contract with the Waggoner Estate. Motion seconded by Alderman Davis, and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Hill, Aldermen Taylor, Davis, and Kruger Nays: None (Alderman Wills was out of the room at the time of passage of the above resolution. Upon his return he instructed the City Clerk to record his vote as I'Aye".) 1239 Item 4b It was recommended by John J. Roark, Director of Public Works, that a proposed resolution setting the date for public hearing on demolition of buildings be approved. Notices were mailed to twenty-seven property owners in Area 2 on April 1, 1968. Fifteen of those have complied with the requirement. RESOLUTION NO. 825 WHEREAS, the Building Inspector of the City of Wichita Falls, acting under the provisions of Ordinance No. 2388 enacted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls on February 12, 1968, notified in writing by certified mail the following listed owners of the property shown that the building or buildings on the premises had been classified as a dangerous building and that certain corrections were needed to be made or the building demolished: OWNER ADDRESS Full Gospel holiness Church, Inc. 214 E. Loncoln I-rank Gonzales 806 Calhoun Full Gospel Holiness Church 703 Clay Titus T. 'Mitchell 711 Clay Lee Willis 801 Clay Lee Willis 803 Clay Mrs. J. E. Gentry 701 Webster Mrs. J. E. Gentry 703 Webster A. C. Miser 705 Webster Robert D. Green 809 Webster Homer Ponder 812 Webster Mrs. Edna Williams 220 E. Caroline and, WHEREAS, such property owners above have not complied with the directive of the Building Inspector within the sixty days allotted in Ordinance No. 2388. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: The Public hearing shall be held before the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, acting in its capacity as Building Commission, on July 2, 1968, at 7:30 p.m. and the Building Inspector shall so notify the above listed property owners by certified mail to appear before the Board of Aldermen to show cause why the building or structure reported to be a dangerous building should not be repaired, vacated, or demolished in accordance with the Statement of Particulars set forth in the Building Inspector's notice. Moved by Alderman Kruger that Resolution No. 825 be passed. ,.lotion seconded by Alderman Davis, and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Bill, Aldermen Taylor, Davis, and Kruger Nays: None (Alderman Wills was out of the room at the time of passage of the above resolution. Upon his return he instructed the City Clerk to record his vote as "Aye".) Item 4c A proposed resolution was presented approving a contract with the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company for a storm sewer crossing as part of the Central Business ✓ District Drainage project. RESOLUTION NO. 826 BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: THAT certain contract between the City of Wichita Falls and the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company for the construction of a concrete box culvert across the right-of- way of the Fort Worth and Denver Wichita Valley Line is hereby approved, and the City I'lanager is authorized to execute it for the City of Wichita Falls. 1240 Item 4c cont'd ?Moved by Alderman Davis that Resolution No. 826 be passed. Motion seconded by Alderman Kruger, and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Hill, Aldermen Taylor, Davis, and Kruger Nays: None (Alderman Wills returned to the Council room as the vote was taken, and instructed the City Clerk to record his vote as "Aye".) Item 4d r i John J. Roark requested approval of a contract with Forrest and Cotton, Inc. , for preliminary engineering study of railroad relocation, and authority for the City Manager to execute same. RESOLUTION NO. 827 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICIiITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: THAT certain contract between the City of Wichita Falls and Forrest and Cotton, Inc. for professional engineering services in connection with the design and construc- tion of the relocated Wichita Valley Line is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized to execute it for the City of Wichita Falls. Moved by Alderman Kruger that Resolution No. 827 be passed. Motion seconded by Alderman Taylor, and carried by tale following vote: Ayes: Aldermen Wills, Taylor, Davis, and Kruger: Nays: None Item 5 1 It was recommended by City Manager Jack Davis that the low bid of B & G Construction Company of Burkburnett, Texas, be accepted in the amount of $50,812.10, and contract awarded for water main extension along Expressway 287 from Old Windthorst Road east to Industrial Development, Inc. , east. Motion seconded by Alderman Taylor, and carried unanimously. Item 6 Permission was requested by John Ruhmann, Director of Water Development, to adv- ertise for bids for right of way fence for pipeline and roadway to Lake Arrowhead. Moved by Alderman Davis that authority be granted to advertise for bids as re- quested. Motion seconded by Alderman Kruger, and carried unanimously. Mayor Hill recommended the appointment of Rev. Billy R. Delaney to the Housing Authority Board. This two-year term would expire June 12, 1970. Moved by Alderman Taylor that the recommended appointment be approved. Motion seconded by Alderman Davis, and carried unanimously. Moved by Alderman Kruger that the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Alderman Wills, and carried unanimously. The Board of Aldermen adjourned at 10:00 A.M. PASSED AND APPROVED this-,2_;11J day of 1968. ATTEST: iayor City Clerk