Min 02/16/19251613
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,,lichita galls, r0exas.
.Basement _'organ Building,
February 16th, 1925.
The .Hoard of alder;,en of the Cite of =iichita Falls, met
in regular session on the above date with the following present:-
�. E. Shepherd X
11. 141. Clif-lord,
J. T. Young, i L D E R !,l E IT
J. H. 2 at on, Y
B. b. Curd,
W. E. IIcBroom, City Clerk,
l George, City attorney.
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Moved by Alderman Patton that Alderman Shepherd be
elected 1,iayor Pro-tem to pre: ide over the meeting.
I;otion seconded by Alderman Youn` and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas: Alderman, Clifford, Young, - atton, Uurd.
ITayes : ITone�.(
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The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
7i t, , �7T':tlf7t'7�if7� 71 7i71'1��7T'�r� �7rf�fr�rir
i,ioved by Alderman Clifford that the application of
i�. 0. I--enley for '.r'ater service at his residence on the Iowa Park
Load be referred to Commissioner Curd for necessary action.
':'lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried..
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Bids for paving a portion of Buchanan Street, t°rere opened
and considered.
!.loved by i lder:ian Curd that the following �.Lesolution be
adopted.
l otion seconded by Jder,,-,ian Young and carried by'the fol-
1owing vote: -
Yeas: Alderman Clifford, Curd, Patton, bung.
-,'ayes: 'lone.
RS O L U T I O P
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RESOIUTJTIOTT ACCEIIT I 1D oO ', T 1'''. t _?I,T C �' ti PC` ITTO1' OF
BUCH_.TTAIT S1 t:'" 1 :'vv ?)I EC`fIIG :' CT�r' i01 �: ' C 0?F1' iC'L'.
dHERh iS, the City of 6dichita .Falls, has heretofore order-
ed that Buchanan Street from the South hro;,)erty Line of avenue F',
to the South Property Line of avenue L, be improved by installing
concrete curbs and gutters and paving aji.th one course reinforced
concrete and by raising, grading, and filling some, together with
necessary appurtenances, and thereafter plans and specifications
were duly ado-pted and approved for such improvement, bids were
aOvertised for, and received., and on the ltth day of :February 1925,
such bids were opened and
14HEREAS, the bids received have been fully canvassed and
considered and the City Council after duly and fully cons-Idering
same is of the opinion that the bid of L. E. 1,411itham & 'Oompany is
the most advantageous and should be accepted:
NOW TH 411_1'O'r'.E, BE IT 7 ESOLV ED BY THL CITY OF WICH ITA FALBS,
TEXAS : .
I.
That the bid of L. E. '7hitham & Co., for the raahing
and construction of the said improvements on said portion of street filed
with the City, be and same is hereby accepted.
II.
That the form of contract embraced in the specifica-
tions be and the same is hereby adopted and approved, and the =:=ay or is
authorized and directed to enter into contract for such imrrovement with
L. E. v'lhitham & Co., and to execute such contract for and -on behalf of
and in the name of the City, and the City Clerk 'is hereby authorized and
directed to attest same in the name of the City and to impress thereon
the City's corporate seal.
This resolution shall take iFffect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Passed and Approved this 16th day of Webruary 1925.
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I'oved b: Alderman Curd that the followinP7 :resolution
be adopted.
;otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas: Alderma,,n, : Patton, Young, Clif - ord, Curd.
Nayes: Tone.
R E S 0 L U ,1 I O N
RESOLU'& IT INECTING THE CITY--;TZGINEER TO TiAKE 1JND FIVE
'KITH 'THE BOAl>D � F ALDERMEN ��ING ESTIZATED COST OF IT.J1PROVF1.,1ETTT OF BUCH*-
ANAN STREET TROIT THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF LVEI'ME H TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LIME OF AVEIUE L.
BE IT R? SOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, THAT:
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, 'Texas has heretofore ordered the improvement of Buchanan Street
from the South Propertry Line of Avenue H, to the South Property Line df
Avenue L, by raising, gradinE, and filling same and installing concrete
curbs and gutters and pavement with foundation, and has caused advertise-
ments to be made for bids for the making and construction of the said
improvements to be made and bids therefor have been ta,:en, and said Board
has determined to rnal>e the same in the manner described, and with one
course reinforced concrete pavement# as shown in the specifications ad-
opted therefor.
1.
The City Engineer is hereby,directed, in accordance
with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a.
re-oort with the Board of Aldermen shoe=,ring thereon the estimated cost
of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the
City, the proportion to be assessed against the abutting property and
the owners of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby, and the ov:-ners
thereof, the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed for curb,and
the amount to be assessed in each case for curb, the rate per front foot
of property proposed to be assessed for excavation for pavement, and the
rate : for paving, and the total amount proposed against each such lot or
parcel of land eaid the oviners thereof, and such repert ray show any other
matter or things, and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if
to each piece or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, which will be
sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all res-
pects comply with the resolutions and other proceeding: s of this board
with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of Buchanan
Street from the South Property Line of Avenue H, to the South Property
Line of ivenue L.
II.
This resolution shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Passed and approved this 16th day of Feb. 1925.
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The City Engineer submitted the following report.
TO TH11I `,AYOR _JTD HOARD OF ALDER?'T i N
OF THE
CITY OF .IICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
GEIT TLE11JEN : -
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
imp , r. oving Buchanan Street from the South Property Line of tivenue H,
to the South I'roper.ty Line of +venue L, and shop, kn.g the amount to be
assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter
and la,�,.'s and by the proceedings of your Konorable Body:
As is shov,,n on this report the estimated. amount payable
by nthe City for this improvement -Jill be 3�o��d •
The estimated amount payable by the oiiners of property
will be .1-/�yG, 7-y
The estimated cost to property ovJners per linealfoot of
curb is v 0
The estimated amount to be assessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is w. � r�oh�r�
The estimated_ cost to be assessed against property owners
for pavement is w � 5� ! -oer front foot.
`'he estimated. cost to be assessed ag,,iist property ovners
for-paveirier.t, exclusive of curb is- x �.�Sy per front foot.
The estimated dama,�es� are nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon one course re-
inforced concrete naveFient, all in accordance with the specifications
thereof heretofore filed with this Honorable .body.
Respectfully submitted,
v '. izo ,,el e7T, �.
ity l!]iZginee r.
;roved by Alderman Gur-d that the following T;esolution be
adopted.
:;otion seconded b,- Alderman Patton and carried by they'ol-
lowing vote:- Yeas:
ote:-
Yeas: Alderman Patton, Curd, "7oung, Clifford.
."ayes: ?,'one.
u E S 0 L U T I U IT,
RESCLUTION APi OVIITG THE E?GT)T _,JTD E STI-T TE OF THE CITY
ENGITIIIz _1S '0 ��C•S' �TTD SSFSSI.T ={'C ?IT?1 ITJfi'uOVrI1)I+ (`r ?3TJCHAItATd
ST:F'ET 'RC)T;T 'TITE SC'UTH PROPERTY LINE C F AVENUE H TO THE SOTTTH PRO')I.RT-Y
LINE OF AVENUE T,, FIXITTG A TIITE LND PLACE FOR A ITI a= ItiTG TO �?ROPT7TY
Q; ITERS AIT.D OTHERS II'ZTEMMTED, AND DI3ECTIITG THE CITY CTjERY TO GIVE
NOTICE THE=`�7],OF AT?D PRIESCRTBITTG THE FOF7i OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT nSULVED BY TTIE BOARD OF N C i�' 7T7, CITY OF
, .. gICHIT.A FALLS, TEXAS: THAT;
IH RR�AS, the Board_ of Aldermen of the City of '.4ichita
I+'alls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Buchanan Street from
the South Property Dine of Avenue H, to the South Vroperty Line of
Avenue L, and has .received estimates, plans, and specifications from
the City Engineer, and after ado-_7tion of same and after due advertise-
rment and notice, competitive bids Caere received, and it has been det-
ermined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portion
of said street, and not exceeding ninety per cent of the remaining
cost of such improvement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter
.mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon and
against the ourners thereof, and that said pr opert-\T is the property
that will be benefited by means of said improvements; and the City Engineer AOOW-
has made and filed with the "`ayor and Board of alderman his report and est-
imate of the cost of such ipprovement and estimated amount to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of land, and the owner thereof and showing other
matters and things required by law and the Oty Charter and the proceedings
of this board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected:
I.
That said report of the City Engineer filed on the
16th day of Zebruary 1925, be and it is hereby adopted and approved.
II.
That a hearing shall be, given to the property owners
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being, the property
abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested,
and shall be liven are held win the Council Chamber in the basement of
the 7oror building ^. the City of ��i hita Falls at 7�Q,I.,i o'clock on
the �_� day of 192? and at which hearing and at said
time arir3 ylace the olAii s o said property, or any of them, their agents
or attorneys, or any one else in any manner interested either in said
property or in said improvements, or in the manner or method of making
and constructing same, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings
with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property,
shall be fully and fairly heard as to any or said matters,and as to the
amounts to be assessed against the said Property and against the owners
$hereof, and as to the benefits to their property in enhanced value by
means of said improvement, and as to damages to said property or the owners
thereof resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said imerovement
or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident to or connected,
with the said improvement, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof,
or method or manner_ or paying for same.
III.
That any claim for dama6es shall be ;wade in writing
and shall set North the mat ers and things in the manner and for provided
and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. And other
claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing and at such
hearing all clai ns protests and objections nhatsoever will be passed upon
by the ;hoard ant said hearing may be continued from time to time until
all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after all have been
fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed, and at said hear-
ing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine the
amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and, against
the owner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by
means of said improvement, and will determine the amount of damn es, if
and; , to each lot or parcel of prpperty and the owner thereof, the enhanced
value of property by means of said improvement, and will correct any er-
rors, mistakes, or invalidities in any proposed assessment, and in any
proceeding with reference to the making or construction of said improvements
or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance,
make and levy assessments against each such piece or parcel of property
and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner
and form and in accordance with the terms required by lace in force in this
Cite, and the pity Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and other
proceedinys of this Board.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any Court having jurisdiction with-
in twenty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final assess-
ment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations, est-
ates, and otter parties shall after the expiration of twenty (20) days
from the levering of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped from
in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregu-
larity, mistake, ox invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to jive notive of
the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others interested by causing .such notice to be published in the low
official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be substantially the
following form, to -wit:
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"TO `i'HE 0'`;1 7ERS (_F 'ROPErTY ABUTT II_`M (N '3UCIT2-TATT STT?EET
FROM THE SOUTH PROIPERTY LINK ('5' AV':IJUE H TO 'TFE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE
OF AVETUE-L AITTJ TO ALI, OTHERS INTF, TESTED".
ITotice is hereby given of the intention of the City to
-proceed with the improve .ent of .buchanan 6treet from the 6outh Property
tine of avenue H, to the South Property pine of avenue T, by raising
grading, and filling same and_ installing concrete curbs and gutters and
paving with one course reinforced concrete pavement, and all lots and
land benefited by cleans of the said_ iimrovement, and such assessments,
when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land
assessed, and a personal claim and a charge against the ociners thereof.
On the J % day o s '' A. D. 192� in the
Council Chamber in the `_ organ I'uildir , L —City of dichit, �''alls, at
o'clock., all such owners and their agents will be fully heard
by Ee Board of �lde=an, and any protests, objections, or claims will
be fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said
improvel:lents will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against
each such lot or parcel of land ,.uid the owners thereof will be determined
and the amounts to be assessed against each such lot or -,arcel of land
and the owners thereof will be determined and an assessment therefor. will
be levied.
Plans and sp zcifications -for the irnprovernent, and form of
contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost=thereof, are on
file in the office of the City Clerk and open to inspection.
Lhe estimated cost of the said. improvement is `w 2y d141. yo
The estimated amount to be assessed a, ainst Propert-,�I oc;ners
i s' y v
The estimated amount to be -assessed for curia is v n. S0
per lineal foot of curb;
The estimated amount of the assess,°:ent against -pro-)erty
owners and their pro j:)ert-,for pavement and excavation is G. zJ?1VIF�_
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their a.g;ents
or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in anc;7 prise
connected v,aith said improvement, the assess__lent thereof, the benefits
therefor, the da:na.I:,es resulting trierefrom, or t;he proceedings connected
therewith, shall be and appear before said Board of said time and place.
1.)one 'in accorda-Ice ith the resolution of the Board of
hldermen of the City 0-- lichita gal Is, .texas, on the 16th day of
February 1925.
I. -i�. i'ci3room, City Clerk_.
,kind said notice shall. be published in s .id pa;per not less
than four times, and the first of said publications shall appear not
less than 14 days ?prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting
the date of hearing, and the Cit r Clerk shall cause to be, -mailed to
each o-.Tier whose name appears on said re -port of the City yngineer, a
registered letter containinga. 0010 of the said notice, such notice to
be deposited in the lost office at 6�ichita Falls, but such notice by
letter shall be cumulative o the -advertisement, and suchnot ice by
advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be
given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent.
Passed and a;orroved this 16th day of February n. JJ. 1925.
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Bids for pavin` a 'portion of �vilson' atreet were opened and
NNW, considered.
lioved by :'alderman 'Patton that the following=.'esolution be
ado-ted.
:otion seconded by .Jder,ian Young and carried by the foll-
owing vote: -
Yeas: nlder_:,an Patton, Young, Clifford, Curd.
I� a ye s : IJ one •
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R E S O L U `I' T () N
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d_FLER' _4S, the City of .Jichita L'alls, has heretofore
ordered that °"ilson _;venue in said city be improved from its intersection
with the East rroperty Dine of Harrison Street to its intersection %-, _th
the Last 2ro-perty sine of van Buren Dtreet, b7T raising, grading, filling,
installing concrete curbs and :utters, and. paving, with necessary appurte-
nances, and thereafter Mans and sp ecifi cations were duly adopted and
approved for such improvements, bids were advertised for and received,
and on the 16th day of February, 1925, such bids l ere opened, and
r�_'_ _, ' S, the bids received have been fully canvassed
and considered and the City Council after fully considering same is of
the opinion that the bid of Plains Paving Compaiv is the most advanta;e-
ous arc � )} ,)Ul(,
FAILS, TE::S, THAT: ^Tr`l, TH711F,7 FC:iE, BE IT ?:SOLVED -BY fI'L CITY OF "'JI011-ITA
I.
The bid of 'Mains Paving C0_1, any for raising, grading,
filling, ilastallinE-r concrete curbs and mutters, paving with two (2) inch
Asphaltic Concrete, '�illite process surface on four (4) inch asphaltic
concrete foundation G,nd all necessary appurtenances on said portion of
street, 1 iled with the City, be and the smme is hereby accepted.
II.
The form of contract ermbraced in the specifications
be and the same is hereby adopted .y.nd approved, and the - ayor is author-
ized and directed to enter into contract for such im-,-rovc ents with the
said_ Plains Paving Company, and to execute such contract for and on behalf
of and in the name of the City Lind the City Clem, is hereby authorized
and directed to attest same in the dame of the Cit-77- and to im-oress thereon
the City's corporate seal.
This resolution shall tape effect and be in force
from and after its nassag e.
Passed and. Approved this 16th day of February 1925.
r,;Toved byAlderman Curd that the follib�iing "iesoluti.on
be adopted.
lotion seconded by ;-lderman Patton and carried by the
follo.iing vote : -
Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Curd, Clifford.
ITP,yes: None.
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION DIIRECTII-G i'HE CITY ITGIDEER TO '1UKE )ITD
FILE REPORT II`TH MITE BOARD OF ATE MIEN SHO1;JIITG 71TE FSTII".� TED COST OF I12-
RUV'%?i?T OF A PORTIOTT OF t7ILS0I1 AVENUE.
THAT BE IT 4 :SCLVI]D BY 10HE Cif' OF '.TICHTTA FALLS,LLS, `1'{`:AS,
'I Pu AS, the :hoard of aldermen of the City of .Jichita.
Falls, i'exas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of "ilson dyer-ue,
from its intersection with the East Property Line of Harrison Street to
its intersection with the . East P: operty Line of Van Buren street, by
raising, grading and filling came and installing ooncrete curbs and gut-
ters sled oavin with two inch as-oha,ltic concrete ''Jillite Process Pavement
Oil four inch aasphaltic concrete foundation, and has caused advertisement
to be Wade for bids for the slaking and constructing of said improvements
and bids therefor have been ta:en, and said Board of Aldermen is determined
to make the same in the said .Wanner and with said two inch asphaltic con-
crete +dillite Process naver_aent on four inch asphaltic concrete foundation
as shown in specifications adopted therefor.
NOW, THME 017E, IT IS HEREBY "ESOLV7M BY TH7 CITY G1F 1.71TCHTTA
"ALLS, TEXAS, THAT
I.
The City Engineer is hereby directed-, in accordance with
p_*ui-isions of Section 108 of the City t'harter, to 11a':e and file a
report with. the -Board of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated cost
of the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the
City, the proportion thereof to be assessed aF;.ainst the abutting prop-
erty end the ovine rs thereof, the o�rrners of land abutting thereon and
benefited therebz , a owner thereof, the rate per front foot proposed
to be assessed for curb, -iad the amount to be assessed in each, case
for curb, the rate per front foot of property proposed to be assessed
for iri7nrovements other than curb, the total amount proposed to be
assessed against each lot or parcel of land and the owner thereof, and
such report may show other matters of things and shall show the est-
imated amounts of dayia'Lyres, if ,.n` , to each piece or parcel of property,
and the ot.,,,ner t'Iereof, which will be sustained by `r_eason of said imp-
rovements. Such report shall in all respects comply Frith the provisions
of the City Charter and with Chapter 11, Title 22, of the ='Levi ed Civil
Statutes of the State of Texas of 1911, and in all respects comply with
the resolutions and other proceedings of this Board with reference to
the proposed improvement of said portion of said Street.
II.
This resolution shall ta'>e effect from and after its passage.
Passed and Approved this the 16th day of February 1925.
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The City Engineer submitted the follot,ing report.
Hon. 11 ey or F_ Loard of Aldermen,
Jichita Falls, Texas.
Gentlemen: -
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving; Iviilson Avenue from its intersection =.Ji.th the i%ast Property
Line of Harrison Street to its intersection %-!ith the East Property
Line of Van Buren street, snowing the amount to be assessed against
such.property otrrner_s, etc., as required b,,,,7 the Charter and by the
proceedings of your Lonorable Body.
As is shown on this
re-nort the estimated total cost of the
improvement will
be ,%.d-.7
The
estimated amount
payable
by the City for this improve-
ment will be w
g�� �
the
estimated amount
payable
by the ozrners of the abutting
property will be
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The
estimated amount
proposed
to be assessed T�,i�ist the
abutting property and the owners
th erefff
for curb will be
per front foot.
I
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed aainst the
abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than
curia will be d.p, ,3 P2_-, per front foot.
The -total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the o,rners thereof will be �r
per front foot.
The estimated dariage is nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs
and gutters and two inch asphaltic concrete, willite -process paverlent
on four inch asphaltic concrete foundation, all in acco'd_ance'with the
specifications therefor heretofore -adopted by and filed with your Fon-
orable 13od;y>.
Respectfully submitted,
Wichita Walls, Texas. F. 11. jlugeley, City Eng.
2ebruary 16th, 1925.
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Idoved by Alderr_lan '7 oung that the follo`r,.ing '.esoluti on
be adopted.
;:.Lotion seconded by nlderr.ran young and carried by the
follo,aing vote: -
Yeas: dlderrWan '_Patton, Young, Curd, Ulifford.
, 1-one.
,,-,.Yes:
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION A=P OVIIIG `2HE :?.E'PO RT AIM ESTII �1TE OF T11 C Ia
ENGINEER iS TO THE COST A!M <LSSESS 'EATS �'O R THE II:L'-'ROV'`.';LrNT OF WILSON AVE
FROII ITS INTERSECTION '�I ITH `ITIE EriST ?ROPERTY LINE OF HARRISOI? STREET TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST PIROPEI:TY LIRE OF VAN URENSTREET, FIXING A TI11E,
AND PLACE nOR t1 HELARING TO PRO2E'13TY ("VII-FERS AITD OVEiRS INTT'IRESTED, AIM DIR-
E CTIIIG THE CITY 0LFRIi T0 1 1V'E I?OT10E r,0F, :'.;TIP PRE SC= IBII?G THI F 0 R 11 OF
SUCH TTOTICE:
BE IT '-ESOLVM BY "-'E _50ARD CIF AIDEF71EN OF THE CITY
OF rICHITA EARLS, TEXAS, THIT,
!1HElEl�S, the Board of 11ldermen of the CityT of 'Wichtta
halls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the irW-provement of 'dilson Avenue from
its intersection with the East Property Line of Harrison Street to its
intersection with the East 2roperty Line of Van -Ouren atreet, and has re-
ceived- e sti:Wate s , plans and specifications from the City Engineer, and
after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitite
bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of
constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not exeeed ing
' er cent of the remaining cost of said improverient,
as deter -ailed at the hearing hereinafter r,entioned, shall be assessed
against the property abutting thereon, and against he pr o-pe rty ov;mers
thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by
means of said improvement; and the Oity Engineer has made and. filed with
the L,ayor and Board of Alderr:.,ien his report and estimate of the cost of
such improvements, and the estimated amount to be assessed against each
lot or parcel of property, and the ol;mer thereof, and sho'r:ing other mat-
ters acid things required bylav'r and the Cit, Charter and the proceedings
of this Board for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected:
I.
That a hearing -ill be `riven to the omie-rs of -oraperty
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the -property
abutting on said nortion of said street, and to all others interested, and
same shall be given and held in the Council Charaber in the '>asement of
the i�organ Bu1?_ding in the Cit;7 o ''aichita `alls at � � o'clock
Q, >i on the ��'� -7' da r of 1925, and �tj;s;rhich hearing and at
said time elid- pace the o °rri rs f said property, or any of them, their
agents or attorneys or any one else in ar7y way interested either in the
said property or in said improvements, or in any manner or method of r_rak-
ing and constructing saame, or in the contract therefor, or the proceed-
ings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property.
shall be f_ull?T and fairly heard as to any of said matters a.nd as to the
amounts to be assessed against the s .id property and the owners thereof,
and as to the benefits to their said property in enhanced value by means
of said imurovement, and as to damages to said property or the ov,rners
thereof, resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements,
or as to any other matter or thing in any il;ise incident or connected with
the said ir-ir,rove_nent, contract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or
the ziethod or manner of paying for same.
II.
That any claim for lama-ges shall be made in writing
and shall set forth the matters and things in the :Wanner and form provided
and required_ by lave and. the provisions of the City Charter. And other
claims or ratters may be presented either orally or in writing, and at
such hearing all clai,2,s, protests and objections :-rhatsoever will be passed
Upon by the Board, and said hearing may be continued from time to time
untill all desiri:lg to be heard shall have been fully heard, and after
all have been filly and fairly heard the saaid hearing will be closed and
at said hearing and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen irTill
determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property
and against the o,�mer thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels
benefited by deans of said irTorovemen is , and will Bete ffai ne the amount
of damages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of property and the owner
thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or -parcel of nropert7T and the
owner thereof the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of -,property by rrearis
of said improvements, and will co;:'rect any errors, mi.sta',es, invalidities
in any proposed assessment, and in any, -proceedings with reference to the
making or construction -of said improvements, or the levying of assessments
therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make assessments
against each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof
in the i�raportion provided and in the manner and form and in accordance
with the terms required by law in force in this city, and the City
Char, ;er, and the ordinances, resolutions and other pr- oceeding s of this
Board, and such assessments, �,dhen levied, .shall be a first and prior
lien.
After such hearing is closed anone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in C `oust having jurisdiction
within twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and
final assessment is levied, and not thereafter, and all persons, fir-riis
corporations, estates and other parties shall, after the expiration
of the twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever
barred and estdoped in any manner doubting or resisting same or ass-
erting any error, irregularity, mista'e or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the
time and. place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all o tners interested by causing such notice to be published in the
official newspaper of the City, % hich notice shall be in substantially
the follorisg form, to-i,it:
XX "TO THE U"i''I�T' PS OF PROPI.?tTY ABUTTIT, ON 1r!LSOT Ii=� TTE
BET,;M-11 TT ?2' ISON-ST iT?;T :'i.ITP VATS 3U EN ST ,' T LT1P TO ?�L OTHERS Ii1Tur�-
FSTED" .
NOTICE is hereby given of the intention of the City to
proceed with the improverient of-'ilson 'venue from its intersection
with the East rroperty Tine of Harrison Street to its intersection
with. the East rroper.ty Line of 'Van wren 6treet by raising, grading
and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters where
adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with
two inch asphaltic concrete willite process pavement on four inch
asphaltic concrete .founda-iion, and assessing a i)ortion of the cost of
ma'•.inir and constructin-t_ such improverients a,-ainst all lots and 'par-
cels of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots
and parc;els- of property benefited by means of such improvements and the
oa.rne-rs of such lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, vihen
levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and -Parcels of
property assessed, and a personal claim and charge ag ainst_ the o,rmers
thereof.
On the 13 day of :� L.� 1925, in the Council
Chamber in the �_o: gai:;.gilding in the _ y o 6,zchita L'alls, ` exas,
at. �3a O'clock f„ 11, all such owner and their agents or
attorny offer p eys, or anersons or parties desiring to be heard willbe fairly heard by the Board of Aid -or -,ion and any protests, objections
or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and darnaFes
resulting from:. said improvements will be deterriined and the amounts
to be assessed ai a,inst each lot or parcel of property and the owners
thereof, are on file in the office of the Cit�T Clerk and are open to
inspection.
The estimated cost of said improversent is v 7
1"he esti.-rated amount to be assessed against the property
owners is ,, d�y3 0 , s� _—.
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is p,
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment a,?;ainst property
owners and their property for pavement and excavation is -", I 3�z.
per front foot. —�-
.All persons, firms, corporations or estates, their accents
or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise
connected with said irmprevedents, the assessment therefor the benefits
thereof, the dariages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings connected
therewith, shall be and appear before said 3oard at said tine and place.
Done in accordance with jLesolution of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of �dichita Falls, Texas, on the 16th day of _February 1925.
'.�cBroom, City Clerk.
rind said notice shall be published insaid newspaper not
less than three tides, and the first of said publications shall appec,� r
not less than ten days prior to the date set for said hearing, not count-
ing the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to
each o,:,riier �-,,hose name appears on said report of the City Engineer a
registered letter containing a copy ,of q'ai d notice, such letter to be
deposited in the lost Cffice at 'iichita :Falls, Texas, but such notice
by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertiserrjent, and such
notice by advertise:ient shall be sufficient whether or not any other
notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received
or sent.
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16 � I -
Passed and approved this the 16th day of _�-'ebruary 1925.
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I`oved 'a,� Alderman Young that 4. E. Aldridge be pe r-
:litted to install a gasoline pump at 505 A dams -treet under the usual pro=
visions to -wit:
That the said �d. E. Aldrid,:re, his administrators succ-
essors and assigns, shall hold the City of dichito, yIalls, harmless Wm
any dama es that may arise from the operation or installation of a gaso-
line pump at 505 Adarls, and that T shall cease to operate said ,;ado -
line pump when so ordered by the City of ''Wichita 'alls, and said gasoline
pump shall be installed under the supervision of the City engineer.
?otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
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i'oved by Alderman young that Lrs. C. J. (.,allagher
be permitted to peen a drug store in her home at the corner of Harrison
and 8th Streets.
'_otion seconded by Alderman Clifford and. carried.
n'%i , rrrrr` '1 r1'i L r r .� 7 I r"u r rrir it ,
:loved by Alderman Curd that tII_e natter of placing a 3c±g
light post in the alley at the rear of the City "a.tional Hank wilding be
referred to Commiosioner Clifford for final action.
I;'otion seconded by Alderman Young and carried.
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L oved by Alder;:ian Clifford that the Street Zepartrzent
be authorized to prepare folk Street for gravelling between 7th dnd 9th
Streets, provided the property oimers who do the gravelling use a suffi-
cient amount of gravel to make it 8 inches in thic%--ness when completed,
and the Paid gravelling /done under the supervision of the Cit7T .engineer.
ilotion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
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:roved by Alder an Clifford that Harry Fda,ylor be per-
mitted to use 10 feet of the Street fvr a stora.,�e room during the con-
struction d)f a building at 1017- Scott :',venue.
'-otion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
XI'', I i _ . T
I.roved by Alderman Curd that the City 'ttorney be
instructed to tfai:e the necessary steps for the opening of the alley between
Chester Street,
Lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
IT it
!-loved by Alderman Patton that the Sewer Department
be instructed to construct a sewer line to serve 3lock 16, I. E. Burnett
Addition.
Lotion seconded by Alderman ':'oung and carried. '*Now
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ORDII<T aNCE 1.10. 563
T, , ,, �, T PART' " C ' i, ITJ'S I)�T T G
I t C, �GULAII G THE 2 ,rs z. UTO'10BI T T T r
CT;R t ITT HCURS �� C �':J'_'.Tr ST'�'y'�175 }F "?ICHTT l ?T�.1 .rLS, `t�L AS, �'OR TITE PUR-
POSE OF PACILITnITI. G ST 17-`?, �' CT:F._+T"MG, PRHSCI?IBING A PE2,AT Y t 1TB DEC-
jA'IITG All E 7u,RGETICY.
T.oved by Alderman Young that Ordinance 563 be massed on
its second _reading.
TAotion seconded by ,Alderman Patton and carried by the
follovaing vote:-
Yeao: Alderman Clifford, Patton, `rou:zg, Curd.
ITayes: Done.
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TToved. by .Il.lezr~an Patton that the sixth -payment on tax
valuation service due W. �r. rolloclr ^nd J. Ben Stoner in the amount
of 1125.00 be allo,.rred.
':'otion seconded by .Alderman Curd and carried.
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71oved b77 Alderman Clifford that the follovling bills of
the 14ichita Falls Electric Compaz�r be alloy°red:-
Whitewa`r lighting for Ja.nuar`.--------p658.40
Street '• ►'-------- 408,00
`elhiteway "aintenance" T'-------- 72.35
Total
1145.75
1110tion seconded by Alderman Curd and carried.
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i:oved b� Ald-erman Young; that the Cit`% accept the in-
stallation of eleven crouse hinds traffic si_nals and necessary control
system installed under contract �,aith the yichita malls T;lectric Co.,
,otion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
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11oved by Alderman Clifford that the folloi,,ling T?esolution
be adopted.
"otion seconded by Alderman Curd and curried by the fcll-
owin.c vot e: -
Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Curd, Clifford.
!J ayes : ITo ne .
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION DECLARITTG THE TTECESSIT OF I 11.0VING A 1'0_MON
OF �USTIIT ST�T;ET IN'_TTI CITY OF ';'1ICNITA FAILS, ST_�TITrC TuE TT?TLT'?T' OF
SUCH I': ROVT .r ;TITS AND `l'HE TTETHOD BY 1:1HICT? IT IS PROPOSED T7.1T FiIYI,rENT
BE IeU- DE T �x'I FOIE, AND DIRECTITTG THE CITY ETTGITTFER TO ?T EVE "Ls17S, T'??0-
FILLS, OP +'CI �ICA'IOT`ZS .:_I4D ESTI_:.-,T S OF THTe, '�0'OSI�D I..7???07'.' ITi'S ?'?iE-
PAR7D.
BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY '-MSOLVI'D BY 'T T CITY OF LvjICI ITA
FA11S , IT a 1S , THiLT : _
I.
It is necessary that Austin Str( et drom its intersection
ciith the orth-'roper.ty Dine of Seventh Street to its intersection with
the T orth Property ?pine of 'ourth Street, be improved by raising, rsrad-
ing, filling and paving the same, and installing concrete curbs and
gutters, and. that 1 the same be improved :Jith one of the following methods
said materiels, to -wit:
((a) Concrete
(b) BricI:
(c) Willite Process nsphalt
The City Engineer "s hereby directed to have plans, ,
profiles, specifications and estii_rates embracing the foregoing materials
and plans of improvements prepared, and to file the same with the bard
of Aldermen, the City engineer being so instructed, there being no City
.._anager.
III.
The said improvements shall be paid for in the fol-
lowing mariner, to -wit:
The benefited and abuttin:roperty, and the owners
thereof, shall be assessed and pay for all of the cost of installing
curbs and not exceeding ninety per cent of the remaining cost of such
improvements, and the City of �iichita Falls shall pay the remainder.
.The surds payable by the benefited property and oiaaers
thereof shall be payable in six (6) equal installments, the first of
,,,Lich shall be due on or before thirty (30) days after date of com-pletion
and acceptance by the City of such improvements; the second shall be
due on or before two (2) years after such date; the fourth shall be
due on or before three (3) years after such date; the fifth shall be
due on or before four (4) years after such date and the sixth shall be
due on or before five (5) years after such date, the entire amount of
such Burns shall bear interest from the date of such completion and
acceptance and until ypgid at the rate of eighth (8%) per cent per annum
ab
payle annually, but such property, and the oi;ners thereof, shall have
the privilege of paying any or all of such installments at any time
before maturity, and the failure to pay any installment upon the maturity
thereof shall at the ontion of the oviner and holder of the certificate
of special assessment issued in evidence thereof, mature the entire
amount t fen unpaid; and the sums payable by the -respective lots or
parcels of property abutting upon the said imorovement, and benefited
thereby, shall be assessed against such lots or parcels and against
the owners thereof, acid. shall be a personal liability of such oaner
rind a first and prior lien and charge against such property, superior
to all other liens, claims and charges and -demands of whatsoever '.:ind
excepting only Mate, County and .unicipal taxes.
DTo assessment shall be levied a ra inst any lot or
parcel of land, or the ot;I}Ler thereof, in excess of the special benefits
to such lot or -parcel of land in enhanced value thereof by means of
such imnrovemen.t, and no assessment shall be levied until after the
notice and hearing as provided in the Charter and T:a`is in force and
effect in this City, and in the ordinance and proceedings of the
Ioard of aldermen applicable thereto.
T. V .
Upon the completion and acceptance of such improve-
ments, if same shall have been performed by contract, then certificates
in evidence of the assessi:ients levied a�za,inst the respective lots or
parcels of property, and the oviners thereof, shall be issued to the
contractor or �Darty performing and executing the worms of such dmprove-
ment and containing recitals lawful and pr onerly applicable thereto,
and the swid_ improvements shall be executed, and the said matters
filed, said notice and ILearing ordered given, and ordinance levying
the assessment, and any other natters i,Ath reference to said improvement
shall be done and performed in the manner and. form provided b;;, the
Charter and ?a��i�s in force and effect in this City, -and the proceedings,
ordinances and resolutions of the '?oard of Wilder -fen.
V.
This resolution shall taI e effect frpm and after
its passage.
Passed and approved this the 16th day of February 1925.
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The City Engineer submitted the following letter: -
Wichita falls, Texas.
February 16th, 1925.
TO '1' I HONORABLE I A OR <'.T'TD 130A'--'D OF N OF THE CITY
OF ' J ICH ITA FALLS, TEXAS.
In compliance with the resolution of the Board of
Aldermen with reference to the improvement of Au st in Street
from the north Property Line of Seventh Street to the '°'orth Prop-
erty lane of Fourth street g I have prepared Land 'nand_ you here-
with plans, profiles, specifications and estimates of the -pro-
posed improvements, the same embraces the different materials,
plans and methods of improvement set -Forth and specified in the
said resolution.
r'. 1. hugeley, .City-ngineer.
moved by Alderman Clifford that the follov,!ing �,'.,esolution
be adopted.
i.otion seconded b Alderman Curd and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas Alderman Clifford, Curd, Patton, young.
1, yes: TTone.
r S 0 L U T I O N
RESOLUTION A2PROVING AND ADOPTING PLx;NS, PROFI?ES,
SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTITIA.TES OF THE PRO20SFD I1,'1�0V_7'r ETTT OF
ALTS'TIN STREET i+�RU;I TF? ; NORTH PEOPERTY DINE OF SEVENTH STRE TO
THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF V-IICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS AND. DI �C'MIG THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE 'b'OI; C OT,1-
PETITI':TT1, -13I S F01' THE T:TRAYING AITD COITSTRUCTITTG OF SUCH II'.LP1?OVI Ti'TTT.
BE IT =SOLVED BY THE BOARD OF i1LDERIETT OF '"FE CITY OF
'IICHITA WALLS: THAT,
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WHEFEAS, by resolution passed on the 16th day of
'+'ebruary 1925, the >oar.d of Aldermen of the City of ,dichita Zalls
declared the necessity of improving Austin Street from the North
Property Line of Seventh street to the North Property Tine of fourth
Street, by raising, grading, and filling same, and paving same and
installing concrete curbs and. ;_Nutters, with the materials and in
the manners and :Methods stated in the said resolution, and gave the
method by which it was proposed that paynent be made therefor and
directing the City Engineer to have glans, profiles, specifications
and estimates of the proposed imorovemient, preaged; and
WHEREAS, the said City Engineer has )r c n are d such plans
-profiles, specifica.t ions and estimates and has filed the same with
the Board. of Aldermen, and the same have been inspected and examined
qnd corrected, k,,jhe re necessary;
I.
That the said plans, profiles and specifications and
estimates, be and they are hereby adopted m-icl approved ad those
under, by, and in accordance i;iith which said improvements shall
be made and constructed.
2.
That the City Clem be and he is hereby directed to
advertise for competitive bids for the malting and constructing of
the said improvements, in the manner and for the length of time and
in the form required and provided by the City Uharter and laws in
fo±ce and in effect at this time, and by the ordinances and proceed-
ings of this Board and such bids will be received until and shall be
opened on the per'" _day of � �1925, at o'clock, P.14
and all bids shall be made in the wankier and accompanied by certified
check and by the guarantee provided and required by the said specifica-
tions.
3.
'Phis resolution shall tale of ect from and �Ufter
its pass -age.
Passed and approved this the 16th day of Yebruary
1925.
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Lloved by ',,ldermen Patton ` that tax penalties on ?. of
16, .13lock 33, aouthland -addition be remitted for the years 1920 and Y
1921.
I otion seconded b % Alderman turd and carried.
Moved by Alderrrian Clif-Lord that the Street >>epart`rlent
be authorized to grade for paving 1c�.regor iDtreet, from Naylor to Harrison
Streets, provided R. E. huff the abutting property owner enters into
private contract for the paving of this Street.
ATTES`l': -
,lot ion seconded by -alder .:an Curd and carried.
The Board of -aldermen then. adjourned.
_read and approved this -day of +ebruary 1925.
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City Clerk.
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