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Min 01/29/1925.,jichita Falls, Texas. basement 1.1organ Building, ,January 29th, 1925. The Hoard of Aldermen of the City of Wichita r'alls, met in regular called session at 4 P. 1'1. o'clock on the above date with the following present: - Frank Collier, 1:1o.yor, R. E. Shephe rd, N. i.1. Cli.f_ford, J. T. Y oung, Y a l B e r m e n J. H. Patton, Y �. :c_�3room, City Clerk, .it #1P,#jf' 1##4#4, 1't9#414if1%47 . Moved by Alderman Clifford that the time for payment of City taxes for the year 1924, without penalty be extended to 1 parch lst, 1925. i:lotion seconded by Alderrrian Young and carried. rf :t,rr; 7 ir" ri it r`if r mitt; rr-rj,F Ft�rtr ORDINANCE ITO. 561 AN ORDIN.-INCE EGULATIITG VEHICULAR 1TTD I EDEST IAN T' AFFIC AID PROVIDING 30It SAFETY ZONES ND PRMS011RIBING CERTAIIT RULES ZD REGULATIONS CONT11OLLING tM COVERING `i ,Al-FIC BY 1.)EDESTRI NS 1I4D It CITY t �+' 'IICHIrTA FALLS BY �LZCTRIC DEVICES, SAFETY VEHICLES IN Z0 %S, LIMIT LINES, TRAFFIC OFFICERS, AI1D SIGNALS BY HAM AJTD GTHER- ,`IISE; FI �L'IITG A PENALTY I'O R VIOL- ION OF THIS ORDINXiNCE; IR OVID ING THAT EACH DAY'S VIO'LlITION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFEITSE; DEC- LARING Ali El,D]RGENCY AND HI; :_,'E iSON i+'UR 'TIM, .:EGUL TIOITS PRESC_?IBED: PROVIDING THAT i'HIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER TRA:r.'_TC ORDIiT_y ICES E ��CEPT WHERE IN DIRECT CONFLICT IITH THE ?'ROVISIOIdS IiIJ ;EOF AND PROVIDING THAT THE HOLDING OF ANY -uOITIO11 HEREOF TO BE iITVALID SHALL NOT AF3'ECT 'OHE VALIDITY OF ANY OTHER IDO-?TION U; PROVISION. Loved by Alderman Patton that Ordinance 561 be passed on its second reading. _otion seconded by Aldermen Young and carried by the fol- lowing vote: - Yeas: Alderman Shepherd, Clifford, Young, Patton. ,ayes: Done. doued by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Alderman young and carrfted by the fol- lowing vote: - `leas: Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. ITayes: 'one. E E S 0 L U `I' I 0 IT WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on -jen .ary 12th, 1925 the Board of Aldermen ariohted. a -resolution directing the City Engineer to make and file a report showing` the estimated cost of improving a portion of Harrison 6treet and in compliance thereof the city Engineer filed the report requested in said resolution, and WHEREAS, certain estimates in the report filed by the City Engineer have be.n found to be in error; THEHNC` 'E BE IT E,ESULVED BY THE BOARD C ;_; ALD'1' -' <'EN 0'�, THE CITY OF 'srICHIT. FALLS, 1. That the resolution adopted by tris board on January 12th, 1925, approving the report of the City Engineer as to the cost and assessments for the improvement of Harrison Street from its intersection .with the South Property mine of Avenue V, to its intersection with the South Property Line of Speedway Avenue, fixing a time and place for a hearing to property owners and others interest- ed, and directing the City Clerk to give notice thereof, and pres- cribing the form of such notice, be cancelled, and annulled. 2. That the City Engineer be directed to make and file a corrected report with the Board of Aldermen showing the esti- mated cost of the irkorovement of Harrison Street from its intersection with the South property Line of Avenue 2, to its intersection with the South property Line of Speedway «venue in accordance with the provi- sions of resolution heretofore adopted. 1 The City Engineer submitted the corrected. report: Hon. mayor & hoard of aldermen, wichita 'alls; 'Texas. Gentlemen:- i, hand you herewith report and corrected estimate of the cost of improving Harrison Street from its intersection with the South 2roperty Line of Avenue "1„' to its intersection pith the ;youth Property mine of Speedway Street, shooing the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter_ and by � the proceedings of your honorable Pody. As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement will be The estimated amount payable by the city for this improvement will be �rJ,��o ,� �y The estimated amount payable by the owners of the abutting property will be .,,> 3j, 7-J'3.-42- • The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be C ,4n per front foot. —.—. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than curb will be rat ���, Der front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be 7,G� � 2 6 per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5)inch plain concrete foundation all in accordance with the specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. _respectfully submitted, N. M. Rugeley, City Engineer. lution be adopted. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following nzo- Motion seconded by Alderman Young and carried by :Young and carried, by the following vote: - Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. ayes : N one . 081 R E S 0 L U T I 0 N RESOLUTIOII APPROVING THE CORRECTED REPORT AND 'ESTI Tj,TE OF THE CITY iJIZGIIIEL�R AS TO `;N? COST ,'ID .iSSESSi ItTS FOR THE II '''OV" ' TTT OF HARRISON STREET FROI:I ITS INTERSECTION WITH THII SOUTH PROPERTY LTTIE OF &VEITUE, "F" TO ITS INTHRISECTION JITH T.F SOUTH PROP' ;TY LINE OF SPEED`JAY I FITTING A TI,."E ;IID PLACE FOR A HEAIIIIuG TO PROPERTY 01,`,MITERS '11ID" OTI--RS I�'1TERESTED, j;T7D DIRECTING THE CITY CI4ERY TO GIVE NOTICE Thr"FOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FO-3,11 OF SUCH NOTICE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERRI.EN OF THE CITY OF I V.TIC HITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of 't`�ichita Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Harrison ttreetfrom its intersection with the South Property Tine of Avenue 'IF"o its r intersection with the South Property Dine of Speedway 4%xjand has received estiiiates, plans and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids jvrere received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and not exceeding ninety per cent of the remaining cost of said imp- rovement, as determined at the hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon, and against the property owners thereof, and that said property is the property that will be benefited by means of said improve.:7ent; and the City Engineer has made and filed with the I:ayor and Board of Aldermen his rerort and estimate of the cost of such improvements, and the estimated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property, and the owner there- of, and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and. the proceedings of this _3oard for such reports, and same has been examined and corrected. I. That a hear ink, will be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the _property abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given arid- held in the Council Chamber in the Basement of the .organ !3iiilding in the r ' ty of `4i.chita ' al ls, at / . 30 o'clock p.. I. on the ,30-' day of %VI,.9251 and at which hearing, and at said time and place the owners of said property, or any of ther,,i, their agents or attorneys or arjy one Else in any was interested either in the said property or in said improvements, or in an' manner or iaethod of making and constructing same, or in'the contract therefor, or the pro- ceedings with reference thereto, or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against the said property and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in en- hanced value by means of said improvements, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other matter or thing in any wise incident or connected with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assesmment therefor, or the iethod or manner of paying for same. II. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form 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;is, protests and objections whatsoever will be passed upon by the 3oard, and said hearing may be continued from time to time untill all desiring to be heard. .shall have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard the said hearing will be closed, wild at said hearing 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 o,-,!xier thereof, and will de- termine the lots or parcels benei"ited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of dailages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of property amd the 0'7ner thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any proposed ass- essiaent, and in any proceedings with reference to the making or con- struction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments thereof, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and ma'_.e assessments against eabh such piece or parcel of property and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the ?canner and form and in accordance with the terms required bylaw in force in this city, and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of this Board, and such assessi:ients, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court Eaving juris- diction within twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final assessment is levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firm, corporations, estates and other parties shall, after the expir- ation of the twenty days from the levying of such asses ment, be forever barred and esto ped in any manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity, mistake 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 others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in sub- stantially the following norm, to -grit: "TO THE OWNERS OF PROP72 Y ABUTTING ON HARRISON SThEET,_ BET WEN AVENUE "F" AND SPEEDWAY 44APYAND TO ALL OTH7RS INT- ERESTED". NOTICE IS hereby given of the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Harrison Street from its in- tersection with the South Property Line of Avenue "?"' to its inter- section with the South Property line of Speedway by raising, grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and raving with three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation,, and assessing a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcel of property abutting on said portion of said street and all lots and oarcels of property benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and such assess"eats, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the 3O u" day of MA/vt ,1 1925, in the council Chamber in the horgan " uildin6 in the City c i , ichita '�'al ls, Wexas, at 7:30 P.j;. o'clock ail such owners and their agents or attorneys, or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly heard by the Board of Aldermen and, any protests, objections orclaims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resulting from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be ass- essed against each lot or -parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is .y3 z70 do The estimated_ amount to be assessed against the property owners is The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is lineal foot of curb; and, The estimated amount of the assessment against property owners and their property for pavement and excavation is V-7, /wz,W4. per front foot. All persons, firms, corporations or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any cerise connected with said improvements, the assessment therefor the benefits thereof, the damages resulting; therefrom, or the pro- ceedings connected therewith, shail be and appear before said 3oard. at said time and place. Done in accordance with hesolltion of the hoard of Aldermen of the City of Jichita 2alls, Wexas, on the 29th day of January 1925, W. E. hcBroom, City ule rk. And said notice shall be published in said news- paper not less than three times, and the first of said publications shall appear not less than ten days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed to each owner whose name appears on said report of the City Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in the -post Office at Wichita Falls, Texas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be suf- ficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be received or sent. Passed and Approved this the 29th day of January 1925. Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following resolution be adopted. Iotion seconded by Alderman Young and carried by the fol- lowing vote: - Yeas: Alderman _Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. -,,ayes: None. R E S O L U T I O N 4'JHEREAS, by resolution adopted on :fan 12th, 1925 the Board of Aldermen adopted a resolution directing the City ,Engineer to ma'-.e and file a report shoving the estimated cost of improving a portion of Speedway ivenue and in complaince thereof the City Engineer filed the report requested in said resolution, and 1I RE�;S, certain estima�,-es in the report filed by the City Engineer have been found to be in error, THEREFORE BE IT 11ESOLVED BY THE" BOARD OF ALDER 1,, N OF THE CITY OF 7ICHITA FAILS, . 1. That the resolution -adopted by this Board on January 12th, 1925, approving the report of the City Engineer as to the cost and assessments for the improvemert ­F Speedway Avenue, from its intersection with the Center of Harrison Street to a point 948 feet East of a.rrison Street, fixing a time and place for a hearing to property owners and others interested, and directing the City Clerk to give notice thereof, and prescribing a form of such notice, be calic el le d and annulled. 2. That the City Engineer be directed to male and file a corrected report with the 3oard of Aldermen showing the estimated cost of the irnpr oveiaent of Speed -way Street from its intersection with the Center of garrison Street to a point 948 feet !past of Harrison Street, in accordance vith the provisions of resolution heretofore adopted. The City Engineer submitted tine following corrected report. Hon. i,iayor F Board of Aldermen, ,Iichita Falls, Texas. Gentlemen:- I hand you herewith corrected report and esti hate of the cost of improving Speedway Street from its intersection with the Center of garrison atreet to a point 948 feet East of 'Harrison Street, shoring the amount to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the Charter and by the proceedings of your -Honorable .3ody. As is shown on this report the estimated total cost of the improvement tJill be ��3 'f•ri-, 4-4 • The esti:iaated amount payable by the City for this imp- rovement will be 077. • ''he estimated amount uaya.ble by the owners of the abutting property will be � /y, -1:+4 • The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the o�inlers therefor for curb xvill be -oer front foot. The estimated amount proposed to be assessed a aiiist the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than curb will be f, �,07z oer front foot. The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed against the abutting property and the ovaiers thereof will be ' per front foot. The estimated damage is nothing in any case. This estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs and gutters and Three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications therefor heretofore adopted by and filed with your Honorable Body. 1�espectfully submitted, z. _.. ugeley, City Eng 4ichito Falls, texas. January 29th, 1925. �r7� it 7 irrif' 7r ir #r i iioved b,, Alderman Clifford that -the following resolu- tion be adopted. lotion seconded by alderman Young and carried by the following vote:- Yeas: AlderLian Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd. Ira,,es: none. H E S 0 L U T I 0N RESOLUTION APPT,OVING THE CORRECTED _;EPORT JID ESTI- 1,L,ITE OF THE"CITY ENGINEER AS TO THECOST AND ASSESS: � , 7T TS FOR `- HE IIL, ROVE' - ENT OF SPEEDWAY STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION '':iITH THE CENTER OF HARRISON STREET TO 948 FEET LAST OF HAR1:ISON STREET, !VIXING A TI:1E ZtD PLACE 7OR A fl �1;RING `TO P.ROP`1i1,TY O',JNERS e�ITD OTHERS INTEREST-FD, AND DI FCTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE 110`l' ICE THE -ECF, AND P HESC'RIBIPiG YHE i'ORLM OF SUCH ?NOTICE. BE IT '7ESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY 02 J ,1ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT, dHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of iich- to Zalls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Speedway otreet from its intersection with the Center of Harrison Street to a point 948 feet .past of Harrison Street, and has received estimates, plans and spe- cifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitiye bids were received and it has been determined that all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portions of said street, and.. not exceeding ninety per cent of the re- maining cost of said improvement, as determined at the hearing herein- after mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon, and against the property o, ners thereof, and. that said property is the y property that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and the City Engineer has made and filed with the ;:-iayor and 13oard of Aldermen his report and estimate of the cost of such improvements, and the es.ti- mated amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of propert-,T, and the ovzier thereof, and showing other matters and things required by law and the City Charter and the proceedings of this Board for such reports and same has been examined and corrected: i. That a hearing will be given to the owners of property proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the property abu- tting on said portion of said Street, and to all others interested, and same shall be given and held in the Council C-:.amber in the easement of the organ Building in the City of 'Iichita Zall,s, at 7:30 o'clock P. on the 30' da,y of W iq.1s , and at which hearing and at. said time and place the owners of said property, or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way interested either in the said property or in said im- provements, or in any riianner or niethod of maring and constructing s:-I'me, or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with -reference thereto, or the benefits or daiiages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard as to any of said ::iatters and as to the amounts to be assessed again- st the said pro-perty and the ot7ners thereof, and as to the benefits to their said property in enhanced value b;T means of said improvement, and as .l to daages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from or to be sustained. by _reason of said improvei_ients, or as to any other matter or thing in any -rise incident or connected with the said improvement, con- tract, proceedings or assessment therefor, or the method or manner of paying for same. jo II. That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro- vided and -required by law and the provisions of the City Charter. find other claims or matters may be presented either Orally or in writing and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections, whatsoever will be passed uph; by the Board, and said hearing may be core =-1 tinued from time to time until all desiring to be heard shall have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard the said hearing will be closed, and at said hearing and from the facts before it the 3oard 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 improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if 9 any, to each such lot or parcel of property and the owner thereof, then enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidi- ties in any proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with ref- erence to the mal;ing or construction of said improvements, or the levying of assessments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and :Hake assessments against each such ;.piece or parcel of prop- 1 erty and against the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the wanner and form and in accordance with the terms required by law in force in this cit , and the City Charter, and the Ordinances resolutions and other proceedings of this Board, and such assess- nents, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien. After such hearing; is closed anyone desiring to appeal therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any Court 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, :firms, corporations, estates and other parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estonped in any manner doubting or resisting same or ass- erting any error, irregularity, mistake 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 others interested by causing such notice to be published in the official news_)aper of the City, which notice shall be in sub- stantially the following form, to -wit: "TO THE 0`.11TERS 03 2ROMMY ABUTTING ON SPEEDWAY STREET BETWEEN CENTER OF HARRISON STREET AND 948 FEET EAST OF HARRISON STREET AND- T O ALL OTHERS INTERESTED". Notice is hereby given of the intention of the City to proceed with the improvement of Speedway Street from its intersection with the Center of Harrison Jtreet to a point 948 feet East of Harr- ison Street by raising, grading and filling same and installing con- crete curbs and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now installed, and paving with Three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pave- ment on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, and assessing a por- tion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said street�nnd all lots and parcels of property benefited by means of such improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property and such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and a personal claim and charge against the owners thereof. On the 00day of 'rh &A cJ- l 25, in the Council Chamber in the Worgan Builaing in the City of dichita 11alls, Texas at 7;30 o'clock P. M. all such ownery and their agents or attorneys or any - other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly heard by the .Board of Aldermen and any protests, objections or claims will be fully and fairly heard, the benefits and damages resin from said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be "assessed against each lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are open to inspection. The estimated cost of said improvement is The estima ;ed amount to be assessed against the property owners is 1 v, mtQ q,j,9 The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is per lineal foot of curb; and The estiIaated amount of the assessment against prop- erty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is per front foot. All persons, firms, cor jorations or estates, their agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any wise connected with said improvalents, the assessment therefor the bene- fits thereof, the dariiages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings conn- ected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board at said time and place. None in accordance with resolution of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita galls, Texas, on the 29th day of January A. D. 1925. 1, E. IIcBroom, City Clerk. And said notice shall be published in said newspaper not less than three times, and the i?-st of said publications shall appear not less than ten days prior to the date set for said hearing not counting' the day of hearing, and the City Clerk shall cause to be mailed. to each oYner whose ziane appears on said report of the City Eng- ineers, a registered letter containing a copy of said notice such letter to be deposited in the .lost Office at lVichit4 ++'alls, �'exas, but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by advertisement and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by letter be re- ceived or sent. Passed and approved this the 29th day of January A. D.1925. ;:loved by Alde rrnan Shepherd that the penalty on per- sonal property tax assessed against Haltom & Friedley for the year 1923, amount 1,187.50 be remitted. otion seconded by Alderan Young and carried. m Moved by Alderman Patton that the ''ax Collector be authorized to accept payment of taxes assessed against Lot 2, Block 19, Southland Addition for the year 1920, without penalty. ru r� li.Llysl;- `otion seconded by Alderman Clifford and carried. The 3oard of aldermen then adjourned. Read and approved this day of .febru.%ry1925. City Clerk. " _ ayo r.