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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1985-076 �J � � � �. 1 CITI` OF GRAPEVIIVE, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 85-76 AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING AND DECLAl�,ING THE NECES- SITY FOR AND ORDERING ANU PRUVIDING FOR THE PAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS OF PORTIONS OF A CERTAIN STREET IN THE CITY O�' GRAPEVINE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXA� TO WIT: DOVE LdOP ROAD NOI�,TH FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE � OF DOVE CROSSING SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE UNITED STATES AI�d,M�' CORPS OF ENGINEER.S PROPERTY; RATIFYING APPROVED PLANS AND SPECIFI- �� CATIONS FOR SUCH WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS; �Z,ECOG- NIZING AND AFFI�Z MING THAT THE DIR.ECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, HAS PREPARED AND FILED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL C(�ST OF SUCH WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS; DIR,EC- TING THE DIRECTOR OF' PUBLIC WORKS OF `t'HE CITY OF' GRAPEVINE, TEXAS TO FILE THE TOTAL ACTUAL COS1' OF SUCH WO�,K AND IMPROVEMENTS; MAKING PKOVISIONS FOR THE LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING PRO- P�RTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF FOR A PART OF THE CO�T OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING �OFi, THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO; AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works of the City of Grapevine, Texas, has prepared plans and specifications for the improvements of the hereinafter described portion of Dove Loop Ftoad and heretofare submitted such plans and specifications to the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, at its regular meeting held on the 2nd day of April, 1985, and the same having been examined and reviewed by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, and found to be in all matters and things proper. , NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE �,,w CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. The plans and specifications for all of the improvements described in Section 2 hereof prepared by the Director of Public Works of the City of Grapevine, Texas, and submitted to the City Council at its re�ular meeting held on the 2nd day of April, 1985, and now on file with the City Council were approved and adopted at said regular meeting and are hereby ratified and confirmed. - Section 2. That the City Council did find, and hereby ratifies and confirms said finding, that a public necessity existed for the permanent improvements of the following described portion of Dove Loop Road in the City of Grapevine, Texas, said portion of said public street bein� designated and defined to wit: Being the east and west sides of Dove Loop Road north from the south property line of Dove Crossing subdivision to the south property line of the United States Army Corps of Engineers property. The above described portion of said street has been improved by raising, grading, and filling the same and by constructing thereon asphalt pavement, and `�"� curbs, gutters and sidewalks in accordance with the improvements described for said portion of Dove Loop Road to�;ether with necessary incidentals and appurtenances, as shown or� the plans and specifications therefore on file with "� the City Council. Section 3. The cost of the improvements shall be paid for as follows, to wit: A. The abutting property and the owners thereof shall be assessed and pay for all of the cost of the curbs and �utters and none of the remaining costs of such improvements, exclusive of curbs and gutters. � y�L g�������$�'� ' The cost of such improvements shall be assessed against said owners and their property respectively, in accordance with what is known as the "Front-Foot Plan", in proportion as the frontage of the property of each owner is to the whole frontage improved; provided that if the application of the above mentioned rule of apportionment between property owners would in the opinion of the City Council in particular cases be unjust or unequal, it shall be the duty of the City Council to assess and apportion said costs in such manner as it may deem just and equitable, having in view the special benefits in enhanced value to be received by each owner of such property, the equities of the owners, and the adjustment of such apportionment, as to produce a substantial equality of benefits received by and burdens imposed upon such owners. �>_� The amounts to be paid by the abutting properties and the owners thereof shall be assessed against the abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof, whether said owners be correctly named therein or not, and the amounts payable by the abutting property and the owners thereof shall be a first and prior lien upon the property upon which assessments are levied, except State, County, School District and City ad valorem taxes, and a personal liability of the owners of said property. B. The cost of said improvements, after deducting the amounts to be assessed against and paid for by the abutting property and the owners thereof, shall be paid by the City. C. When the completed improvements are accepted by the City of Grapevine, Texas, the sums assessed against the property abutting upon such completed and accepted improvements shall be and become payable in four (4) equal installments as follows: the first installment shall be due and payable on or before ten (10) days after the date of the completion and acceptance of the improvements, and a like installment shall be due and payable on or before one (1), two (2), and three (3) years from the date of the completion and acceptance of the improvements. The entire amount assessed against the particular parcels of property shall bear interest from the date of such completion and the acceptance of the improvements upon which the particular property abuts at the rate of eight �""�° percent (8%) per annum or at the rate payable by the City on its most recently issued general obligation bonds, determined as of the date of the notice provided for by Section 9 of Article 1105b, as amended, of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, whichever rate is greater, payable annually except as to interest on the first installment, which shall be due and payable on the date said installment matures, provided that any owner shall have the right to pay any and all of such installments at any time before maturity by paying principal, with the interest accrued to the date of payment, and further provided if default be made in the payment of any installment promptly as the same matures, then at the option of the City or assigns, the entire amount of the assessment shall be and become immediately due and payable; but it is specifically provided that no assessment shall in any case be made against any property or any owner thereof in excess of the special benefits to property in the enhanced value thereof by means of said improvements upon which the particular property abuts, as ascertained at the hearing provided by the law in force in the City, nor shall any assessments be made in any case until after notice and hearing as provided by law. Said assessments a�ainst the respective lots and parcels of property and the owners thereof shall be evidenced by the Mayor and/or City Manager in the name of the City of Grapevine, Texas. Section 4. The improvements provided for herein have been made and constructed, and there shall be notice given, hearing held and assessments levied and all proceedings taken and had in accordance with the terms and provisions of Article 1105b, as amended, of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, under which law "�'' these proceedings are taken and had, and which Article constitutes a part of the Charter of the City of Grapevine, Texas. Section 5. The improvements on the portion of Dove Loop Road above described shall be and constitute separate and independent improvements from any other improvements thereon and the assessment herein provided for shall be made for the said improvements according to the cost of the said improvements independent of the cost or the benefits arising from any other improvements on said street. �ection 6. In making assessments, if the name of the owner be unknown, it shall be sufficient to so state the fact, and if any property be owned Y��!��.��� by an estate or by any firm or corporation, it shall be sufficient to so state, and it shall not be necessary to give the correct name of the owner, but the real and true owners of the property mentioned shall be liable and the assessments against the property shall be valid. Section 7. The City Council recognizes and affirms that the City has heretofore advertised for competitive bids and awarded a contract for the construction of the improvements all in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. Section 8. The City Council recognizes and affirms that the Director of � Public Works of the City of Grapevine, Texas, has heretofore prepared and filed with the City Council estimates of the cost of such improvements at the time the constructic�n contract was awarded and that the cost of said improvements w� as determined by the existing construction contract was approved and adopted by the City Council on the 2nd day of April, 1985, and is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 9. The Director of Public Works of the City of Grapevine, Texas, is hereby ordered and directed to file with the City Council the total actual cost of such improvements when determined. Section 10. The City Secretary is directed to prepare, and file with the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, a notice in accordance with the terms and provisions of Article 1220a, as amended, of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. Section 11. The fact that the street and portions thereof improved as herein provided were dstermined to be in need of being improved without delay created an emergency and public necessity for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety which requires that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure and that this Ordinance take effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is accordingly so ordered and ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, this 19th day of November� A.D., 1985. ��.�� � Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas ATTEST: `� °� ��� �1���k G(il�t.vl. . : Cit,�,i ' erctar�,`C y of Grapevine, Texas � �.w � > > { ,�3 y (n(�yy�.�-' t . �� 3�� � � �• ��,s -,��� � �'.FI�O� AS TO FORM: . .��{,�� �,� � City Attorney, City of Gr vine, Texas �-� � v�L��.t��c=��� ��T 3���aT�B �o�, � . -�. , - � ���,;��� � � � � �� � °�5 �E�� 27 A 9 �« t,,: ;'. SY______.. �� � ,� eaa�l ���dl ~ ry,yZ1t� �N�09 � . , � S4� y,�34� s� � • r� '`�► , �� °3�4 ' y,�����° k� "� '��' �, s rt������pwa�':+�f , � `P l� P�"�' ) . �„;'`t�} ' ` '� �og d�8��t�$a�K�oy��e�+`� �,� ._���W���su;� S�i A �,F.i���,,..n �.�:f:������ N �d S. �..� � �A�� � .1 �� _ i ��:, � ����� i �� Return to: Karen Spann, City Secretary City of Grapevine P.O. Box 729 Grapevine, Texas 76051