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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-0339 - Ordinance - 04/17/1962BOORUM & PEASE BOORUM & PEASE ,12° ORDINANCE NO. 339 AN ORDINANCE a1'IRNLINING TO ASSESS A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING PORTIONS OF GLADE STREET AND ORR STREET AND SUNDRY OTHER STREETS AND PLACES IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, ADOPTING ENGINEERtS ROLLS, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF HEARING, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station has heretofore ordered that the following portions of streets in said city be improved by raising, grading, filling same, installing concrete curbs and gutters and by paving and by installing drains, inlets and storm sewers, where provided in the plans, with necessary incidentals and appurtenances and in accordance with the plans now on file with the City and in accordance with the specifications there- for, said portions of said streets being as follows, towit: All that one half of Glade Street lying and being adjacent to Woodson Village, beginning at the north corner of lot 1, block 1 and extending in a southeasterly direction a distance of 440 feet to the point of intersection of the southwest R.O.W. line of Glade Street and the northwest R.O.W. line of Village Drive. All that one half of Glade Street lying and being adjacent to The Knoll, beginning at the northwest line of The Knoll and extending in a southeasterly direction a distance of 360 feet. All that one half of Glade Street lying and being adjacent to an approximately 3.75 acre tract of land now or formerly owned by Steve Holik, beginning at the southeast line of Leacrest Addition and extending in a south- easterly direction a distance of 265.8 feet to the west corner of The Glade. All of Orr Street from the intersection of Langford Street to the inter- section of Glade Street in The Knoll. The improvement to Glade Street shall oars -± t of a six-inch compact depth gravel base with a one -inch asphalt plant mix with concrete curbs to a width, measured from back to back, of 40 feet. The improvement to Orr Street shall consist of a six-inch compact depth gravel base with a one -inch asphalt plant mix with concrete curbs to a width, measured from back to back, of 37 feet, as provided in said plans and specifications; and WHEREAS, the City of College Station has entered into a contract with Vance & Thurmond of Bryan, Texas, for the improvement of said Glade Street and Orr Street property, and the City Engineer has prepared and filed rolls or statements concerning the improvements and assessments therefor; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to assess a portion of the cost of such improvements against the owners of the property abutting thereon and against such property; and WHEREAS, the present condition of such streets and places endangers the public health and safety and it is necessary that the improvements thereof be proceeded with while the weather permits, and such improvements are being delayed pending the passing and taking effect of this ordinance and the other proceedings incidental thereto, and such facts constitute and create an emergency; 00/95 LL' 0 0 dt to tn W di 2 0 THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF COLT ;GE STATION, 'lEXAS, THAT: 1 The City of College Station does hereby determine to assess a portion of the cost of said improvements on said portions of streets against abutting property thereon and against the owners of such property and said assessments to be levied in exercise of the power granted in Article II, Section XI of the Charter of said city, and as provided by Acts of 1927, 40th Legislature of the State of Texas, First Called Session, Chapter 106, page 489, as amended, commonly known as Article 1105-B-, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. II Said rolls or statements be and the same are hereby adopted and approved. III The several amounts proposed to be assessed against such parcels of property and the owners thereof, the other matters and things as shown on said rolls or statements being as follows, towit: Name of Owner Woodson Lumber Com- pany of Cameron William C. Swindle James H. Hawkins Franklin D. Lawyer Steve Holik Don Dale Description Lot 1, Block 1, Woodson Village Lot 1, Block 5, Woodson Village Lot 22, Block 5, Woodson Village Lawyer Tract, The Knoll 3.75 Acres, C. Burnett League Lot 5, Block 11, The Knoll No. of Front Feet 140 125 125 466 265.8 138 Estimated Amount $ 420.00 375.00 375.00 1,398.00 797.40 414.00 Where more than one person, firm or corporation owns an interest in any property above described, each person, firm or corporation shall be personally responsible only for its, his or her pro rata of the total assessment against such property in proportion as its, his or her respective interest bears to the total ownership of such property and its, his or her respective interest in such property may be released from the assessment lien upon payment of such proportion- ate sum. IV A Hearing shall be given by and before the governing body of the City of College Station, Texas, on the 30th day of April, 1962, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of the City of College Station, Texas, to the owners of the respective parcels of property and to all others in any wise in- terested, whether they be named herein or not, all of whom are hereby notified to be and appear at the time and place herein named and fixed, and said hearing shall be continued from time to time and from day to day, if necessary, until. all desiring and presenting themselves to be heard, shall have been fully and fairly heard, and at which hearing any mistakes, irregularities or invalidities 00796 BOORUM & PEASE in any of the proceedings with reference to the making of said improvements or assessments therefor may be corrected and the benefits by means of said improve- ments, and the amount of the assessments, and the apportionment of the cost of the said improvements, and all other matters and things shall be determined, and the real and true owners of the property abutting upon the said streets to be improved, and any and all others in any wise interested, their agents and attorneys shall be and appear at said hearing at said time and place and present and make any protest or objections which they or any of them may have as to the said improvements, as to the benefits therefrom, as to the cost thereof, as to the amounts of such assessments, or as to the amounts assessed, or as to any mistake, irregularity or invalidity in any proceedings with reference to said assessments, such improvements, or to the contracts therefor and as to any other matter or thing in any wise connected, either with said improvements, contracts, or pro- ceedings and after all desiring and presenting themselves to be heard, either in person or by agents, attorneys, or representatives have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing shall be closed and assessments will by ordinance and in accordance with law and the proceedings of the city be levied against the re- spective parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, whether such owners be named herein or not, and whether the property be correctly described or not. At such hearings anyone in any wise interested or affected may subpoena witnesses and introduce evidence and have the right to appear and be heard. V Assessments against abutting property and the owners shall be a personal liability of the owners of such property and a first and prior lien on the prop- erty against which assessments are levied, and shall be due and payable on or before thirty days after date of completion and acceptance of the improvements and said assessments shall bear interest from date of such completion and accept- ance until paid at the rate of eight per centum ($l) per annum, payable annually, provided, any owner shall have the right to pay the assessment at any time before maturity by paying principal and interest accrued to date of payment, provided further that if default be made in the payment promptly as the same matures the entire assessment shall be collectible together with reasonable attorney fees and cost of collection, if incurred. VI The improvements in each unit constitute an entirely separate district and independent unit, and the proposed assessment for the improvement in each unit are in no wise affected by any fact or circumstance in connection with any other unit all to the same extent and as fully as if entirely separate proceedings had separate hearings, and separate notices thereof ordered. VII The City Secretary of the City of College Station is directed to give notice to the owners of property abutting upon the said portions of streets named 0, to be improved and to all others interested, of the time, place and purpose of W such hearings and of all matters and things by causing a substantially correct copy of this ordinance to be published at least three times in The Battalion and/or other newspaper of general circulation in the City of College Station, Texas, the first of which publication shall be made at least ten days before the date 2 0 00797 CD BOORUM & PEASE BOORUM & PEASE of such hearing, and by such publication all owners of property abutting upon said portions of said streets and avenues, whether such owners be named herein or not and whether the property be correctly described herein or not, as well as to all others in any wise interested therein or to be affected thereby, shall be and are duly notified and no error or mistake in the name of any property owner, in the description of any property or in the amount of any proposed assess- ment shall in anywise affect or invalidate such notice or any assessment levied pursuant thereto, and the real and true owners of such abutting property shall be and are by such notice duly and fully notified. The City Secretary is further directed, but not required to give further notice of such hearing by causing a substantial copy of such published notice to be mailed to each owner of property abutting upon such portions of said streets and avenues, but all such notices by mail shall be only cumulative of such notice by advertisement and publication, and said notice by advertisement and publication shall in all cases be sufficient and binding whether or not any other kind or character of notice be given. vlll The present condition of said portions of streets and avenues endangers health and public safety, and it is necessary that the improvements thereof be proceeded with at once and while the weather will permit, and such facts con- stitute and create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the rules and provisions providing for ordinances to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting be suspended, and requiring that this ordinance be passed as and take effect as an emergency measure, and such rules and provisions are accordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed as and shall take effect as am emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 17th day of April, 1962. APPROVED: Mayor AT'1'.iST : )(1/,;2, (4/141(A7 City ecretar 00798