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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05998 ORD - 12/14/1960AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND _ORDERING THAT THE PORTION OF AGNESmSTREET FROM SOUTH STAPLES STREET TO CARANCAHUA STREET AND OF L_AREDO STREET FROM SOUTH STAPLES STREET TO TANCAHUA STREET BE IMPROVED, AND REQUIRING A DIRECTRR OF PUBLIC WORD. TO PREPARE AND FILE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PRO- POSED IMPROVEMENTS; REQUIRING THE CITY SEC- RETARY TO FILE A NOTICE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF NUECES COUNTY OF THE ACTION HEREIN; PROVIDING HOW SUCH IMPROVEMENTS SMALL BE PAID, AND DECLARING AN :EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has determined the necessity for, and has decided to improve the portions of Agnes Street from South Staples Street to Carancahua Street and Laredo Street from South Staples Street to Tancahua Street, both in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the manner herein pro- vided, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the City Council of Corpus Christi, Texas: SECTION 1. That there exists a public necessity for, and the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, does hereby determine that it is necessary to improve the following streets within the said city in the manner herein provided, to wit: Agnes Street from South Staples Street to Carancahua, and Laredo Street from South Staples Street to Tancahua Street. SECTION 2. That it is hereby ordered that the said streets, within the limits above described, shall be improved by the construction, reconstruction, repairing, strengthening, aligning or realigning of concrete curb and gutter, sidewalks, storm sewers, inlets, manholes and appurtenant structures and facilities where the Director of Public Works determines that adequate curb and gutters, sidewalks, storm sewers, inlets, man- holes and appurtenant structures and facilities are not now installed or are not now installed on proper grade and Line, together with all other incidentals and appurtenances thereto, all as deemed adequate by the Director of Public Works of the City of Corpus Christi and as provided for in the Plans and Specifications for such improvements to be prepared by said Director of Public Works. SECTION 3. In providing for and making such improve- merits the City Council hereby determines to proceed under, and in the exercise of the powers, terms and provisions of Section 6 of Article 2 of the Charter of the City of- Corpus Christi, Texas, and as set out in the,act of the first- called session of the 40th Legislature of the State of Texas (1927), Chapter 106, said act being commonly known as Article.1105 -B, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1927, as amended. SECTION 4. The Director of Public Works for the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby directed to prepare forth- with, and to file with the City Council, complete plans and spe- cifications for such proposed improvements covering the type of curbs and gutters, sidewalks, storm sewers, inlets, manholes and appurtenant structures and facilities hereinabove set forth. SECTION 5. The cost of said improvements shall be paid as follows: (a) The cost of constructing, reconstructing or repair- ing said curbs and gutters and sidewalks within the area between and under rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, of any railway, street rail- way or inter- urban, using, occupying or crossing such streets or portions thereof hereby ordered improved, shall be paid by the respective owners thereof and assessed against such railway, 6.Z state railway or inter - urban, and its roadbed, ties, rails, fixtures, rights and franchises, and the real and true owners thereof, in the manner provided by the terms of the City Char- ter of the _City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and by said act of the 40th Legislature of the State of Texas (1927), above iden- tified. (b) The City of.Corpus Christi shall pay all the cost of construction, reconstruction, or repair of the storm sewers, inlets, manholes and appurtenant structures and facili- ties; and all of the cost of the construction., reconstruction, or repair of the curbs, gutters and sidewalks within the intersec- tions of the said streets with other streets and alleys; and all of the cost of construction, reconstruction, repairing, realign- ing or improving of sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveways not assessed against the abutting property and the real and true own- ers thereof. (c) The property abutting upon said streets, within the limits above defined, and.the real and true owners thereof, shall be assessed and shall pay for the whole of the total cost of construction, reconstruction, repair, or realignment, as the case may be, or improvement of the sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveways ABUMTJNG their respective property, all exclu- sive of the costs of any storm sewers, inlets, manholes and ap- purtenant structures and facilities, but inclusive of all the costs of all incidentals and appurtenances. In no.event shall the total costs to be assessed against and paid by abutting pro- perty, and the real and true owners thereof, exceed, in any case, 100% of the total cost of the - concrete curb and gutters, side- walks and all appurtenances and incidentals thereto. IsE The amount payable by the abutting property, and the real and true owners thereof, shall be assessed against such property, and shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such abutting property and a personal liability of the real and true owners thereof, and shall be payable as follows, to wit, The amount of said assessments shall be payable in five (5) installments, the first of which shall be due and payable twenty (20) days afterthe date said improve- ments are completed and accepted by the City Council, and the remaining four.(4) installments to be due and payable respectively, one, two, three and four years FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF SUCH ACCEPTANCE 70GETHgR WITH 1NTEAL ST tHtA EON from said date of acceptance at the rate of five per cent (5 %) per annum payable annually.- provided., however, that the owners of said property shall have the privilege of paying one, or all, of such installments at any time before maturity thereof, by paying the total amount of principal due, together with accrued interest, further, that if default be made in the payment of any of said installments of principal or interest, promptly, as the same matures, then at the option of the contractor, the owners of said assessment, or assigns, the entire amount of the assessment upon which such default is made shall be and become immediately due and payable, together with a reasonable attorneys fee and collection costs, if incur- red; however, it is specifically stipulated and provided that no assessments shall be in any case made against any property or the real and true owner thereof, in excess of the special benefits to accrue to such property and the enhancement value thereof resulting from said improvements. -4- SECTION 6. It is further provided, as stipulated . by the provisions of said Charter and laws above identified, that said improvements may be omitted in front of any proper- ty exempt from the lien of special assessment for street im- provements without invalidating or affecting the assessments against the other property abutting upon said streets. Fur- ther, the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a notice in the name of said city of the action taken herein and to have same filed by the.County Clerk of Nueces County, Texas, among the mortgage records of said county. SECTION 7. The fact that there is badly needed at this time permanent street improvements on Agnest Street from South Maples to Caraocalma, and on Laredo Street from South Sta- ples to Tancahua, within the limits hereinabove defined, and the further fact that the present condition of said portion of said streets and sidewalks and storm sewers, inlets, manholes and appurtenant structures and facilities is dangerous to the health and public welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Corpus Christi due to the conditions of traffic along said portions of said.streets, creates a public emergency and public impera- tive-necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinances or resolutions shall be read at three (3) several meetings of the City Council, -5- and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency exists and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended and that this ordinance be finally passed on the ,date of its intro- duction and take effect and be in full force, form and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY.SO ORDAINED. ,t d PASSED AND APPROVED this day of , 19 60 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM City AUD.�n.ey e CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 7 DAY OF TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE - GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPrCTFULLY, MAYOR THE CITY 0 C RPUS CH STI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY ICING JAMES L. BARNARD CC MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUN PATRICK J. DUNNE R.. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO,.SR. - THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO NG VOTE: ELLROY ICING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOEzANO, SR. JKH:12 -14 -60 THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES NOTICE VOL 910 PAGE ,�T i VOL 782 PAGE605" KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS; - THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS DULY ELECTED AND CONSTITUTED CITY COUNCIL ON THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1960, BY ORDINANCE N0. 5998, DETERMINED THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERED THE IMPROVE- MENT OF A PORTION OF A CERTAIN STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREIN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: AGNES STREET FROM SOUTH STAPLES STREET TO CARANCAHUA STREET, AND LAREDO STREET FROM SOUTH STAPLES STREET TO TANCAHUA STREET, WITHIN THE 'CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SAID STREETS, WITHIN THE LIMITS ABOVE DESCRIBED, TO BE IMPROVED BY RAISING, GRADING, FILLING, WIDENING, PAVING, REPAVING OR REPAIRING SAME AND BY THE CONSTRUCTION, RE- CONSTRUCTION, REPAIRING OR REALIGNING CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND DRIVEWAYS WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DETERMINES ADEQUATE SIDE- WALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND DRIVEWAYS ARE NOT NOW INSTALLED ON PROPER GRADE AND LINE, AND BY CONSTRUCTING SUCH STORM SEWERS AND DRAINS, TOGETHER WITH ALL OTHER NECESSARY INCIDENTALS AND APPURTENANCES, ALL AS DEEMED ADEQUATE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICA- TIONS FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS THEREOF AS PREPARED BY SAID DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. THAT SAID ORDINANCE NO. 5998 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 14, 1960, PROVIDED THAT THE COST OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE PAYABLE, UPON COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IN FIVE (5) EQUAL INSTALLMENTS, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT BEING DUE TWENTY (20) DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BY THE SAID CITY COUNCIL AND THE REMAINING FOUR (4) INSTALLMENTS TO BE DUE AND PAYABLE, RESPECTIVELY, ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3) AND FOUR (4) YEARS FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF SUCH ACCEPTANCE AND THAT SAID DEFERRED PAYMENTS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF FIVE (5 %). PERCENT PER ANNUM, PAYABLE ANNUALLY. AND SAID ORDINANCE FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY, AND THE REAL AND TRUE 00 z1 OWNERS THEREOF, TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST SAID PROPERTY AND SAID TRUE OWNERS Ci2 (:0 THEREOF SHALL CONSTITUTE A FIRST AND PRIOR LIEN ON SUCH ABUTTING PROPERTY AND w uu r-u C-15 a- A PERSONAL LIABILITY OF THE REAL AND TRUE OWNERS THEREOF. - Q t-A QD THEREFORE, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, HAS CAUSED THI'S a o NOTICE TO BE FILED BY T. RAY KRING, CITY SECRETARY, AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY TO BE HERETO AFFIXED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 1960. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS BY L�L, ,CITY SECRET, Y J ✓ THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES - BEFORE NEE, THE UNDERSIGNED AUTHORITY, ON THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED T. RAY KRING, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, KNOWN TO ME TO BE THE PERSON WHOSE NAME IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT AS CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE SIGNED THE SAME IN HIS CAPACITY AS SUCH CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE SIGNED THE SAME IN HIS CAPACITY AS SUCH CITY SECRETARY FOR THE PURPOSES AND CONSIDERATION THEREIN EXPRESSED, AND AS THE ACT AND DEED OF SAID CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, THIS THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 1960. ` 1 ........... ` - NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS Nolury public, in and for ivUeces Coun;;, I �,, s ,THE STATE OF TEXAn ) ,�.*� L.OUNTY OF NUECES ) � "tom? � P_ couo -ER �EA!`R.Y° tmd for said Cou do hereby Clerk Of the county Coeut fai slated the _ - nit}'`' y � certify that t e €�.�o Un i e� With the certificate day the . of authentica #.ifl�r was filed for -r , f 3 card irE rtay alffca 19 and recorded the 19 duly - °• ¢F -�Z' at _•_ Lo _o'clock 1` of _.,K C)unty, Witness my hand and seal of -ge R ®cord s caunf goo CO ' Christi, Texas, the day and ye ut of cold oun r 1uli2S. HENP -Ir C E E;0 LCRK VL=Ceg C94 w LLINTC IC3E' fluty THE STATE OF TEXAS) I, : i .rr.• "? i' a mu? ER COUNTY OF NUECES ) Clerk n" {L Coun ua and for said County do herciDy certify lhctf a le - t dated the ......._J. _ . day of ......... ,_. ..l t- �.. 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