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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021224 ORD - 08/27/1991AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF: SARATOGA BOULEVARD FROM STAPLES STREET TO RODD FIELD ROAD AND RODD FIELD ROAD FROM SARATOGA BOULEVARD TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE; REQUIRING THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS; REQUIRING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FILE NOTICE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS AS TO THE ACTION HEREIN; PROVIDING HOW SUCH IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE PAID; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi deems it necessary to permanently improve the hereinafter named street(s) within the City of Corpus Christi: Saratoga Boulevard from Staples Street to Rodd Field Road and Rodd Field Road from Saratoga Boulevard to South Padre Island Drive. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the following street(s) shall be improved by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation to their standard specifications, including installing sidewalks at the City's request: Saratoga Boulevard and Rodd Field Road. Collectively called "Street" herein. SECTION 2. That the cost of said improvements shall be assessed against property and paid for as set out in §49-21 of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances. SECTION 3. That any property owner against whom and against whose property an assessment has been levied may pay the whole assessment chargeable to him without interest within thirty (30) days after the acceptance and completion of said improvements. Any property owner may exercise the option by signing an agreement to pay the cost assessed in equal monthly installments not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) in number, the first of which shall be payable within thirty (30) days from the date of completion of said improvements and their acceptance by the City of Corpus Christi, and one installment each month thereafter until paid, together with interest thereon at the rate of eight percent (8%), with the provision that any of said installments may be paid at any AG5000.022.kp 1 MICROFILMED 021224 time before maturity by the payment of the principal and accrued interest thereon. That no such assessments shall be made against any owner of abutting property, or of a street railway or steam railway, if any, until after the notice and hearing provided by law, and no assessment shall be made against an owner of abutting property in excess of the benefits to such property in enhanced value thereof by means of such improvements. That part of the cost of the improvements that shall be determined to be levied against the owners of abutting property and their property shall be levied by assessment as herein provided, and said improvements may further be secured by Mechanic's Liens and second liens to be executed in favor of the City of Corpus Christi, provided by law in accordance with the terms and provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 4. That the City Engineer is directed to coordinate the preparation of plans and specifications with the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, in accordance with their standard specifications. SECTION 5. That the City Council, in initiating this proceeding, is acting under the terms and provisions of Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which said law, as an alternative method for the construction of street improvements in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been adopted by the said City. SECTION 6. That it is further provided as is stipulated by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the laws above identified, that said improvements may be omitted in front of any property exempt from the lien of special assessment for street improvements without invalidating or affecting the assessments against the other property abutting upon said street. Further, the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a notice in the name of the said City of Corpus Christi of action taken herein and to have same filed by the County Clerk of Nueces County, Texas, among the Deed Records of said County. SECTION 7. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need to take immediate action to preserve and protect public property by expediting the construction of public improvements, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings so that this AG5000.022.kp 2 ordinance is passed and shall take effect on fir t reading as an emergency measure this the c) 1 day of l Ll 9 Ld , 1991. ATTEST: City Secretary MAYOR APPROVED: (T' DAY OF JAMES R. BRAY JR., CITY ATTORNEY BY .-ti CA Alt I U.h).tw. v? ; �--- Assistant City Attorney 1991 AG5000.022.kp 3 CVISZIry THE CITCORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi, Texas day of rijd r „.1 , 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, Council Members The above ordinance was passed by Mary Rhodes Cezar Galindo Leo Guerrero Betty Jean Longoria Edward A. Martin Joe McComb Dr. David McNichols Clif Moss Mary Pat Slavik 045 Y R THE S OF CORPUS CHRISTI the following vote: Ct t (.0 t' (bib 021224