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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021318 ORD - 01/07/1992AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF: CORONA/WILLIAMS CONNECTION 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: Corona/Williams Connection 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 raising, grading, filling, widening, paving, repaving, or repairing same, by the construction, reconstruction, repairing or realigning concrete sidewalk, curbs, gutters and driveways where the City Engineer determines adequate sidewalks, gutters and driveways are not now installed on proper grade and line, and by constructing such storm sewers and drains, together with all other incidentals and appurtenances, all as deemed adequate by the City Engineer and as provided for in the plans and specifications for such improvements, said street(s) to be paved and curbs and gutters installed as shown on the plans and specifications for such improvements on file in the office of the City Engineer: Corona/Williams Connection Collectively called "Street" herein. SECTION 2. That the cost of said improvements shall be assessed against property and paid for as set out in Section 49-21 of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances. 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 which shall be determined to be levied against the owners of abutting property and their property shall be levied by assessment as provided therein, and said improvements may further be secured by Mechanic's 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. AG5000.083.kp 1 021318 * FILMES` That the City Engineer is directed to coordinate the preparation of plans and specifications and file same with the City Council for the hereinabove described improvements. That in the specifications prepared, provision shall be made to require all contractors to maintain, for a term not less than one year, all pavements and improvements hereinabove described, if, in the judgment of the City Council, it is deemed advisable to require same. That the specification shall require the bidder to make a bid upon the type of improvements above described, with maintenance requirements as herein provided. That the specifications shall also state the amount of the performance bond and payment bond, each of which shall equal the amount of the bid, as well as the method by which it is proposed to pay the cost of said improvements, said method being in accordance with this ordinance. SECTION 3. That the City Council, in initiating this proceeding, is acting under the terms and provisions of the Act passed as the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session, together with any amendments thereto, now shown as 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 4. That after approval by the City Council of plans and specifications, bids shall be taken for the construction of the work for the type of construction enumerated above and set forth in said plans and specifications, and the work shall be done, with the materials and according to plans and methods selected by the City Council, after the bids are opened and contract awarded. SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 AG5000.083.kp 2 requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect ,upon first readim as an emergency measure this the day of „_!'L :04-ty , ATTEST: U City Secretary APPROVED: ;.2 DAY OF ,;,,t O JAMES R. BRAY JR., CITY ATTORNEY BY UA.lt-AJ1(OP¢wm� Assistant Cify Attorney MAYOR THE CITY C?F CORPUS CHRISTI , 1992 AG5000.083.kp 3 Corpus Christi, Texas day oil ( ((CC'i� ,19(2 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 MAYOR THE CITYOF CORPUS CHRISTI The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mary Rhodes ( (Lac 1 k Cezar Galindo Leo Guerrero Betty Jean Longoria Edward A. Martin Joe McComb Dr. David McNichols Clif Moss Mary Pat Slavik 045 6.(Jai It (if (.1 L(:p 11` 7( LIT 6(.c, y ((� 021318