Ordinance No. 564�a
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ORDINANCE 10. -5-6 4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DETERP,IINM
THAT CERTAIN STEPS HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN TAKEN IN RELATION
TD THE MATTER OF PERMANENTLY IMPROVIM PARKIVAY DRIVE, FROM
THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF SOUTH FOURTH STREET TO THE LAST
PROPERTY LINE OF GLENN STREET; SOUTH FOURTH STREET, FROM
THE NORTHI4EST PROPERTY LINE OF SOUTH SEVENTH STREET TO A
POINT ONE HUNDRED (100') FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH RIG[PP -OF-
WAY LINE OF BRIAR14OOD DRIVE AND SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, FROM
TILE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SOUTH ALEXANDER DRIVE TO THE
NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF SOUTH FOURTH STREET, IN THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 111ITHIN THE LIMITS HEREIN REFERRED TO, AND
RATIFYING AND COWIRMI[\G SUCH ACTION; SETTING OUT A COPY
OF THE ENZINEER'S ESTIMATES OF THE COSTS OF SUCH PROPOSED
IUPROVEW,NTS; MAKING APPROPRIATION OF FUNS FOR PAYWENT OF
THE SHARE OF THE COST OF SUCH 111PROVEMENTS TO BE BORNE- BY
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; ORDERING A HEARING BE HELD AND
GIVEN TO ALL OWNI[1G OR CLAIMI% PROPERTIES ABUTTING UPON
SAID STREETS TO BE I61PROVED AND AS TO OTHER RELATED MATTERS;
SETTING AND FIXING THE TIM AND PLACE OF SUCH HEARING AND
DIRECTING THAT NOTICE THEREOF BE GIVEN, RESCINDING ANY OTHER.
ORDINANCES OR PROCEEDINGS OF SAID CITY IN CWLICT IICTEl7ITH;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAYTOVJi:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby finds
and determines:
(a) That the City Council of-the City of Baytown. Texas, has hereto-
fore, by its ordinance No. 533, duly enacted on April 30, 1959,
determined the necessity for and ordered the improvement of Park-
way Drive, by its ordinance No. 537, duly enacted on April 30,
1959, determined the necessity for and ordered the improvement
of South Fourth Street, and by its ordinance No. 534, duly en-
acted on April 30, 1959, determined the necessity for and or-
dered the improvement of South Seventh Street, in the City of Bay-
town, Texas, within the limits therein defined, in the manner and
according to Plans and Specifications to be prepared by the City
Engineer of said City.
(b) That said City Council, in behalf of the City of Baytown, has
heretofore, awarded to Brown & Root, Inc. the contract for con-
struction of said improvements, and authorized its Mayor to exe-
cute a written contract in evidence thereof.
(c) That the City Council has caused the City Engineer to prepare and
file Plans and Specifications relative to such proposed improve-
ments and estimates of the costs of such improvements and estimates
of the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the
property abutting upon said streets, within the limits herein re-
ferred to, and the real and true owners thereof, and the said City
Engineer has heretofore prepared and duly filed said Plans and
Specifications and estimates and a statement of other matters re-
lating thereto with said City Council, and same have been received,
examined and approved by said City Council
That such action of the City Council heretofore taken is in all things here-
0 by ratified and confirmed.
Section 2: That a true and correct copy of the estimates of the costs of
such proposed improvements as prepared by the City Engineer, reflecting the esti-
mated amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against the owners of
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abutting property and such property on said street, and the estimated total
cost of the improvements is set out as follows, to -wit:
Amount per front foot to be assessed
against property owners for paving:
Amount per front foot to be assessed
against property owners for curbing:
Total amount per front foot to be
assessed against property owners:,
Total cost of improvement:
Total cost of improvement to be borne
by property owners:
Total cost of improvement to be borne
by City of Baytown:
.75
2.88
63,204.50
$ 16,963.54
$ 64,240.96
Section 3: That there is hereby appropriated from the City of Baytown,
Texas, Street Improvement Fund and General Fund the sum of
to pay the City`s portion of the cost of said improvements on said streets, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to pay and discharge the obligation of the
City of Baytown under its contract with Brown & Root, Inc.
Section 4: A Public Hearing shall be held and given to the real and true
owners and to all owning or claiming any interest in any property abutting upon
said streets, as hereinabove referred to, and to all others owning, claiming or
interested in said property or any of said matters as to the assessments and as
to the amount to be assessed against each parcel of abutting property and the
real and true owners thereof, and as to the special benefits to said.property
to be received from said improvements, or concerning any error, invalidity, irreg
clarity or deficiency in any proceeding or any contract with reference thereto,
or concerning any matter or thing, connected therewith, which Dearing shall be
held by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, in the Council Chamber
of the City Hall of said City, at 7:00 o'clock, on the 10th day of December, 1959
at which tine and place all persons, firms, corporations or estates owning or
claiming any such abutting property or any interest therein, and their agents or
attorneys, or persons interested in said proceedings, shall be notified to appear
and to be heard in person or by counsel, and to offer evidence if they so desire,
and said Hearing may be adjourned from day to day and from time to time, and held
open until all evidence and protests have been fully offered and heard.
Section 5: The City Clerk is directed to give notice of such Hearing,
which notice shall be directed to all owning any property upon said portion of
said streets and to all claiming any such property or any interest therein, such
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notice to be given as follows, to -wit:
(a) By advertisement thereof inserted and published at least three
times, to -wit: on at least three different days, in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Baytown, Texas, the first
of such publications to be made at least ten days prior to the
date of the Hearing, as hereinabove prescribed; and
(b) By mailing (by first class mail, postage prepaid) a copy or a
substantial copy of the Notice so published or to be published,
add:cessed to the respective owners of the various and sundry par-
cels of property abutting upon the street to be improved, at their
respective usual or best mailing addressers, obtained from sources
reasonably available to the said City Clerk.
The City Clerk shall cause such notices to be mailed as soon as practicable
after the passage hereof, and shall, in such manner and fora as she deems appro-
rpriate and sufficient, make and preserve a written record sufficient to evidence
the fact and date of the mailing of said notices to said respective property own-
ers, the names and mailing addresses to which such notices were so mailed, and
what, if any, such notices are returned to her for want of proper addresses, etc.
and any other information pertinent, to -the effort made to give to each of said
abutting property owners actual notice of the Benefit Hearing to be held as afore.
said.
Section 6: That any ordinance or proceedings heretofore enacted by the
City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, in conflict herewith are hereby ex-
pressly rescinded and repealed.
Section 7: Effective Date: That this ordinance shall take effect from
and after the date of its passage by a majority of the City Council of the City
of Baytown, Texas.
IrURODUCED, READ and PASSED by a majority of the City Council of the City
of Baytown, Texas, on this the 12th day of November, 1959.
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R. H. Pruett, Llayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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