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Ordinance No. 930ORDINANCE NO. 930 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, RA- TIFYING AND CONFIRMING ACTION HERETOFORE TAKEN IN THE MATTER OF THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT OF SCHILLING STREET, BETWEEN NORTH PRUETT STREET AND GARTH ROAD; IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; ACCEPTING THE BID OF AND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY, GULF DISTRICT DIVISION OF ASHLAND OIL & REFINING COMPANY FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS; APPROVING THE CONTRACT AND PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE DOING OF SAID WORK; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; MAKING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF THE CITY`S SHARE OF THE COST OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS; ORDERING THAT A HEARING BE HELD AND GIVEN TO ALL OWNING OR CLAIM- ING INTERESTS IN PROPERTIES ABUTTING SUCH PRO- POSED IMPROVEMENTS AND AS TO OTHER MATTERS RE- LATIVE THERETO, SETTING AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF SAID HEARING AND DIRECTING THAT NOTICE THEREOF BE GIVEN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE HEREOF. BAYTOWN: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Section 1: The City Council of the City of Baytown hereby finds and determines: (a) That by ordinance duly adopted and approved on May 23, 1968, the City of Baytown did de- termine the necessity for and order the per- manent improvement of Schilling Street, in the City of Baytown within the limits defined: SCHILLING STREET: Between North Pruett and Garth Road, and did by said ordinance order and direct the City Engineer to forthwith prepare and with the City Council file complete plans and specifications for such improvements, and that pursuant to such directions the City Engineer has filed with the City Council plans and specifications for said improve- ments, which have been duly approved and adopted by the City Council;and (b) That pursuant to direction of said City Council, advertisement for bids for construction of said improvements, as required by law was published, and had, and thereafter, at the ap- pointed time and place in such advertisement stated, bids were received and opened in pu- blic meeting of said City Council, whereupon the bid of Warren Brothers Company, Gulf Dis- trict Division of Ashland Oil & Refining Company for the construction of said improvements was found and determined to be the lowest and most advantageous bid for said work and improvements, and such bid of Warren Brothers Company was accepted; and (c) That said Warren Brothers Company has exe- cuted a performance bond, together with a proper surety, all pursuant to its pro- posal and in accordance with the specifica- tions and notice for bids and other pro- ceedings of the City Council all in the form and manner as approved by the City Attorney, and such contract and performance bond has been presented to and filed with the City Council and it was found that said contract and performance bond and the surety on said performance bond are all in due and proper form and acceptable to the City Council; and such action of said City Council, as so heretofore taken, is in all things hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, has and does hereby accept the bid of Warren Brothers Company of Houston, Texas, for the construction of said improvements for the sum of $30,861.30 and the contract for construction of said work and improvements for said amount is hereby awarded to the said Warren Brothers Company. Section 3: That Warren Brothers Company having heretofore executed and submitted to the City Council for its approval the written contract and performance bond as approved by the City Attorney, such contract and bond are hereby approved and accepted as being in full compliance with all requirements of the law and of the specifications and bid for said work, and the surety on said performance bond should be, and the same is hereby approved and accepted as valid and sufficient for the amount stated therein, and the Mayor and City Clerk of th City of Baytown, Texas, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute said contract in the name of said City of Baytown, Texas, attesting the same in proper form with the seal of the City of Baytown. Section 4: That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $27,294.10 to pay the City's portion of the cost of said improvements on said streets within the limits defined, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay and discharge -2- the obligations of the City of Baytown on said contract. Section 5: That the written statement of the Con- tract Engineer showing the estimated costs of improvements on said street having been received and examined by the City Council, the same is hereby in all things approved and adopted. A true and correct copy of said written statement of esti- mates is as follows: Amount per front foot to be assessed against property owners for curbs and gutters: Total amount per front foot to be assessed against property owners: Total Cost of Improvement to be borne by Property Owners: Total Cost of Improvement to be borne by City of Baytown: Total Cost of Improvement: $ 2.80 :1 $ 3,567.20 $27,294.10 $30,861.30 Section 6: A 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 street within the limits defined, and to all others owning, claiming or interested in said property or any of said matters, as to the assess- ments 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, irregularity or deficiency in any proceeding or the contract with reference thereto, or concerning any matter or thing connected therewith, which hearing shall be held by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, in its Council Chambers at the City Hall in Baytown, Texas, at 7:00 p.m. on the 10th day of October, 1968, at which time 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, -3- and may offer evidence; and said hearing may be adjourned from day to day and from time to time, and kept open until all evidence and protests have been duly offered and heard; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of said hearing by publication or notice in some newspaper of general circulation in the City of Baytown, said notice to be pu- blished at least three times in said newspapers before the date set for said hearing, the first of which publications shall be at least twenty -one (21) days prior to the date of said hearing; and additional written notice of the hearing shall be given by depositing in the United States mail, at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing, postage prepaid, in envelopes addressed to the owners of the respective properties as their names are shown on the then current rendered tax rolls of such City, and at the address so shown, or if the names of such respective owners do not appear on such tax rolls, then addressed to such owners as their names are shown on the then current unrendered tax rolls of the City of Baytown at the address as shown thereon and as further provided by the provisions of Article 1105b of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas and amendments thereto. 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. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this the 12th day of September, 1968. Seaborn Cravey, Mayor ATTEST: Edna Oliver, City Clerk APPROVED: William R. Laughlin, City Attorney -4-