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Ordinance No. 2,0796986 ORDINANCE NO.2079 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE WORK OF IMPROVING WEST TEXAS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,WITHIN THE LIMITS HEREINBELOW DEFINED,UNDER A CERTAIN CONTRACTTHEREFOR HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO;FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT SUCH WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVEBEEN COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH CONTRACT AND THAT THE CITY'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS HAVE SO FOUND AND HAVE SO CERTI FIED TO THE CITY COUNCIL;AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PAYMENT OF THE FINAL ESTIMATE AND THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF CERTAIN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS: Section 1:TheCity Council of the City of Baytown, Texas,hereby finds and determines that the work of improving the following streets and avenues,or portions thereof, within the following limits in said City,to-wit: WEST TEXAS AVENUE,from the West right-of-way line of Thomas Circle to the East bank of Goose Creek Stream and from the West bank of GooseCreek Stream to the East right-of-way line of Airhart Drive. under and pursuant to the Contract therefore heretofore entered into between the City of Baytown,Texas,and Warren Brothers Company,Gulf District,Division of Ashland Oil, Incorporated (hereinafter referred toas "Contractor"),as authorized by Ordinance No.1827 enacted on July 10,1975, has been fully performed and completed in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Contract and the plans and specifications made a part thereof;and that the City's Consulting Engineers have examined,measured and caused to be tested,the finished work and improvements by the means and in the manner provided by said Contract and said plans and specifications therefor,andhas found that said work and improvements have been constructed and completed in full 6987 compliance with the terms and provisions of said Contract and said plans and specifications;and further that said City's Consulting Engineers have approved and accepted said work and improvements and have so certified to the City Council of said City and have recommended to saidCity Council that such work and improvements so constructed by said Contractor be received and accepted;and that such work and improvements have been accepted by the City Manager of the City of Baytown and by said City's Consulting Engineers; and Section 2:TheCity Council of theCity of Baytown, Texas,does hereby find that said work and improvements above identified have been performed and completed bythe said Contractor in full compliance with the terms and pro visions of said Contract and the plans and specifications therefor,and such work and improvements are here and now accepted and received by the City of Baytown and by the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas. Section 3:The City Council of said Cityhereby orders, directs,and authorizes the payment to said Contractor of the final estimate and amount payable anddue to it under the terms of said Contract upon the completion of said work and improvements.Further,in accordance with the Ordinance heretofore enacted closing the hearing on benefits and levyingspecial assessments,the Mayor and City Clerk of said City are hereby authorized and directed to issue to said Contractor assignable special assessment certificates, payable as specified in said Ordinance,evidencing the special assessments levied against the property abutting uponsaid street within the limits hereinabove defined,and against the real and true owner or owners thereof,which,by -2- 6988 the terms of said Contract,the City has agreed and obligated itself to issue and deliver to said Contractor;said special assessment certificates shall be executed in the name of said City by the Mayor and City Clerk thereof and impressed with the seal of said City,and dated as of the date hereof, and said officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute said certificates in their official capacity on behalf of said City,and deliver same to said Contractor. Section 4: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. INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,on this 9thday of September 1976. TOM GENTRY,Mayor ATTEST:" P. EILEEN P.HALL,City Clerk APPROVED: NEEL RZCHARDSON,City^ttorney -3-