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CC Resolution No. 13 R E S O L U T I O N No 13 - 2- 63 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF B_.YTOi^IN TRANSFERRRING SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ( $75,000.00) DOLL,RS FROM THE STREET CAPIT11 EXPENDITURES BUDGET APPROPRIATIUNS ACCOUNT TO THE RESIDETITILL STREET IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDIIIG SEPTEMBER 30, 19S3; DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES ACCORDING TO THEIR USE AND LOCATION; SETTING FORTH THE METHOD AND THE TYPES OF MATERIALS TO BE USED IN IMPROVING SUCH STREETS; DE- CLARING TH1T SUCH STREETS, 1THEN IMPROVED, SHAD L BE IMPROVED ON A P.'.RTICIPATION BASIS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE !BUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS; TH-T THE CITY SHALL UNDERTAKE TO IMPROVE STREETS IN THE ORDER THAT IT RECEIVES PROPERLY EXECUTED PETITIONS FROM ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS; THAT THE CITY CLERK SHALL KEEP PETITION FORMS AVAILABLE FOR INTERESTED PARTIES; THAT THE CITY ENGINEER SHALL, WITHIN 30 D!>YS AFTER A PETITION IS OBTAINED FROM THE CITY CLERK BY AN ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER, PREPARE COST ESTIMATES LAID ANY OTHER ENGINEERING DATA HE I41Y DEEM PERTINENT TO THE END THAT THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE APPRAISED OF THEIR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUE.TE THIS RESOLUTION AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE TtiFREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown believes it should permanently improve a number of residential streets; and also believes that owners who are interested in improving their streets and who are willing to share in the improve- ment cost thereof voluntarily should have means available to them for getting such improvements done in an orderly, recognized fashion by the City and that they should receive priority treatment; and, WHEREAS, Council believes that the abutting property owners benefit from the improvements of such streets and the City can renovate more streets under such a program; and WHEREAS, certain policies and procedures should be adopted so as to enhance the orderly implementation of such a program; NUJI THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section 1 : That henceforth, street, and thoroughfares in Baytown shall be classified and defined as follows, tc­Tit: I. Class A -- Residential Streets: Such streets shall be those primarily used by local residents; vehicular traffic will be relatively light and will consist mainly of passenger automobiles with an oc- casional heavy truck. Exaunle: East Hunnicutt Street. II. Class B -- Residential Thoroughfares: Such streets shall be through residential areas with moderate to occasional heavy traffic, used by local residents as well as others. Vehicular traffic will consist mainly of passenger automobiles but there will be more heavy truck traffic than on Class A streets. Exam le: West Lobit Street. III. Class C -- Commercial Streets: Such streets shall have a large volume of traffic-- automobiles and heavy trucks - and shall be through business areas. Example: North Fain Street. Section 2: That the above defined streets and thoroughfares, when subjected to major improvements, shall be improved according to the following standards, or their equivalent: (1 ) Clnns AA- Residential Streets: Such streets should be properly drained, have a thoroughly compacted flexible base consisting of asphalt stabilized shell, sand stabilized shell, compacted limestone or equivalent material, six inches thick with two courses of inverted penetration wearing surface. (2) Class IL- Residential Thoroughfares: Such thoroughfares should be properly drained, have a semi-rigid base (7" of cement stabil- ized shell or its equivalent) with two or three courses of in- verted penetration wearing surface or one and one-half inches of asphaltic concrete. (3) Class C - Commercial Streets: Such streets should be properly drained, constructed of seven inch reinforced concrete or ten inches of cement stabilized shell with two inches of asphaltic concrete, or equivalent construction. Section 3: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby transfers Seventy-Five Thousand W75,000.00) Dollars from the Street Capital Expenditures Budget Appropriations Account No. 301-9-6 to the Residential Street Account W. 301-9-10 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1963. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such sum of money shall not be used for maintenance but shall only be expended for major permanent improvement of residential streets on a participation basis as heretofore provided for by the laws of the State of Texas and acts of the City Council of the City of Baytown. To this end, the City Clerk is hereby directed to keep petition forms in her office for the use of interested property owners. Major permanent improvements are defined as projects wherein the cost of the job exceeds 50% of the original street construction costs as estimated by the City Engineer using current construction pricas. Minimum construction standards which will be used are those which apply to residential streets, known as Class A. The property owners may request Class B or C type streets and the City will honor such requests. The City Engineer may specify that a Class B or C is needed and this will govern the construction standards and costs to be used and the petition will so reflect. Section 4: That the City Clerk shall notify the City Engineer when a petition with the signatures of a minimum of three property owners on a given street has been returned to her office and in the order returned. Immediately after the receipt of such notice, but in no event more than 30 days, the City Engineer shall prepare cost estimates and any other engineering data he may deem pertinent so that property owners can be apprised of their pro rate share of the cost of such improvements. This estimate shall be prepared separately as to the cost of curb and gutter and cost of other improvements. The property owners' share of the project shall be arrived at by the following formula: A. Divide the total estimated cost of curb and gutter by number of feet to be installed to arrive at a per foot cost of curb and gutter. B. Divide the total cost of other improvements by the number of feet of street to be improved to arrive at a per foot cost of this portion of the project. C. The property owners' share of the curb and gutter shall be the estimated per foot cost multiplied by the number of feet of property he owns ad- jacent to the street to be so improved. If the owner has usable curb and gutter, this portion of the cost shall not apply. D. The property ownerst share of the other improvements shall be the total per foot cost of such improvements multiplied by the number of feet of property he owns adjacent to the street to be improved. The Council may, at its discretion, reduce the property owners' share of the cost of such improvements if the street runs along the side of the owners' property as opposed to the front of his property. E. Abutting property owners shall not be required to pay any portion of the costs of storm sewers. After approval of the City Engineer and City 1,mnager, the information shall be entered in the petition prior to its =ssuance by the City Clerk. Section 5: The City shall improve residential streets in the order that it receives properly executed petitions from abutting property owners. No street shall be so improved until 70% of such abutting property owners sign such petition. Section 6: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to make, or cause to be made, detailed studies and recommendations in order that the dictates of this resolution shall be effectuated. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the City Council of the City of Baytown, this ---l— day of , 1963. Al Clayton, Mayok ATTEST: Edna Oliver, City Clerk