ORD CC 11/23/71 - Street ImprovementsJ
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE UPON
CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, SETTING
FORTH THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE, STATING THE ESTIMATED
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND GIVING NOTICE TO INTERESTED PROPERTY
OWNERS OF THE DATE AND TIME SET FOR A HEARING'ON SAID PROPERTY
IMPROVEMENTS:
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hunts-
ville, Texas:
WHEREAS, the City of Huntsville, Texas, acting under
and by virtue of Title 28, Chapter 9, Revised Civil Statutes
of the State of Texas of 1925, and all amendments thereof, par-
ticularly Article 1105B thereof, andby Ordinance approved Novem-
ber 23, 1971, has determined that a necessity exists for making
certain improvements in cooperation with the State of Texas
to certain specified streets within the corporate limits of the
City of Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, which said improvements are
of the nature and located on certain streets as follows:
A. To widen, pave, and install curb and gutter on Sam
Houston Avenue from a point at its intersection with llth Street
South to a point South of its intersection with Sycamore Street
with 4346.1 feet of curb and gutter on the East side of said
street and 5192.5 feet of curb and gutter on the West side of
said street for a total distance of 9538.6 feet with the said
City of Huntsville, to incur the costs of curb and gutter only.
TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS OF CURB AND GUTTER IMPROVEMENTS $ 22,892.64
The pavement and improvement of such street and the
installation of said curb and gutters shall be done in accor-
dance with plans and specifications prepared by the Texas High-
way Department and the City Engineer of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, and approved by the Council. The paving and improve-
ments shall consist of raising, lowering and grading of said
street, constructing storm drainage, and where applicable con-
crete curbs and gutters and paving the same with appropriate
covering as specified in said plans and specifications including
base course and surface topping. The width of the pavement of
said street containing curb and gutters to be 48 feet, beginning
at llth Street to 22nd Street, and 60 feet from 22nd Street to Sy-
camore Street. The amounts to be assessed against abutting pro-
perty owners shall not exceed the amount allowed by law and such
assessments shall be paid by abutting property owners on the
front foot plan as the most equitable method of assessment.
Be it further ordained that the estimate of the costs
of such improvements to the extent of the cost incurred by . the
said city of Huntsville, Texas, in accordance with its agree-
ment with the Texas Highway Department of the State of Texas,
as prepared by the City Engineer of the City of Huntsville, Texas
and now on file with the Secretary of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, heretofore prepared by the said City Engineer under, the
direction of the City Council be, and the same is hereby approved.
It is further ordained that a statement of the esti-
mated amount of the assessment to be made against the Owner or
owners or Claimants of abutting property and against said pro-
perty will be filed in the office of the City Secretary, and
the interested parties shall have the rightto examine the same
at all reasonable hours. That the estimated amount or amounts
per front foot proposed to be assessed the Owner or Owners or
Claimants of abutting property and against said property for the
purpose of installing curbs and gutters shall not be in excess
of $2.40 per front foot and that said sum include curb cuts and
driveways for the length of said curb and gutter estimate.
it further ordained that a hearing shall be heard by
and before the City Council in the City all of the City of Hunts-
ville, Texas, on the ,4-0.), day of , 1971, at ri'p 0
o1clock-r.M., as provided by law, at which time and place all
persons interested in the paving and improvements, including the
owner and or owners of property abutting said streets or interested
therein, and all persons owning, claiming and interested in said
project may appear and be heard with reference to all needs per-
taining to the paving and improvements of said street, which hear-
ing shall be continued from day to day until finally accomplished.
No assessment shall be made against any abutting property or owner
thereof in excess of the special benefits to such property, and
its owners, in the enhanced value thereof by means of suchlimprove-
ments as determined at such hearing.
The City Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of
said hearing by publishing a true copy of this ordinance in the
Huntsville Item, three (3) times, the first publishing to be at
least 21 days before the day of hearing; and, additional written
notice of the hearing shall be given by depositing in the United
States mail at least 14 days before the date of the hearing written
notice of such hearing, postage prepaid in an envelope addressed
to the owners of the respective properties, abutting such streets,
as the names of such owners are shown on the then current rendered
tax rolls of such city and at the addresses as shown, or if the
names of such respective owners do not appear on such rendered
tax rolls, then addresses to such owners as their names are shown
on the current unrendered rolls of the City at the addresses shown
thereon.
On motion duly made and executed, the above and foregoing
ordinance was read before a regular meeting, of the City Council,
voted upon and passed by unanimous vote of the Council and was duly
adopted this 23rd day of November, 1971.
Approved this 23rd day of November, 1971.
ATTEST:
WELDON COLEMAN, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO
TIN D. COLLEY
Attorney at Law
P. C. Box 628
Huntsville, Texas
77340
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BEN BLALOCK, JI'�. , MAYOR