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ORDINANCE NO. 632
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING' AND DIRECTING THE PURCHASE BY THE CITY FROM
GULF BITULITHIC COMPANY, COlllTRACTOR ,OF TWO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO BE ISSUED ~y THE C;I:TY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, IN
CONNECTION'WITH THE PAVING AND IMPROVING OF:
ACADEMY STREET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF LAW
STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF RICHMOND ROAD
(EXCEPl' A DISTANCE OF 99.8 FEET ON THE EAST SIDE
THEREOF) ; ,
LIMITING THE PRICE TO BE PAIDTBEREFOR AND l?ROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION
TBEREOF AND DECLARING AN ,EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, in cennectien with the paving ef Academy Street frem the Nerth
property line ef Law Street to. the Nerth preperty linecef' Richmond Read, to. be'
paved as a jeintprejectby the City efHeusten and the City efWest University
Place, the owners ef two. preperties in the City ef West University;Place, and
abutting on said pertieu of Academy Street have failed and refused'te execute
mechanic's lien centracts to Gulf .Bitulithic Cempany, centracter, er to. pay in
cash f'ersaid imprevement and centracter is entitled to refuse and has refused
to. pave that pertien 0.1' the street abutting said heme stead preperties unless
arrangements are made for payments to. centracter; and the City ef Heusten will
net pay fer paving, ner assessments therefer' levied against preperty eutside
the city limits efHousten; and the City af Heusten has advised that the
Academy Streetpreject will be abandened unless the cemplete street will be
censtructed without skips; and,
WHEREAS, the jeint preject fer paving saidpertien 0.1' Academy Street is
such,that the saidpertieu ef Academy Street is lecated entirely within the
cerperate limits e:t:'the,City ef Heusten but the censtructien ef the permanent
pavement will substantially benefit, 'and be censtructed at a relatively neminal
cest to, the Ci~y of West University Place and the abutting preperty in said
City, and it weuld be greatly disadvantageeus to. such preperties and the City
fer the preject to. be abandened.
WOW, THEREFORE,' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: '
Sectien 1. That the City Secretary be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to. negetiate with Gulf Bitulithic Cempany, Centracter, and to.
agree en behalf 0.1' the City to. purchase frem centracter the Certificates ef
Special Assessment against '
(a) Alten L. Mitchell, et UX, Mildred E. Mitchell,
and their preperty, Lot 9, Bleck 20, Cellege Ceurt.Place, and
(b) Bluferd C. Menefee, et ux, Ruby Menefee, and
their preperty, Let 8, Bleck ?l, Cellege Ceurt Place
which respective purchases shall be censummated enly after cempletien of the '
-censtructien 0.1' the permanent pavement en Academy Street between the Werth
preperty line of Law Street to. the Nerth prepertyline ef Richmend Road, under
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the jeint preject ef the City ef Heusten and the 'City 0.1' West University
Place, and after acceptance ,ef the imprevement and issuance by the City ef ',]
Heusten ef the respective Certificates ef Spe,cial Assessment, de~ivery 0.1'
such certificates to the City, tegether with assignments the reef duly appreved
by the City's paving atterney.
Sectien 2: That the City Secretary is hereby authetized and directed
to. determine the respective sums to. be paid by the City to. centracter in pur-
chasing said certificates, but which SQIllS shall 'in no. event, exceed the net
principal 0.1' the respective assessments after deducting credits allewed er
directed by the City ef Heusten in cennectien with said preject; but the assign-
ment 0.1' said certificate to. the City may be witheut receurse fer cellection
against Gulf'Bitulithic Cempa.ny, ~entracter.
Sectien ~: The fact that it is necessary that the abeve stated pertien
ef Academy Street be paved as premptly as pessible and the autherizatiens
hereby made are necessary prerequisites thereto., creates a public emergency,
and therefere this Ordinance shall be passed finally en the ,date ef its intre-
ductien this the 23rd day ef February, 1953, and shall take ef'fect immediately
upen its passage and appreval b~ the Mayer. '
PASSED this 23rd day ef February, 1953.
APPROVED this 23rd day ef February, 1953.
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Mayer of the City 0.1' West University
Place, Texas
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