HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 219 Providing Maintenance on State HighwaysORDINANCE NO. 219
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN STATE
HIGHWAYS AND/OR PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE TOWN OF
WESTLAKE, DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTIES, TEXAS, HEREBY REFERRED TO
AS MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE
TOWN TO EXECUTE AND AFFIX THE CORPORATE SEAL AND ATTEST SAME;
BEING A CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND USE OF THE SAID MAINTENANCE
PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
WHEREAS, the public convenience, safety and necessity of the Town, and the people
of the Town require that State Highway routes within the Town be adequately maintained; and
WHEREAS, the Town has requested that the State of Texas, enter upon and contribute
financially to the maintenance of said project; and
WHEREAS, the State of Texas has made it known to the Town it will, with it own forces
and equipment and at its sole cost and expense enter upon and maintain said project, conditioned
upon the provisions concerning liabilities and responsibilities for maintenance, control,
supervision, and regulation which are set out in the form attached hereto, made a part hereof,
and marked "MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT"; and
WHEREAS, said project consists of those State Highways and/or portions thereof which
are described and included in the form attached hereto and marked "MUNICIPAL
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. "
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Aldermen:
SECTION 1. That the public convenience, safety and necessity of the Town and
the people of the Town require said project be adequately maintained.
SECTION 2. That the State of Texas be and is hereby authorized to enter upon
and maintain said maintenance project.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor, or proper Town official, of the Town, be and is
hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the Town an agreement with the State of
Texas, in accordance with and for the purpose of carrying out the terms and provisions of this
order, in the form attached hereto, made a part hereto, and marked "MUNICIPAL
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. " The Mayor is hereby directed to attest the agreement and
to affix the proper seal of the Town thereto.
SECTION 4. The Mayor of the Town, having requested in writing that this
ordinance take effect forthwith and there being in fact an emergency and imperative necessity
that the work herein provided for be begun and carried out promptly and with expedition and
that the agreement aforesaid shall be immediately made, executed and delivered to the end that
-such-work-herein-providedfor_ may_be._begun and carried out promptly and with expedition. The
reading of the ordinance on three several days is hereby dispensed with and the same shall be
in full force and effect from and after its passage.
STATE OF TEXAS )
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COUNTY OF TARRANT )
I, Scott Bradley, the duly elected, qualified and acting mayor of the Town of
Westlake, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of
an ordinance duly passed by the Board of Aldermen at a meeting held on July 11, 1994, at 7
o'clock p.m.
To certify which, witness my hand and seal of the Town of Westlake, Texas, this
the 13th day of July, 1994, at Westlake, Texas.
Scott Bradley, Mayor
Westlake, Texas