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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 41 Maintenance for certain HighwaysForm 1037-1 ORDINANCE N0. 41 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN STATE HIGITWAYS AND/OR PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF COUNTY OF rz. _ ,1,!LJv TEXAS, HERESY REFERRED TO AS MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OR OTHER AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL, TO EXECUTE AND AFFIX THE CORPORATE SEAT AND ATTEST SAME. A CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND USE OF THE SAID MAINTENANCE PROJECT: AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE. WHEREAS, the Public convenience, safety and necessity of the City, and the people of the City require that State Highway routes within the City be adequately maintained; and WHEREAS, the City 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 City that it will, with its 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 narked "MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREIl4LENT"; 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 cit;c of SECTION 1. That the public convenience, safety and necessity of the City and the people of the City 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 City official, of the City, be and is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf oC the City an utrrecment wiLtr 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 City Secretary is hereby directed to attest the agreement and to affix the proper seal of the City thereto. SECTION 4. The Mayor of the City, 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 provided for 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 0 COUNTY OF .a 0 1, A. L. ODOM Form 1037-2 , the duly appointed, qualified and acting city secretary of the City of Westlake , Texas, hereby certify that the Foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of an ordinance duly passed by the City Council at a meeting held on June 17th , A.D., 19 69 , at 7:30 o'clock F M. To certify which, witness my hand and seal of the City of "astiake TEXAS, this due 17th day of June , 19 69, at Texas. City Secretary of the City of ,r gstlake Texas norm j-ujd (Revised 7-1-67) MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT STATE OF TEXAS ( ) COUNTY OF TRAVIS (} THIS AGREEMENT made this 3:7th day of T_y_ , 19 69 by and between the State of Texas, hereinafter referred to as the "State", party of the first part, and the City of Westlake ,_ _ Tarrant County, Texas (population 1960 Federal Census) acting by and through its duly authorized officers,.hereinafter called the "City", party of the second part. W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, the City has requested the State to assist in the mainten- ance of State Highway routes within such city; and WHEREAS, the State Highway Engineer, acting for and in behalf of the State Highway Commission, hasmade it known to the City that the State will assist the City in the maintenance, control, supervision, and regulation of State Highway routes within such city, conditioned that the City will enter into agreements with the State for the purpose of determining the.responsi- bilities of the parties thereto; A G R E E M E N T NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual convenants and agreements of the parties hereto to be by them respectively kept and performed, it is agreed as follows: -1- Form 103.8 (Revised 7-1-67) Coverage 1. This agreement is intended to cover and provide for State participation in the maintenance of the following classifi- cation of State Highway routes within the city: A. Non -Controlled Access routes or portions thereof which are described and/or graphically shown as "State Main- tained" routes in Exhibit "A", which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. B. All State Highway routes or portions thereof which have been designated by the Texas Highway Commission as Con- trolled Access Highways and which are described and/or graphically shown in Exhibit "B", which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. 2. The City shall retain full responsibility for the.mainten- ance of those State Highway routes and portions thereof which are listed and/or graphically shown in Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B" as "City Maintained" routes, except that the State is hereby authorized by the City to erect and maintain normal route markers and directional and desti- nation signs thereon for direction of highway traffic. 3. In the event that the present system of State Highway routes within the City is changed by cancellation, modified routing, new routes, or change in the City's corporate limits, the State shall terminate maintenance and this agreement shall become null and void on that portion of the routes which are no longer routes of a State Highway; and the full effect and all conditions of this agreement shall apply to the changed routes or new routes of the State Highways within the City and shall be classified as "State Maintained" under paragraph 1 above, unless the execution of a new agreement on the changed portion of the routes is requested by either the City or the State. GENERAL CONDITIONS 1. The City hereby agrees and does hereby authorize the State to maintain the State Highway routes covered by this agreement in the manner set out herein. 2- Form 1038 (Revised 7-1-67) 2. This agreement shall supplement and existing agreements between the State and the City for the maintenance or construction and maintenance of the highways covered herein and this agreement shall supersede such existing agreements only in respect to points of conflict. 3. Traffic regulations including speed limits, wit be established and fixed by agreement with the State af"-.er traffic and engi- neering surveys have been conducted. 4. It is mutually agreed that, subject -o approval by the State, any street lighting system may be installed by the City provided the City shall pay all cost of installation, maintenance and operation except in those installations specifically covered by separate agreements between the City and State. 5. It is understood and agreed that this agreement is for the purpose of defining the authority and responsibility of both parties for maintenance of highway routes through the City and shall in no way be considered to cover any present or past obli- gation either real or anticipated concerning such State Highway routes through the City. 6. The City shall prohibit the movement of loads over State main- tained streets which exceed the legal limits for either weight, length, height or width, as prescribed in Vernon's Penal Code 827a for public highways outside corporate limits of cities, except those having proper permits from the State for such movements. The City shall also, by ordinance and enforcement, prescribe and enforce lower weight limits when mutually agreed by the City and the State that such restrictions are needed to avoid damage to the street and/or for traffic safety. 7. The City shall prevent future encroachments within the right of way of the highway routes and assist in removal of any present encroachments when requested by the State except where specifi- cally authorized by separate agreement; and prohibit the plant- ing of trees or shrubbery or the creation or construction of any other obstruction within the right of way without prior agreement with the State. B. The City agrees that traffic control devices, such as stop and slow signs, traffic signal lights and other types of devices for traffic control, in respect to type of device, points of installation, and necessity will be fixed by agree-- -3- Form 1038 (Revised 7-1-67) ment with the State after traffic and engineering surveys have been made. The City agrees that it will not install or main- tain or permit the installation or maintenance of any type of traffic control device which will affect or influence the utility of the State Highway routes without having obtained in writing the prior approval of the State. Traffic control de- vices installed prior to the date of this agreement are hereby made subject to the terms of this agreement and the City agrees to the removal of such devices which affect or influence the utility of the State Highway routes unless their continued use is approved in writing by the State. It is unde:.stood that future traffic signal lights installed as a joi-!.`.: project by the City and State will be the subject of a separat-. agreement outlining the responsibilities for installation and ;:aintenance 9. The City agrees to continue its responsibility for proper con- struction, maintenance and control of access driveway facilities in accordance with "Regulations for Access Driveways to State Highways" adopted by the Texas Highway Department or in accord- ance with other standards and specifications for the design, construction and maintenance details subject to approval by the Texas Highway Department. 10. It is understood that the use of unused right of way and areas beneath structures for parking, will be the responsibility of the City as determined by a separate agreement. NON -CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS State'.s Responsibilities 1. Maintain the pavement, base and its support and maintain the shoulders on those sections where there is no curb and gutter. 2. Install and maintain normal highway markings necessary for directing highway traffic in, a safe and efficient manner, which shall include normal route markers, directional and destination signs, center line, lane line and no -passing barrier line stripes, and such other pavement markings considered necessary for direction of traffic, except crosswalks. Any other traffic striping desired by the City may be placed and maintained by the City subject to the approval of the State. Mw Form 1038 (Revised 7-1-67) 3. Assist the City in sweeping and otherwise cleaning the pavement, in mowing and cleaning of litter; and in maintenance of roadway ditches, on those sections of State Highway routes where and to the extent that such duties are delineated on Exhibit "A". 4. Assist in snow and ice control as availability of labor and equipment will allow. City's Responsibilities 1. Prohibit angle parking, except upon written approval by the State after traffic and engineering surveys have been conducted to determine that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. 2. Require installations, repairs, removals or adjustments of publicly or privately owned utilities or services to be per- formed in accordance with State Highway Department specifi- cations and subject to approval of the State.. 3. Retain all functions and responsibilities for maintenance, control, supervision, and regulation which are not specifi- cally described as the responsibility of the State. The assistance by the State in maintenance of roadway ditches does not relieve the City of its responsibility for drainage of the highway facility within its corporate limits except where participation by the State other than above is speci- fically covered in a separate agreement between the City and the State. -5- Form 1038 (Revised 7-1-67) CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS The following specific conditions and responsibilities shall be applicable to controlled access highways in addition to the "General Conditions" con- tained herein above. Routes of controlled access highways or portions thereof covered by this section are those listed and/or graphically shown in Exhibit "B". State's Duties 1. Maintain the travelled surface of the through lanes, ramps and frontage roads and those things beneath such tra•alled surface necessary for the proper support of same under vehicular loads encountered. 2. Mow and clean-up litter within the outermost curbs of.the frontage roads or the entire right of way width where no frontage roads exist, and assist in performing these operations between the right of way line and the outermost curb or crown line of the frontage roads in undeveloped areas. 3. Sweep and otherwise clean the through lanes, ramps, separation structures or roadways,and frontage roads. 4. Remove snow and control ice on the through lanes and ramps and assist in these operations as the availability of equipment and labor will allow on the frontage roads and separation structures or roadways. 5. Erect and maintain all normal markings and signs necessary for the proper use of the facility and direction of traffic thereon. C. Maintain all drainage facilities within the limits of the right of way. City's Duties 1. Restrict parking on frontage roads to parallel parking on one side only and prohibit all parking on main lanes and ramps and at such other places where such restriction is necessary for satisfactory operation of traffic, by passing and enforcing ordinances and taking other appropriate action in addition to full compliance with current laws on parking. •-5a- rUriEi 1v30 (Revised 7-1-67) 2. Pass and enforce an ordinance providing for one way traffic on the frontage roads except as may be otherwise agreed to by separ- ate agreements with the State. 3. Secure or cause to be secured the approval of the State before any utility installation, repair, removal or adjustment is under- taken, crossing over or under the highway facility or entering the right of way. In the event of an emergency, it being evident that immediate action is necessary for protection of the public and to minimize property damage and loss of investment, the City, without the necessity of approval by the State, may at its own responsibility and risk make necessary emergency utility repairs, notifying the State of this action as soon as practicable. 4.. Pass necessary ordinances and retain its responsibility for en- forcing the control of access to the Freeway facility. -5b- (Revised 7-1-67) Termination 1.1 It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that all obligation of the State created herein to maintain the State Highway routes covered by this agreement shall terminate if and when they are no longer routes of State Highways; and further, that should either party fail to properly fulfill its obligations as herein outlined, the other party may terminate this agreement upon thirty days written notice. Said State assumption of maintenance shall be effective the date of execution of this agreement by the Highway Department. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signa- tures, the City of West arcs on the 1 7tr day of Jane 19 69 , and the Highway Department on theday of 19 � P ATTEST: APPROVAL RECOMMENDED: District Engi eer, District 2 Engineer of Maintenance CITY OF Westlake BYf r Mayor (Title of Signing Official) STATE OF TEXAS Certified as being executed for the purpose and effect of activating and/or carrying out the orders, established policies, or work programs heretofore approved and authorized -by the State Highway Commission. By: _ I _ Chief Engineer of Maintenance Operations AUTHORITY FOR EXECUTION IS ACCOMPLISHED UNDEft MINUTE ORDER NO. 60994 Note: To be executed in triplicate and supported by Municipal Maintenance Ordinance and Certificate of City Secretary. NON CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGf'^rAYS I. STATE MAINTLETED A. 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