HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 78-112ORDINANCE NO..
ENTITLED AN.ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING
$16,960.,000 FROM THE MAJOR STREET IM-
PROVEMENT FUND, FUND NO. 720, TO THE
VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
STATED HEREIN; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ABILITY.
WHEREAS, the Major Street Improvement Fund, Fund No.
720,.has been established to provide funding for major street
improvements; and,
WHEREAS, revenues from the following sources have been
placed in said fund: City of Beaumont General Obligation
Bonds Series 1964, Series 1975 and Series 1978; ad valorem
taxes levied for street improvements; general revenue sharing;
and the general fund; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish and
appropriate various amounts from said Fund to the projects
designated herein for the purposes of right-of-way acquisition,
street construction and related professional services and
administrative expenses;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
Section 1.
That the following street improvement projects are
established and the various amounts stated are appropriated from
the Major Street Improvement Fund, Fund No. 720, to said pro-
jects:
(1) Phelan Boulevard Extension
Southeastward extension of Phelan to
IH 10 west frontage road in Laurel
Avenue vicinity
(from general obligation bond funds)
$ 650,000
(2) Fourth Street Improvements 950,000
Construction of 45 -foot -wide arterial
section from Washington Boulevard to
Calder Avenue
($400,000 from general obligation bond
funds; $550,000 from interest earned)
(3) Spur 380 Extension (Lamar Freeway) 5,900,000
Multi -lane facility from Threadneedle
Street along Railroad Avenue corridor
northward to IH 10 East in Gulf Street
vicinity
(from general obligation bond funds)
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(4) Irving Street Underpass $ 4,000,000
Vehicular underpass for Irving under
Railroad Avenue and the KCS tracks
($3,264,000 from general obligation bond
funds; $736,000 from.interest earned)
(5) Main Street Improvements 600,000
Construction of 45 -foot -wide arterial
section from Blanchette.Street to Calder
Avenue with boulevard section between
Gilbert and Bowie Streets
(from general obligation bond.funds)
(6) Orleans Street Modifications 120,000
Construction of a pedestrian oriented mall
with restricted vehicular traffic between
Wall and Bowie Streets
(from general obligation bond funds)
(7) Lamar Freeway (Spur 380) -Main Street Con- 500,000
nector
Construction of an arterial feeder street
through the Blanchette Street -Franklin
Street Corridor
($250,000 from general obligation bond
funds; $250,000 from interest earned)
(8) Buford and Carroll Street Improvements 1,625,000
Widening and improvement of Buford from
Park Street to Carroll and Carroll from
Buford to Madison Street, both streets to
be widened and improved to 45 -foot -wide
arterial standards
(from general obligation bond funds)
(9) West Virginia Street Extension 200,000
Westward extension of West Virginia as a
residential collector.street from Mercan-'
tile Street to Fourth Street
(from general revenue sharing).
(10) Florida -Highland Project 785,000
Widening and improvement of Florida
Avenue from University to Highland Avenue
and Highland Avenue from Florida to Cardinal
Drive, both streets to be developed to 45 -
foot -wide arterial standards
($115,000 from general revenue sharing;
$670,000 from general fund)
(11) Washington Boulevard 1,600,000
First phase construction for a multi -lane
thoroughfare from IH 10 to Langham Road
including first three of five lanes from
IH 10 to Lindbergh Drive and first two of
four lanes from Lindbergh to Langham
($394,000 from interest earned; $618,000
from general revenue sharing; $488,000 from
tax levy; $85,000 from 1964 bond funds; and
$15,000 from miscellaneous revenues)
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(12) Right -of -Way Reserve $ 30,000.
A reserve for expenses of right-of-way
acquisition for street projects.
(from interest earned)
TOTAL $16,960,000
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any
reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no way
affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such
end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
PASSED BY THE CIT COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the �11/V� day of 1978.
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