HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 110954I - Approve Plans/Specs. - City Engineer - Paving Improvements, 40Th Street - 11/09/19543'
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RESOLUTION
WIERM, the City Commission has heretofore determined that the City would
contribute the customary city portion of from ten (10) to forty (40) per cent of
the cost'of street paving improvements, as detemined by side and front property,
to be constructed in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock street plans
and'speci€ications as approved by the City Engineer, and the owners of property
hbutting /.Oth Street, Knoxville Avenue to Louisville Avenue, have requested
permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned 4.Oth
Street, and the paving of said 40th Street is needed to provide access to the area
during its construction period, and the City Engineer has approved the plans and
specifications for such improvements, and,
WHEREAS, Percy A. Williams and the other owners of the property abutting
on the herein described street will contract separately with a competent
contractor for the above street Improvements, and said imprgvements will be
constructed in accordance with the abovementioned plans and specifications under
the supervision of the City Engineer, and the said owners desire that the City
contribute its customary share towards such paving, and,
WHERM, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed
04577.40, the total cost not over X4806.77, and the Cityts share in connection
therewith would not exceed t303.73, leaving the property owner's portion not to
exceed $4502.54, such costs being well within the current prices for paving
--M obtained by competitive bidding, and that such payment to be made by the City is
reasonable fair and just to the abutting property owners, the City and all other
persons affected thereby, and that the sum of 003.73 has been duly budgeted and
is available, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY C014HISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
Section 1. THAT, the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to
approve plans and specifications for paving on the streets herein described,
provided that such plans and specifications meet the usual requirements for paving
on streets within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock; said streets being
follows, to -wit:
Unit No. 1655 40th Street from Knoxville Avenue to Louisville Avenue
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said
paving construction on said 40th Street and to require strict compliance with
the approved plans and specifications, and upon completion of said paving, and
upon final approval by the City Engineer and acceptance of such improvements by
the City Commission, the City Engineer is authorized to pay the contractor in full
and final payment of the Cityts share of the cost of the above-mentioned improvemen
a sum not to exceed $74.86 which is the City share 003.73 less $228:87 engineerin
leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed
$4502.54.
Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Percy A. Williams and the
other owners of abutting property and the contractor will pay for all material
and labor and costs incidental to such construction, indemnify the City of Lubbock
against any costs, claims or damages of every nature pertaining thereto, and that
the Contractor furnish the City Engineer with acceptable evidence that the
contractor and his sub -contractors, if any, are adequately covered by public
liability and property damage insurance policies, that the said Percy A.
Williams and other owners of abutting property will cause such paving to
continue to be done according to the approved plans and specifications, and that
upon completion thereof and final approval of the City Engineer, all improvements
designated herein shall be a permanent part of said ,40th Street and the property
of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment
of a sum 04.86 to the contractorupon completion of paving improvements and
acceptance of said improvements by 'the City Commission of the City of Lubbock,
Texas.
On motion of Commissioner Forrest , seconded by
Commissioner -,. Baker , the foregoing resolution was unanimously
passed by the City Commission this 9t__ h__�day of _:November.. 19 54
ATTEST:
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La enia Lowe, ity Secretary
I, Percy A. Williams, representing myself and the remaining owners of abutting
property on the abovemention street, and Kerr and Middleton, Contractor, do
hereby accept and agree to fully abide by.the foregoing provisions for the
considerations therein stated.
PereA. Williams
By _
err d Middleton
BY (11-1,02dzId
Approved:
W. B. Holmes, City Engineer
owed;
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Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney