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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 092552A - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - Flint Avenue, 46Th Street, 47Th Street - 09/25/1952RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the City Commission has heretofore determined that the City would Lv contribute the customary city portion of From ten (10) to forty (40) per cent of the cost of street paving improvements, as determined :by side and front property, to be constructed in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock street plans and specifications as approved by the City Engineer.. and the owners of property abutting Flint Avenue from 45th to 47th Street and 46th Street and 47th Street from Elgin Avenue to Flint Avenue have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned streets and avenue, and the paving of said streets and avenue is needed to provide access to the area during its construction period, and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specifica— tions for such improvements, and, WHEREAS, L. T. Foster and others, owners of the property abutting on the herein described streets and avenue will contract separately with a competent contractor for the above street improvements, and said improvements 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, WHEREAS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed $15,512.110 the total cost not over $16,287.73, and the Cityrs share in connection therewith would not exceed $3,633.37, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $12,654.36, such costs being well within the current prices for paving 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 $3,633.37 has been duly budgeted and is available for such purposes; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION 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 as follows, to—wit: Unit 11,.4.8, Flint Avenue from SPL 45th St, to NPL 46th St, Unit 14./9, Flint Avenue from SPL 46th St. to NPL 47th St. v Unit 11,1:6, 46th Street from WPL Elgin Avenue to WPL Flint Avenue Unit 1147, 47th Street from WPL Elgin Avenue to WPL Flint Avenue The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction and said streets and avenue 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 authorised to pay the contractor in full and final payment of the Cityt s share of the coat 'of °the= abovementioned improvements a sum not to exceed'$2,857»75, which is the City share 3,b33.37 less $775.62 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed $12„654.36. .t - �e^ Section 2. This authority is conditioned that L. T. Foster and the other owners 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 L. T. Foster 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 street and the property of the City of ,Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum not to exceed $2,857.75 to the contractor. On motion of Commissioner —Carpenter , seconded by Commissioner Thnmas , the foregoing resolution was unanimously passed by the "ity Com fission this25thday of ntFm�Pr , 1952. ATTEST t M—enialLowet City Secretaf7 VXA'AJ1j �. urrell R. Tripp, Mayor Harry Morris, Mayor Pro -tem I, L. T. Foster, representing myself and the abutting property on the abovementioned streets, and ,tractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by for the considerations therein stated. remaining owners of Kerr azid Middleton, Con - the foregoing provisions Ix - GY L. T. Foster Ker d Middleton Approved: B /� IW. B. Holmes, City Engineer A ed: i Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney