HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 020553E - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - Elgin Avenue - 02_05_1953 -'- I RESOLUTION
WIME.AS, the City Commission has heretofore determined that the City would
contribute the customary city portion of from ten (10) to forty (4.0) 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 Elgin Avenue from nth Street to 50th Street have requested permission
to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned avenue and the
paving of said avenue is needed to provide access to the area during its construc-
tion period, and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specifications for
such improvements, and,
WHEREAS, George A. Fields and others, owners of the property abutting on
the herein described 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 super—
vision of the City Engineer, and the said owners desire that the City contribute
its customary share towards such paving, and,
?AREAS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed
017,481.33, the total cost not over $18,355.40 and the Cityts share in connection
therewith would not exceed $4,748.06, leaving the property ownerts portion not to
exceed 313,607.34P 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 04.,748.06 has been duly budgeted and
is available for such purposes; THERE ORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COI�11ISSIOIT 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 avenue 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 avenue
being as follows, to—wit:
Unit 1486, Elgin Avenue from NFL 44th Street (West Leg)to NFL 50th Street
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect
said paving construction on said 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 authorized to pay the contractor in full
and final payment of the Cityts share o]' the cost of the abovementioned improve—
ments a sum not to exceed, 03,873.99, which is the City share 34,748.06 less
$ .07 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property
owners not to exceed $13,607.34..
Section 2. This authority is conditioned that George A. Fields and the other
owners of abutting property and the contractor will pay for all material and labor
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costs incidental to such construction; indermify 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 George A. Fields and
other owners of abutting property will cause such paving to continue to be done �I
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 avenue and the property of the City of
Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum not to
exceed 03,873.99 to the contractor.
On mgtion of Commissioner Davis , seconded by
Commissioner Thomas - , the foregoing resolution was unanimous-
ly passed by the City Commission this th-' day of February ,1953.
Murreell l 'app..-IT
AT1^^EST•
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Lave is -Lowe, Ci4 Secretary
I. George A. Fields, representing myself and the remaining owners of
abutting property on the abovementioned streets, and Kerr and Middleton,
Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the for going provisions
for the considerations therein stated..
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George A. Fiel s
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KERR AND T,11TE DLETON
APPROVED:
W. B. Holmes, City Engineer
ROOTED
Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney