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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 051453B - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - 39Th Street - 05_14_1953 l' RESOLUTION WHEREAS, 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 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 abuttin 39th Street from Avenue H to the E. line Scales Addition, have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned street and the paving of said street 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, J. B. McPherson, the owner of the property abutting on the herein described street 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 $4361.29, the total cost not over $4579.35, and the Cityts share in connection therewith would not exceed $294.04, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $4285.31, 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 $294.04 will be budgeted in the 1953-1954 budget and will be available after December 15, 1953, THE10—YORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY 0011,D:SSIOId 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 Number 1529 39th Street E.Paving line of Avenue H to the E.line of Scales Addition. The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said 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 City's share of the cost of the abovementioned improvements a sum not to exceed ' 75.98 which is the City share $294.04 less $218.06 engineering leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed $4285.31. Section 2. This authority is conditioned that J. B. McPherson 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 J. B. McPherson 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 of $75.98 to the contractor on/or after December 15, 1953. On motion of Commissioner Thomas , seconded by Commissioner Carpenter , the foregoing resolution was unanitgously passed by the City Commission this U th day of May ! .19-57 Murrel -ri ^, y ATTEST: ///// ,px'� Laven a Lowe, Cit Secretary I, J. B. McPherson, representing myself and the remaining owners of abutting property on the abovementioned streets, and Warren and Purtell, Inc., Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated. B. McPherson Warre'n�a�nd�Purte 1, Inc. Approved: By W. B. Holmes, City Engineer AaWved: - Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney