HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 052853F - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - Flint Avenue - 05_28_1953 C�2�35
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
., 4'.lce, �:•� Flint Avenue from 36th Street to 37th Street, have requested permission to have
s } pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned Avenue and the paving of
said Avenue is needed to provide access to the area during its construction period,
' and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specifications for such improve—
OVf.�' 'd ments, and,
WHEREAS, Vincent Carr 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 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
$2,542.20, the total cost not over $2,669.31, and the Cityfs share in connection
therewith would not exceed $1,055.71, leaving the property ownerts portion not to
exceed $1,613.60, 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 $1,055.71 will be properly budgeted
in the 1953-1954 budget and will be available after December 15, 1953,
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CO)OUSSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
Section 1. THAT, the Gity 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 Number 1526, Flint Avenue from SPL 36th Street to NPL 37th 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 of the cost of the abovementioned improvements
a sum not to exceed $928.60 which is the City share $1055.71 less $127.11
engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to
exceed $1613.60.
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.r Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Vincent Carr and the
other owners of the 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 Vincent Carr 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 avenue and the
property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for
the payment of a sum $928.60 to the contractor after December 15, 1953.
On motion of Commissioner Davis , seconded by
Commissioner Thomas _, the foregoing resolution was unanimously"
passed by the City Commission this. 2Q h day of May ,19 53
Murrell A. Tripp, Mayor
ATTEST � Harry Morris, Mayor Pro-tem
Lavernia Lowe, ity S cretary
I, Vincent Carr, 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.
V I EIJT C ARR
PURTELL, INC
By
Approved•
W. B. Holmes, City Engineer
A ved• t
V ughn i lso , City Attorney