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RESOLUTION
WHEREASs 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 abutting 40th Street from the West Property Line of Elgin Avenue to the
—;, East Property Line of Hartford Avenue, 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 construction period,
and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specifications for such
. improvements, and,
WHEREAS, H. T. Laughter and others, owners .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 plane, 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,
V1HEREAS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed
$14,982.19, the total cost not over $15,729.49, and the Cityts share in connection
therewith would not exceed 1,040.42, leaving the property owner's portion not to
exceed $14,689.07, 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 $1,040.42 will be properly
budgeted in the 1953-1954 budget and will be available after December 15, 1953,
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 street 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 1542 40th St. from 5' East of WPL Elgin to 3t East of EPL Flint
Unit 1543 4Oth St. from 3' East of EPL Flint to EPL Gary
Unit 1544 40th St. from EPL of Gary Ave. to EPL Hartford
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 improve—
ments a sum not to exceed' $293.12 which is the City share $1040.42 less $747.30
engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to
exceed $14,689.07.
Section 2. This authority is conditioned that H. T. Laughter 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 aga
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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 H. T. Laughter 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
�i any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum not to exceed $293.12 11
to the contractor after December 15, 1953. 1
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On motion of Commissioner Morris seconded by
Commissioner Davis , the foregoing resolution was unanimously
passed by the City Commission this 9th day of J �.fi 1953.
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ATTEST:
Laveni Lowe, City ecretary I
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•y I, H. T. Laughter, 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.
H. T. Laughter
Warren & Purtell In`s
Approved: By
W. B. Holmes, City Engineer
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VaughA E. Wilson, City Attorney