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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 022554C - Approve Plans_Specs. - City Engineer - 50Th Street - 02_25_1954 s �I 2SS." C- 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 abutting Marginal Access Road on the North side of 50th Street from the East Property Line of Elgin Avenue to the West Property Line of Flint Avenue, have { requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforemeti.- tioned Marginal Access Road on the North side of 50th 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, L. T. Foster, owner of the property abutting on the herein'7` 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 U,342.17, the total cost not over $4,559.28, and the Cityts share in connection a--i therewith would not exceed $2,207.46, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $2,351.82, such costs being well within the current prices for paving �f 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 $2,207.46 has been duly budgeted and is available, THEREFORE i BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COYMSSION 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 street within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock; said street being as follows, to-wit Unit No. 1587 Marginal Access Road on the North side of 50th Street from its intersection-with the East Property Line of Elgin Avenue to its intersection with the East Property Line of Flint Avenue The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said Marginal Access Road and to require strict compliance I ' 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 iI improvements a sum not to exceed $2,0-1*2.81 which is the City share $2,207.46 !' . less 0164.65 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property 11 owners not to exceed $2351.82. t i Section 2. This authority is conditioned that L. T. Foster 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 against any costs, claims or damages of every nature pertaining thereto, and that the Contractor furnish the City Engineer with acceptable evidence that the con- tractor and his sub-contractors, if any, are adequately covered by public liabili- ty 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 accord- ing 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 Marginal Access Road and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum 02,0/+2.81 to Kerr and Middleton upon completion of paving improvements by the contractor and acceptance of said improvements by the City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas. On motion of Commissioners Carpenter , seconded by Commissioner Narrig , the foregoing resolution was unanimously passed by the City Commission this �, 25ttday of February , 19 r Tr' ayor ATTE La enia Lowe, Ity S cretary I, L. T. Foster, 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 foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated. L. T. Foster f By, " Ker Middleton Approved.- By W. B. Holmes, City Engineer Ap�pAr oved: W. L. Somers, Acting, Gity Attorney