HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 062454A - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - 45Th & 46Th Street - 06_24_1954 .., WHEREAS, the City,CommLission 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 iconstructed in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock street pli+ns and
specifications as approved by the City Engineer, and the owners of property abutt
45th Street and 46th Street from Flint Avenue to Gary Avenue, have .requested
permission to;have 'pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned streets,
and the paving of' said streets is needed to provide access to the during its
construction period, and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specificatio
for such improvements, and,
WHEREAS, .Forrest Lumber Company owners of the property abutting on the
herein described streets and avenue vUl contract separately with.& competent
contractor for the above street improvements, and said improvements will be
constructed in accordance with the abovementioned plans and specifications under th
supervision of the City;lbigineer, and the said owners 'desire that the City contribu e
its customary share towards such paving, and,
V1HEREAS9-the contract cost .of the paving improvements will' xiot exceed •
$9476.9% the total cost not over $9950.80,and the City's "-share in connection
therewith would not exceed $596.41,` leaving the property ownerla portion not to
exceed $9354.39, of which latter amount the City now holds $926056 in escrow, such
costs being well within the current prices for paving obtained by competitive biddi
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 Bum of $596 41 will b6-duly budgeted in the 1954-1955 BWget, .tHEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
Section 1. THAT, the. City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to
approve plans and specifications for paving on the streets herein described,
provided.1hat such plans and specifications meet .the usual requirements for"paving
on streets within the corporate limits of the City ofLubbock; said` streets'being .:.
as .follows, to-fait:
unit 1619 4$th Street from Flint Avenue to Gary Avenue.
Unit 1620 46th Street from Flint Avenue to Gary Avenue.
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said
paving construction on said 4.5th and'46th 'Streets 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.Cominission, the City Engineer is authorized to pay the'.contractor in
1full and 'final payment of the City+s .share of the cost of the abovementioned
improvements a sum not to exceed $122.56 which is the City share 4596.41 less
$473A5.engineeringplus the abovementioned'avtn now held in escrow of $926.56,
leaving the remaining amount due the contractor From the property owners not, to
exceed $8427.83.
$ection 2. This authortiy .is'conditioned that Forrest Lumber Company and
the contractor will pay all material and labor and costs incidental: to such:
-- constru6tion, 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, thtt'ifiq�:-said Forrest will pay for
Liunber Conn and the contractor
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all material and labor and costs incidental to such construction, indemnify the
Tieg 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 covere
by public liability and property damage insurance policies., that the said Forrest
L=ber Company-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 perm'bent part of said 45th and both Streets and the
property of the City of Lubbock' without any liability whatsoever, except for the
payment of a sum not to exceed 6322.56, ,which will be due December 15, 1954, and th
aforementioned sum now held in escrow of $926.56, which will be due upon completion
and acceptance.
On motion of .Cor issioner _ Forrest seconded by
Commissioner Carpenter �' the foregoing resolution was unanimously
passed by the City Commission this & day Of -june
P „s
ell 8. Tripp, Mayor
ATTESTS :'
enia Lowe, ity'Secretary
I, Sam 'Lemons representing Forrest Lumber Company and
the remaining owners of abutting property on the abovementioned streest, and Warren
and Purtell, Incorporated, Contractor, � do hereby accept and agree to fully abide
by the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated..
Forrest Lumber Company
By
Warren and Purtell, Incorporated
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Approved:
Holmes, City Engineer
A owed:
Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney