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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 062454D - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - 52Nd Street - 06_24_1954 2v4- S 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 52nd Street from Avenue D to Avenue G, have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned 52nd Street, and the paving, of said 52nd 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, J. C. Bender and the other 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 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, W=FdiS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed �5529.99, the total cost not over C5806.49, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed 063.15, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed C5443.34, 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 M3.15 will be duly budgeted in the ;3 1954-1955 budget. THEREFORE, 1 i BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COR9MISSION 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 No. 1616 52nd Street from its intersection with the West Property Line of Avenue D to its intersection with the East Property Line of f Avenue G The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said 52nd Street ar..d 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 " i 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 $6.65 which is the City share363.15 less Ov 276.50 engineering leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed �5443.34. j r ou .W^w Section 2. This authority is conditioned that J. C. Bender 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 contractor and his sub-contractors, if any, are adequately covered by public liability and property damage insurance policies, that the said J. C. Bender 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 52nd Street and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of,a sum C,86.65 to the contractor after Decenber 15, 1954. On motion of Commissioner Forrest' , seconded by Commissioner CarP®nt er , the foregoing resolution was unanimous- ly passed by the City Commission this 24 da June I ell R. Tripp, Mayor ATTEST: 'I;4.j"'brl! Laven a Lowe, City' Secretary I, J. C. Bender, 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 consideration therein stated. J. C. Bender Kerr 'ddleton By -- Approved: W. olmes., City Engineer t ved: 4,IA& Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney