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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 092354B - Pavement Improvements - City Engineer - Knoxville Avenue From 33Rd St To 34Th St - 09_23_1954 RESOLUTICK TIMEREAS, 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, Copy t to be constructed in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock street plans 0rV,111e and specifications as approved by the City Engineer, and the owners of property A lde rs on, abutting Knoxville Avenue from 33rd Street to 34th Street, have requested Paving, - permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned 9-2,8-54 Knoxville Avenue, and the paving of said Knoxville 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 improvements, and, "iMEREAS, William E. Lyons and the other 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, NTEREAS, the contr4ct cost of the paving improvements will not exceed �2238.17, the total cost not over �2450.08, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed 6703.9% leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $1746.13, 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 V03.95 will be duly budgeted in the 1954-1955 Budget, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF TIE 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. 1643 Knoxville Avenue from 33rd Street to 34th Street The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said Knoxville 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 City's share of the cost of the afovementioned , improvements a sum not to exceed $592.04 which is the City share M3.95 less $111.91 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed w1746.13. Section 2. This authority is conditioned that William E. Lyons 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 thesaid William E. Lyons and other owners of abutting property will cause such paving to continue to be i .,�., done according to the approved plans and specifications, and that upon completion i thereof and final approval of the City Engineer, all improvements designated herein' shall be a perinanent part of said Knoxville Avenue and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum $592.04 to 'i'Tarren and Purtell after December 15, 1954. On motion of Commissioner Forrest seconded by Commissioner Carpenter , the foregoing resolution was unanimously passed by the City Commission this Zirdday of _,September 19 5 _. Murrell R ATTEST: y� .o ~ La enia Lowe,,/City Se eta ry I William E. Lyons., representing self and the remaining owners of abutting � Y � p g �Y g g 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. William E. Lyons By Warren & Purtell Inc. By. r. / Approved: C.Y� f1.J N. B. Holmes, City Engineer A ved: AAA f Vaughn S. ITilson, City Attorney y ..