HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 102254B - Approve Plans/Specs. - City Engineer - Gary Avenue - 10/25/1954 22S-44-A
RESOLUTION
WHER.EABp the City Commission has heretofore determined that the City would
contribute the customary city portion of from ten (10) to forty (4.0) per cent of
the cost of street paving' improvementsp 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 abut-
ting Gary Avenue from 40th Street to 44th Street., have requested permission to
have pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned Gary Avenue, and the
paving of said Gary Avenue is needed to provide access to the area during its
construction pkriod, and the City Engineer has approved the plans and specificatio
for such improvements, and, i
WHEREAS, Forrest Lumber Company 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 pavingo and,
WHEREAS, the contract cost of the paving Improvements will not exceed
t8,953.33, the total cost not over $9,4.01.00,' and the Cityle share `in connection
therewith would not exceed $2059.40, leaving the property ownerls portion not to
exceed t7,341.60, 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 effected thereby, and that the am of t2,059.40 has been duly budgeted and
"-' is available. 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 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 s
Unit No. 1649 Gary Avenue from 40th Street to 41rth Street
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said
paving construction on said Gary 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 Cityts share of the cost of the abovementioned improvements a
sum not to exceed $1611.73 which is the City share t2059.40 less $"7.67 engineer-
ing, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to
exceed $7341.60.
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--. Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Forrest Lumber Company 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
liability and property damage insurance policies, that the said Forrest Lumber
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 com-
pletion thereof and final approval of the City Emgineert ell improvements
designated herein shall ,be a permanent part of said Gary Avenue and the property
of the City of Lubbock,('without any 'liability whatsoever, except for the payment
of a sum *1631.73 to contractor upon completion and 'acceptance of paving
improvements.
On motion of Commissioner„ Carpenter , seconded by
Commissioner ' Thomas the foregoing resolution was unanimously
passed by the City Commission this 22nd day of October
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ATTEST:
s .. Lave a Lowe, Cit : Secretary
I, f wgd 1141.4,ty , representing Forrest Lumber Company and
the remaining owners of abutting property on the abovementioned streets, and
Kerr & Middleton, Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the
foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated.
Forrest Lumber Com
Ke Middleton
Approved
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W. B. Holmes, City Engineer
owed:
Vaughn . Wi son, City !Attorney