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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 082555E - Paving Plans_Specs. - City Engineer - Knoxville Avenue - 08_25_1955 �D 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 Knoxville Avenue from '39th Street to 40th Street, have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the afore- mentioned Knoxville Avenue and the paving of said Knoxville Avenue is needed to provide access to the area during its construction period, and the City Enginee has approved the plans and specifications for such improvements., and, WHEREAS, Willie H. Fisher and the other owners of the property abutting on the herein described Avenue will contract separately with a competent con- tractor for the above street improvements, and said improvements will be con- structed in accordance with the abovem.entioned 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 $1,888.57, the total cost not over J>1,983.00, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed 6512.88, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $`'1,470.12, such costs being well within the current price 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 $512.88 will be duly budgeted in the 1955-1956 budget, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMIUISSION OF THE CITY OF LUB30CK: Section 1. THAT, the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to approve plans and specifications for paving on the avenue herein described, pro- vided 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 1801 Knoxville Avenue from South Property Line of 39th Street (East Leg) to North Property Line of 40th Street (West Leg). The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said Knoxville Avenue and to require strict com- pli&nce 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 improvements a sum not to exceed 418.45 which is the City's share $512.88 less 04.43 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed $1,470.12. 08 Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Willie H. Fisher 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 Willie H. Fisher 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 Engineer, all improvements designated herein shall be a permanent part of said Knoxville Avenue and the' property of the City of Lubbock, without ,any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum $418.45 to the contractor on December 15, 1955. On motion of Commissioner. Forrest seconded by Commissioner Thomas the foregoing resolu u n1ps unanim- ously passed by the City Commission this 25 day of� us IIIIrrell ATTEST: Lave "a Lowe, Clyy Sec etary I, Willie H. Fisher, representing myself and the remaining owners of abutting property on the abovementioned streets, and Kerr and Aliddleton, Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated. Willie H. Fisher �1 By, 'i' Kerr and Mi le on jUved,:.,, By W. B. Holmes, City Engineer AM Vaughn E. Wilson, City Attorney r..