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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 090855G - Paving Plans_Specs. - City Engineer - Boston Avenue - 09_08_1955 (M6556 j RESOLUT I012 ram.- WFMFXM, 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 fron 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 Boston Avenue from lst Place to 2nd Street, have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the afore- mentioned Boston Avenue and the Paving of said Boston 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, WHEREAS, Curtis Head and the other owners of the property abutting on the herein described A r=6 will contract separately with a competent con- tractor for the above street improvements, ;and said improvements will be con- structed 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, WHEREAS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed $2,362.07, the total cost not over $2,480.17, and the City's share in connec- tion therewith would not exceed $692.07, leaving the property owner's portion not to expeed $1,788.10, such costs being well within the current prices for paving obtained by competitive bidding, and'that such payment to be made by the City is reasonable fair and just to the abutting property owners, the �-. City and all other persons affected thereby$ and that the sum of $692.07 will be duly budgeted in the 1955 1956 budget, THEAEFOA.E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CMMSSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: Section 1. THAT, the City Engineer ,be and he is hereby authorized to approve plans and specifications for paving ion the 6anues3 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 1746 Boston Avenue from the South Property Line of 1st Place to the North Property Line of 2nd Street The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving constriction on said Boston Avenue and to require strict compli- ance 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 Cityta share of the cost of the abovementioned improvements a sum not to exceed $573.97 which is the City's share, $692.07 less 0118.10 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor-from the property owners not to exceed $1,788.10. ram`' i I Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Curtis Head 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 there , 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 Curtis Head 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 Boston Avenue and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum $573.97 to the contractor on December 15, 1955 On motion of Commissioner Forrest , seconded by Cam issioner Carpenter , the foregoing resolution was unanimously passed by the City Commission this 8th day of ' ber ,19 `' . Afurre ripe r ATTES . La enia Love, City Secr terry I, Curtis Hea$, representing myself and the remaining owners of abutting property on the abovementioned Avenues, and Kerr and Middleton, Contractor., do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated. Curtis He By Kerr and M eton Approved: By, " W. B. Holmes City Engineer At Vaughn It. Vilson, City Attorney i