HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 120656D - Alley Improvements - City Engineer - G.A. Rush Addition - 12_06_1956 RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City-Commission has determined that the City would con-
tribute the customary city portion of twenty-five (25) per cent of the cost of
alley paving improvements, to be' eonstructed in accordance with the standard
City of Lubbock plans and specifications as approved by the City Engineer, and
the owners of property abutting the West 155 feet of the East-West alley in
Block 21, G. A. Rush Addition, and the North-South alley between Block 4, G. A.
Rush Addition and Block 159 Original Town, have requested permission to have
pavement improvements constructed on the aforementioned alleys, and the paving
of said alleys is needed to provide access to the area, and the City Engineer
has approved the plans and specifications for such improvements, and,
WHEREAS, Sears, Roebuck & Company, owners of the property abutting on
the herein described alleys will contract separately with a competent contractor
for the above alley 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,
`oJh'EREAS, the total cost of the paving improvements will not exceed
42,986.55, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed
046.64, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $2,23901, such
costs being well within the current prices for paving obtained by competitive
bidding, and that such payment to be made by the City is reasonable fair and
just to the abutting property owners, 'the City and all other persons affected
thereby, and that the sum of 4746.64 has been duly budgeted and is available,
THEREFORE$
BE IT PZSOLVED BY THE CITY 'C01,11ISSION 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 alley herein described, pro-
vided that such plans and specifications meet the usual requirements for paving
on alleys within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock; said alleys being
as follows, to-wit:
Unit A-309 West 155 feet of East-West alley in Block 2, G. A Rush Addition
Unit A-310 North-South alley between Block 4, G. A. Rush Addition and Block
159 Original Town
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect
said paving construction on said alleys 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 abovementioned
improvements a sum not to exceed 6746.64, leaving the amount due the contractor
from the property owners not to exceed 02,239.91.
Section 2. This authority is conditioned that Sears, Roebuck & Company,
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 Sears, Roebuck
& Company 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 alley and the property of the City of Lubbock, without
any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum not to exceed $746.64
upon completion of paving improvements by the contractor and acceptance of same
by the City Commission of the City of Lubbock.
On motion of Commissioner Maxey , seconded by
Commissioner_ Casey , the foregoing resolution was unanimous—
ly passed by the City Commission this 6th day of December, 1956.
S. S. 'Forrest, Jr., May r
ATTESTI
Laven a Uwe, City Secretary
The Sears, Roebuck & Company,, owners of property abutting said alleys and W. B.
Abbott, Jr.,. Building Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by
the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated.
S ears,,)Roebuck & Company
By
AP pr ved: Attest:
4PI, l a_av��
T. Hickerson, City Engineer
W. B. Abbott, Jr*
p ed: Contractor
By
Vaughn 19. Wilson, City Attorney