HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 041460D - Street Improvements - City Engineer - Peoria Avenue - 04_14_1960 RESOLUTIa I
WHEREAS, the City Commission has heretofore determined that the
City would contribute the customary city portion of the cost of street paving
improvements, as determined by City of Lubbock paving policy, 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 Peoria
Avenue have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on
the aforementioned Avenue and the paving of said Avenue is needed to provide
access tb the area during its construction period, and the City Engineer has
approved the plans and specifications for such improvements, and,
1,MEREAS, the owners of the property abutting on the herein described
street 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 specification 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
$12695.23, the total cost not over �'1,779.99, and the City's share in connect—
ion therewith would not exceed � 497.38, leaving the property owner's portion
not to exceed �1,282.61, 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 t497.38 will be
duly budgeted, THEREFORE,
BE IT EESOLVED 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 Avenue 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:
Peoria Avenue from its intersection with a line 27.08 feet South of the South
Property Line of 40th Street (West 'Leg) to its intersection with a line 27.08
feet North of the Yorth Property Line of 41st Street (East Leg), known and
designated as Unit Number 2010.
The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect
said paving construction on said 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 improvement
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 $412.62 which is the City's share(V497.38) less,
$84.76 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property
owners not to exceed U,282.61.
Section 2. This authority is conditioned that the 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 cost .
-»-, 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 propert
damage insurance policies, that the said Avenue otimers of abutting property wil
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 Avenue and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability
whatsoever, except for the payment of a sum of �412.63 to the contractor}
November 1, 1960
On motion of Commissioner Thompson ,seconded by
Commissioner Maner the foregoing resolution was
unanimously passed by the City Commission this 14th day of April 196( .
IY1D: Mamfor
ATTEST•
Lavefiia Lowe, Ci y Secretary
The owners of abutting property on the abovementioned street, and L. A. Purtell
Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the foregoing
provisions for the considerations therein stated.
By
Approved:
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( _J6bn T. Hickerson, City y Engineer
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p L. A. Purtell, Contractor
Vaughn E. Jilson, City attorney T