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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 041460F - Alley Improvements - City Engineer - Avenue S & Avenue R - 04_14_1960 s 04 P T:7- R RESOLUT ION WHEREAS, the City Commission has heretofore determined that the City would contribute the customary city portion of the cost of alley paving improvements, as determined by City of Lubbock paving policy, to be constructed in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock alley plans and specifications as approved by the City Engineer, and the owners of prop- erty abutting North-South alley between Avenue S and Avenue R. from 13th Street to 14th Street have requested permission to have pavement improvements con- structed on the aforementioned alley and the paving of said alley is needed to provide access to the area during its construction period, and the City Engine has approved the plans and specifications for such improvements, and, WHEREAS, the owners of the property abutting on the herein described alley 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, WHEREAS, the contract cost of the paving improvements will not exceed $1969.22, the total cost not over $2067.68, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed $789.35, leaving the property owner's portion not to exceed $1278.33, 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 $789.35 will be duly budgeted, 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 alley herein described, provided that such plans and specifications meet the usual requirements for paving on alleys within .the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock; said alley being as follows, to-wit: North-South alley between Avenue S and Avenue R. from its intersection with the South Property Line of 13th Street to its intersection with the North Property Line of 14th Street, known and designated as Unit Number A-327 The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said alley 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 aforementioned improvements a sum not to exceed $690,89 which is the City's share ($789.35) less $98.46 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed $1278.33. i + s 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 costs, claims or damages of every nature pertaining thereto, and that the Contractor furnish the City Engineer with acceptable evidence that the contrac- tor and his sub-contractors, if any, are adequately covered by public liability and property damage insurance policies, that the said owners of abutting proper- ty will cause such paving to continue to be done according to the approved plan 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 alleys and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability what- soever, except for the payment of a sum of $690.89, to the contractor. On motion of Commissioner Maner seconded by Commissioner Thompson the foregoing resolution was unanimously passed by the City Commission this 14th day of April 1960. DAMP.:CW19;AS Mayor ATTEST: Lave44 Lowe, City ecretar The owners of abutting property on the abovementioned alley and Kerr Paving Company, Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to fully abide by the foregoing provisions for the considerations therein stated. KERR PAVING COMPANY By: , U��_, i President $ 236.81 Cecil O. Schwable $ 157.87 0. W. Latson �`"" $ 740.13 Clyde F. Elkins Ap oved: $ 143.52 Albert Barnett Z �. . 406 T. Hickerson, City Engineer A .mod: Vaughn V. Wilson, City Attorney