HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 082560E - Alley Improvements - City Engineer - Boston Avenue - 08_25_1960 RES OLUT 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 constructe
in accordance with the standard City of Lubbock alley plans and specifications
as approved by the City Engineer, and the owners of property abutting the
E W alley between Boston and Canton Avenue, from 26th Street to 27th Street,
have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed 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 Engineer
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 $1844.93, the total cost not over $1937.18, and the City's share in
connection therewith would not exceed $577.33, leaving the property owner s
portion not to exceed $1359.85, 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 $577.33
will be duly budgeted, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY C(MMISSION 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:
The East-West alley from the West Lip Line of Boston Avenue to the East Lip
Line of Canton Avenue and between 26th Street and 27th -Street, known and
designated as Unit Number A-331
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 improve-
ments by the City Commission, the City Engineer is authorized to pay the
contractor in full and final payment' of the Cityls share of the cost of the
abovementioned improvements a sum not to exceed $485.08 which is the City's
share ($577.33) less $92.25 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor
from the property owners. not to exceed $1359.85.
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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 contractor and his sub-contractors, if any, are adequately covered
by public liability and property damage insurance policies, that the said
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 alley and the property of the
City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for the payment of
a sum of $,485.O8 to the contractor.
On motion of Commissioner Thompson
seconded by Commissioner 0 ra the foregoing
resolution was unanimously passed by the City Commission this 25th
clay of AiiWig:� 1960
David C. Casey, May
ATTES :
La,;ofixia Lowe, Gity Secretary
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 state e
Plaza Building Corp. $ 680v50
Robert E. Llaxey $ 295.07 _
G. T. Adams $ 106.54
0. L. Darden, Jr. $ 90,40 '.
Alfred B. Strehli $ 90.40
V. Neal Silver $ 90.40
Fred S, Briggs $ 106.54
Approved:
KERR PAVING COMPANY
WOT. Hickerson, City Engineer By: --i�-'J ^ -_-
ames C. Kerr - President
Approved:
E j',O.;Sefitir-jr,City Att`6rney