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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 051167E - Street Improvements - City Engineer - 66Th Street And Elgin Avenue - 05_11_1967RrC()T.TTTTnW WHEREAS, the City Council 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 66th Street and Elgin Avenue, have requested permission to have pavement improvements constructed on the afore- mentioned streets and the paving of said streets 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 streets 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 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 $7,183.01, the total cost not over $7,542.16, and the City's share in connection therewith would not exceed $725.55, leaving the property owners portion not to exceed $6,816.61, 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 $725.55 will be duly budgeted, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 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 streets 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: The North 1/2 of 66th Street from its intersection with the West Property Line of Lot B, Live Oak Addition to its intersection with a line 5 feet West of the West Lip Line of Elgin Avenue, known and designated as New Subdivision Unit Number 1699. The West 1/2 of Elgin Avenue from its intersection with the North Property Line of Lot B, Live Oak Addition to its intersection with the North Lip Line of 66th Street, known and designated as New Subdivision Unit Number 1700. The City Engineer is further authorized and directed to duly inspect said paving construction on said streets 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 Council, 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 $366.40 which is the City's share ($725.55) less $359.15 engineering, leaving the amount due the contractor from the property owners not to exceed $6,816.61. fi Section 2. This authority is conditioned that the owners of abutting property and the contractor will pay for all material and labor and costs incidenta 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 streets and the property of the City of Lubbock, without any liability whatsoever, except for'the payment of a sum of $366.40 to the contractor. On motion of Councilman -Granberry seconded by Councilman KastMan the foregoing resolution was unani- mously passed by the City Council this llth day of 1967. ATTEST 16:�41C k�" I Lavenia Lowe, Cit Secretary Lubbock Baptist Association, owners of street, and Kerr Construction Company, fully abide by the foregoing provisions APPRO muel W. Wahl, City Engineer APPROVED: Tr ed 0. Senter, Jr., City torney gers, abutting property on the abovementioned Contractor, do hereby accept and agree to for the considerations therein stated. LUBBOCK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION By KERR gQNSTRUCTION COMPANY By r