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ORDINANCE NO. 1152
Lubbock County
Control .53-1-23
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U. s. Highway 84
AN OlU>INARCE PBOVIDING 100 '!BE ll'ISTALI.ATION, CONSTRUCTION ~ EXISTDOE 1 USE
AND MAIN'l'ENANCE Of AN tnlllPm'ASS PROJECT AT THE IN'l'ERS!C'l'IO.N OP .. . .................. .
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MAYOR OF TilE CITY ... TO .~ ... AND .. Tiit .. cm· ·a!imP11'ARl' TO AFFIX 'l'BE CORPORATE
SIAL AND ATTEST THE SAME 1 A CERTAIN CONTRACT BE'1'WEN THE CITY 1 'l'BE STATE
OF TEXAS AM> TiE RAJLROAJ) COMPANY PROVIDING FOR TKE INSTALLATION, CONSTRUC;-~
TION, EllSTENCE~ USE AND MAIN'J.'l!!IfANOE OF SAID UNDERPASS PROJECTJ fOB 11IE .
GRANTING OF LICENSE AND PERMISSION BJ THE RAnBOAD COMPANY FOR SAm PROJECT;
FOR THE PAlMICN1' 1 BY TBE STATE OF TEXAS 1 OF THE COE'l'RUCTION COSTS OF SAID
PROJECT; JOB TBE ASSUMPTION, lJI TilE CI'l'Y1 OP ALL DAM\GES 'ro ADJODfiNG, ABUT·
TmG AND OTHER PROPERTY AND BUSIIO.SS AHI> 1'0 'l'EHANT OR OCCUPAIT 'l'll!RJX)P; POR
THE PRbTmTION (II THE S~Aft OF TEXAS AND THE RAILROAD COMPANY AGAllfST u;L
BUCll DAMAG!B AND EXPENS!S II C~TIOU WrrB ANY CLAIM OB SUIT THEREFOR; FOR
TBl!; MADTENANC! OF THE tJND'J!BPASS PROJ!Xn',; AND DEOLARING All P.MJ!:RGENCY AND PRO·
vm:mG 'rJIAT 'DIIS ORDINANCE 8~ BE ~TIVI JBOM ADD AF1'ER l'l'S PASSAGE •
'WHEREAS 1 the public convenience, safety and neoesalt;r of the
Git7, ~d the people of the 0 ~ t;r require tlla t · the grades of: . ... ..... .. ....... -............... ..
. .. ..... . .. . ...... . .. ............. V. P .... §. ..... .R!i:hW.~Y .. 8!! .. ~ (.h:Y.'?.~~~ .. .A>.. ............................................................... .
and the tracks of the ... :P.MM:rJ-41 e: ·.®~ ... ~.~.~.~ .~l!?. ... !.Ul.~! ~.~. C:o~p~~ ... ~ ~ .. lJ:?.~.~ ........ , ............ ,
. .. .. .. ........ .. . .. .. narthw.e.s t: .~Ra!.l'tlBy. .. Mi.le ... .P..o a:t. ... .6.7.5 ....... : ............... : .. : ..... ~ .................. : ... : ............. ·: ..... ...... . . ... . ....... .
in 01 ty of Lubbock · ·· l>e ·aepar&'t e'd ... li .. tlie .. con4tru<itloii. ot ... an ... uniierPfias Pl'oJ.ec·t ~ · ·ainc·e · the .. ·extst!ns
grade oroeains at such street ar road over the tracks or said Railroad
CompaJ\1 constitute a <langer and se;r1oua 1noopven1enoe to the publ1o which is
urgently requil'ed to be remedied and that the only practical remeq is that
ot oonstruoting an underpass as hel'lein ~ov1ded; and
WHEREAS, the City has requested the State of Teas to contribute
f1Mll01al aid 1n the construction of the underpass proJect·; and
WHEREAS 1 the 01 ty bas requested the Railroad Compa~ to grant
a license and permission for the construction of said underpass proJect
aoroea ita property and under its traoks at such intersection~ and
WHEREAS, 'the State ot Texas hu mde it known to ~e 01t1
that 1t will assist the City in the canstru~tion of said underpass proJect
by 1.'urn1sh1ng the neoessary tunds tw the actual oonetructian; by preparing
plans and speo1f1oat1onsJ by awarding of ·construction contracts; by supel'•
vietng oonetnaction; and by aea1st1ng in the ua1nteranoe of said project,
prov1cUng the City approv~s the plans, sradee aJld ~lignment tor said proJ•
eot1 and a.fteT completion of oonstruotion will JDL1nta1n certain features of
sa.1d underpass project.
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Ord1n&noe {Underpass)
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~~ the Ra~lroa.d comp~ has made it lcnown ~hat it'will
grant a license and permission for se.id. und~rpas~ project to be cons~~cted
acl'"Oss its property and under its traQks at· the location )lere1n ·stated; and
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WHEREAS, the City, in coneide~tion of: .the providing of said
underpass p;ro3ect, agrees to protect the State of Texas a:nd ~e Railroad
Company fl'om any ~d all liability and any and all damaSes to adjo~tns and
abutting property 'or other property or business or to ~ tePants occupying
such property, oaused by the 1nstallati~n, the oonst~ction, the existence,
'the use and the maintenance of eai,d underpafJs p:roJect or the *saage and • • •• t , • enforcement of this ord1nance; and 0 f' • I
WHEREAS, the Ra14-oad Compe,ny 1s to ):DB.inta1n and to be res-
ponaipile for t}le maintenance of the underpass superstruc~ure and ita support-;ns subst~cture, tracks; and other railroad facilities 'loc~ted up(m the
Railroad CompanJ's property and vithout expense to the City or State.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAJDD BY THE CITY CO~CILt
Section 1. 'Blat since the public oonveniehce, safety -and
necessity of the City and the people of the City require it~ an underpass
be constructed and provided at the intersection of ... Y:! .... ~.! .....•• ~8hW~ .. ~9: .............. .
with the pl;'()perties and t~cks of the .............................................................................................. .
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Section 2. That the State of' Texaa be and is he~by author-
ized to construct said underpass pr.oJect at the approximate location ana ·
in the generai manner shown on the plan, 'attached hereto and marked "Exhibit
At~ and made a part hereof 1p all respects. Detailed plans, ehow108 lo.oat1on
grades, etc., are to be later prepared covering the construction· of the proJt
eo~ and when said plans governing the construction of said proJect have been
prepared and approved by the City, they are to be attached h&reto, marked
"E*1l;>it B" and made ·a part of this ordinance 1n all respects •
. Section 3. That nothipg in this ordinance shall be construed
as to ~quire said ~ailroad Company or the State of Texas to assume or pay
any direct, inci,dental or consequential damages to adJo1ntng1 abutting or
other property or business or to any tenants occupying adJotningJ abutting
o~ oth,er property caused by, incidental to, or in any way coMected wfth
t~e passage and enforcement of this ordinance or by the installation,
the construction, the existence, the use or the maintenance of the proj-
ect au%horized herein or to defend any suit or $Uits which ~ be brought
against said Railroad Company or the State of Texas by any par~ or p~rttes
for the recover.y ot any such damages. I
Section 4. For and 1n consideration of the mutual covenant$
hefe·in contat.ned,. the City does hereby aaree that all da.mases and clailDs
for damages to adjoining, abutting or other property., if any there be, ·
arising out of, ~cident to, or ·1n any ~~ connected with the 1nstalla-~
ti.on, the construction, the use, the existence, or the Illtl1ntenanoe or
said proJect shall be ad.Jus.te~ and. paid solely by. the City and the City
sh~l and does hereby agree to ~old ba~ess ·said Railr,oad Company and
the State of Texas again~t any and all c~~~ 9-amands and causes
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of a.otion for rec(}very of any and all such dams.ges arisin~ out of t~ in-
stallation, the canstl'llction1 the use, the .existence 7 am for the mainte-
nanoe ~said proJect, arui agrees to assume the defense of any and all suits
brought Cor the recovery of all eooh alleged damages, and shall intervene
and make itse~:f' a party therein in ita own name, if it is not al.ready ·made
a party thereto, for the purpose, and shall if requested in writing by the.-·
Railroad Company ar the Sta.te o:f' Texas so to do, wholly relieve said Rail·
road Company and the State of Texas from defending the same 1 and here by
agrees to hold <said Ba.ilroe.d Canpany, the State of Texas and each of them,
harmless as to court costs 1 attorney' s~ fees and all expenses in. connection
Yith suoh suits, and hereby .assumes and agrees to ],')6f all .Jud~nts recovered
against said :Railroad Compa,ny or the State of Texas by reason of the con·
struotion, the installation, the use, the eXistence, or the maintenance' of
said proJect. . •• ' . . ._•/
\Section 5. ~ That the State will maintain the streets, sidewalks,
drainae13 under the street and drainage system for the underpass project. The
City will maintain all street lights, tra.f.fic 11s}:lta and signal devices ~
sweep, flush and otherwise keep said proJect in a clean and sanitary manner,
and. nothing contained herein shall ever be construed to place upon the Rail-J,
road Canpany or the State of Texas any manner of liability for injury to,
or death of persons 1 or for damage to, or loss of property arising frcm or
in any manner connected with the maintenance or use of the street, sidewal.kb,
lisht system or drainage under the street and drainage systeD:t far the under-
pass project located either on or off of the Eailroad Ccmpe..ny1 s risbt-of-wey-"
and the city will eave the Railroad Can.pany and the State of Texas hannless
from~ damages arising fran said maintenance or the use of said projeet.
The Railroad Company \till maintain and be responsible for the maintenance ·
of the grade separation. superstructure and ita substructure, tracks and
other railroad fac111tiea located upon the Railroad Cc:mpa.ny's risht-of-~.
Section 6. That the City will pay to the state promptly the
oost of making repairs to the subgrade or surfacing made necessary by reason
of the. 1natall.at1on1• repair, removal, or adjustment or any suoh publicly or
¢'vately owned utilities or services, which may occur a.t'ter tbe completion
9f the said underpass project.
Seat1on 7"• That the City will refrain .from passing an ord1:.
nanGa fixing a speed limit on said underpass project of under t-wenty (20)
miles per hour nor will it allow the erection-of signs, semaphores or
signals that will give preference to looal routes whicH intersect with the
said projeot,. nor that 'Will slow up, hinder or delay traffic on said' under-
pe.se project ..
Seotion 8, That the ~or be and is hereby authorized to exe-
cute for and on beha.lf' of t~ Cit~ an agreement and contract with the State
of Texa.s and the said Railroad Canpa.ny in accordance with and for the purpose
of oarr,rlng out the terms and provisions of this ordinance, in the form
attached hereto and marked 11Exhibit C". The City Secretary is hereby
directed to attest the agreement and contract and to affix the proper sea~
of the City thereto. · ·
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Section 9 •. That the State be and is hereby authorized, as agent
of the City, to construct said underpass project at the location, to the grade
and 1n the manner as shown on "Exhibit A" and to be shown on "Exhibit B".
Section 10. That the Mayor of the City, having re~ueeted in
writing that this ordinance take effect forthwith and there being in fact an
emergency and imperative public necessity that the work herein provided for be
begun and carried out promptly and with expedition, and that the contract afore-
said shall be immediately made, executed and delivered to the end that such work
therein provided far may be begun and carried out promptly and with expedition.
The reading of this ordinance on three several days is hereby dispensed with
and the ~e shall be in full force and effect from and after ita passage.
Passed and approved this the 11th Day of October, 1951.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF
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I, ... ~Y:~~~a .. ~~~..... ... ... . . .. .... ..... .. .... .. . .. .. .... , the duly appointed,
qualified and acting City Secretary of the City of .. Lubbock ................................... ,
Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy
of an ordinance duly passed by the City Council at a meeting held on ~he .ll~h . ,
of ... Q~:t.Q.Q~.r ... -·· .... .. , A. D., 195~. , at · .. ;1.~~9 ...... o• clock, P. M.
To certify which, witness my hand and official seal of the City of
... .L~bpo~.k .. .. , Texas, this the 11th . day of October ..... '
1951 1 at . . Lubbock.. .. .... .. , Texas •
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Ordinance (Underpass)
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