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ORDINANCE NO. 341
AN ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN HAD
AND ALL THINGS DONE PREREQUISITE TO THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE PAVING
- AND IMPROVING OF:
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UNIVERS ITY BOULEVARD FROM THE WEST LINE OF KIRBY DRIVE TO
THE EAST LINE OF COMMUNITY DRIVE; AND
lJIJESLAYAN STREET FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF RILEY STREET (EAST OF
WESLAYAN STREET) TO THE SOUTH LINE OF RICHMOND ROlAD; AND
RICE BOULEVARD FROM THE WEST LINE OF KIRBY DRIVE TO THE WEST
LINE OF BELMONT STREET: AND
AUDEN STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD TO
THE NORTH LINE OF RICE BOULEVARD;
APPROVING AND AlX)Pl'ING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE ENGINEER ON BIDS RE-j,i.
CEIVED FOR THE PAVING AND IMPROVING OF SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS; ACCEPl'ING
THE BID OF HOLLAND PAGE AS THE LOWEST SECURE BID OF THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER,
AND AWARDING TO HIM THE CONTRACT FOR THEPA VING AND IMPRO\1TING OF SAID PORTIONS OF
SAID STREETS; APPROVING AND ACCEPl'ING AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL. AND ACCEPl'ANCE
OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND AND MAINTENANCE BOND IN 00 NNECTION WITH SAID IMPROVEMENT;
FINDING THAT SAID CONTRACTOR HAS PROPERLY EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVE-
MENTS ORDERED, APPROVING SAID CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING AND'DIRECTING THE EXECU- [iLl-'r
TION THEREOF BY THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WEST UNI-
VERSITY PLACE, TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS the City Commission of the City of West University Place, Texas has
heretofore, by Ordinance No. 335, duly and regularly passed and approved January 6,
1947, dete~ned the necessity for and ordered the permanent improvement of cer-
tain streets in the City of West University Place, Texas, in accordance with plans
and specifications prepared by the engineers for the City, and approved by the
City Commission; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to due and legal advertisement therefor, bids were received
for the construction of said improvements, but said bids, upon examination and study,
were each and all rejected by said City Commission; and
WHEREAS the City Commission did thereafter and by its Ordinance No. 338, duly
; and regularly passed and approved March 5, 1947, find and determine that it was not
practical to proceed with the improvement of the above and hereinafter mentioned
streets as theretofmre provided for; and did by its said Ordinance app.1l'ove and adopt
the revised and amended plans and specifications for such improvements prepared
and submitted to it by Howe & Wise, theretofore duly appointed as engineers for the
City; and did by its said Qrdinance amend Ordinance No. 335 of January 6, 1947, and
ordered the construction of said improvements in accordance with said revised and
amended plans and specifications; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to advertisement for bi ds made in full compliance "With all Q
requirements of law and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of West University
Place, Texas, sealed bids were duJ;y- and leg~ received upon the date and at the i_~
time stated in said advertisement therefor, and having been duly and legally re-
ceived, publicly opened and read aloud in a public meeting of the City Commission
of the City of West University Place, Texas, were referred to the engineers for
said City for tabulation, report and recommendation; and
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WHEREAS it a.ppears from the tabulation, report and recommendation of Howe
& Wise, engineers for too City of West University Place, Texas, which report and
recommendation is hereby approved and adopted, that Holland Page is the lowest
responsible bidder and that his bid, in the sum of $325,044.73, is the lowest
secure bid received for such improvements, and that the engineer has estimated
the City's part of the cost of the paving and improving of said streets; and
WHEREAS said Holland Page has executed and filed a good and sufficient
performance bond and a good and sufficient maintenance bond, each with proper
surety, as required by the City Charter, and has duly and regularly executed
a contract for the performance of the work of paving and improving said portions
of said streets, providing, among other things, for concrete reinforced with
welded wire mesh, as heretofore determined upon by the City Commission, and is
entitled to a contract fnom the City of .West University Place, Texas therefor;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ce,rtificate by the City Treasurer duly and legally
made as to the availability of funds, the City Commission has heretofore by Or-
dinance duly and legally passed, made appropriation from the fund to the credit
of Street Paving and Bridge Bonds, 1946 in the City Treasury to pay the City's
part of the cost of paving and improving said portions of said streets;
Now, 'I:herefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE,
TEOCAS:
Section 1. That the City Commission of the City of West University Place
Tesas does hereby find and determine that each of the steps and proceedings
hereinabove mentioned have been duly and legally taken and performed in full
compliance with the law and the Charter and Qrdinances of the City of West
University Place, TeXaS, and that all provisions and requirements of the law
and of said Charter and Ordinances prequisi te to the letting and e~ecl1tion of
a valid contract for the street improvement~ herein mentioned have been met and
fully complied with.
Section 2. That the report and recommendation of Howe & Wise, engineers
for the City of West University Place, Texas, on the bids received March 21, 1947
for the pav;ing and improving of the hereinafter stated portions of the streets
named is hereby approved and adopted.
Section '1. That the lowest secure bid received for the paving and improving
of the streets hereinafter named and within the limits stated is the sum of
$325,044.73, submitted by Holland Page, who is hereby found and determined to be
the loWest responsible bidder on said improvements, and said bid is hereby accepted.
SeC'lt.; on J, & That the contract for the paving and improving of:
Universi ty Boulevard from the west line of Kirby Drive to the east line
of Communi ty Drive; and
Weslayan Street from the south line of Riley Street (east of Weslayan Street)
to U~ south line of Richmond Road; and
Rice Boulevard from the west line of Kirby Drive to the west line of Belmont
St!l?ee~; and
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AudeItStreet from the north line of University Boulevard to the north line
of Rice Boulevard
is hereby;" awarded. to the said Holland Page.
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Section 5. That the performance bond presented by the said Holland Page,
Standard Accident Insurance Company as surety and the one-year maintenance bond 0
presented by said contractor with Standard Accident Insurance Company as surety
having been examined are hereby approved and accepted; and the Mayor of the City
of West University Place is hereby authorized to approve and accept aaid bonds
on behalf of the City.
Section 6. That said Hol:Bnd Page, having heretofore executed a contract
for making the improvements heretofore ordered by -the City Commission, and said
contract having been examined, is hereby in all things approved; and the Mayor
and City Secre-tary are hereby au-thorized and directed to execute said contract
for and on behalf of and in the name of the City of West University Place, Texas.
Sec-tion 7. The fact that the portions of the streets hereinbefore stated
are in need of improvement as promptly as possible creates a public emergency
and, therefore, this Ordinance shall be passed finally on the date of its intro-
duction this, the 3rd d83' of April, 1947, and shall take effec-t'immediately upon
its passage and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED this, the 3rd day of April, 1947.
Commissioners Lanmon, Hamlet-t, Douglass, Armer and Mayor Lee, voting aye;
Connnissioners
None
voting no.
APPROVED -this, the Third day of A pnl 1947.
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CITY ATTORNEY
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