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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THAT
CERTAIN STEPS HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN TAKEN
IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF
IMPROVEMENTS ON CERTAIN STREETS NAMED
HEREIN BELOW WITHIN THE LIMITS THERE
DESCRIBED; ACCEPTING THE BID OF TROTTI &
THOMSON, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID
IMPROVEMENTS AS THE LOWEST AND BEST RES-
PONSIBLE BID THEREFOR; AWARDING A CONTRACT
TO SAID TROTTI & THOMSON, INC. UPON SAID
BID FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS; APPROVING THE
CONTRACT, PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE BONDS
EXECUTED BY TROTTI & THOMSON, INC., AND ITS
SURETY FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
AND ATTEST SAID CONTRACT FOR, AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; MAKING APPROPRIATION
OF FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CITY OF
BEAU11VIONT1S SHARE OF THE COST OF SAID IMIPROVE-
MENTS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO
PREPARE AND FILE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
ESTIMiATES OF THE COST OF SAID IMPROVEIMENTS
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
SECTION 1:
The City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas,
hereby finds and determines:
(a) That bids for the improvement of
the herein below named streets within
the limits designated were received and
opened in public meeting on September 28,
1948, pursuant to advertisements for such
bids published for the length of time and
in the manner required by law and the
Charter of said City, vehich bids were at
that time referred to the City Manager for
study and recommendation; and
(b) That thereafter the City Manager did
make recommendation to the City Council at
its meeting held on October 5, 1948, reco-
mmending that the bid of Trotti & Thomson,
Inc., in the sum of $p142,954.39 be accepted,
and pursuant to which recommendation the
City Council did accept said bid as being
the lowest and best bid by responsible
bidder for the construction of said im-
provements; and
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(c) That thereafter at the same
meeting the City Council passed a
resolution approving the contract per-
taining to said improvements and author-
izing the City Manager to execute said
contract with Trotti & Thomson, Inc., on
behalf of the City of Beaumont and the
Clerk to attest to same and affix the
seal of the City thereto; and
(d) That thereafter Trotti & Thomson,
Inc. executed said Contract, Performance
Bond and Maintenance Bond, said bonds
being executed by an acceptable Surety
Company, all pursuant to its bid proposal
and in accordance with the Notice to
Bidders and General Specifications, all of
which are in the form and manner as req- .
uired by law and the Charter of said City;
and that said Contract so executed, and the
Performance Bond and the Maintenance Bond
have been presented to and filed with the
City Council and same are found to be in
due and proper form and acceptable to the
City Council; and
(e) That thereafter the City Engineer
prepared and filed with the City Council
an estimate of the portion of the costs
of said improvements to be paid by the
City of Beaumont, said estimate being the
sum of $66,740.82; and it is hereby found
and determined that there are available
funds on hand in the treasury of said City
of Beaumont sufficient to cover costs to
the City of Beaumont and available for
appropriation for such use.
SECTION 2:
That the bid of Trotti & Thomson, Inc.,
for the construction of improvements on the following named
streets, within the limits designated and according to Unit
numbers as designated herein below and in the Contract
Documents pertaining hereto, in the sum of $142,954.39 be,
and the same is hereby accepted as the lowest and best bid
by a responsible bidder, and the Contract for the construct-
ion of said improvements is hereby awarded to 'the said Trotti
& Thomson, Inc., upon said bid:
Unit 1: South Street, from the West property
line of Mariposa Street Westward to
4.5 feet East of center line of
Southern Pacific main line track
near First Street.
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Unit 2: South Street, from 4.5 feet West
of center line of Southern Pacific
main line track near First Street
Westward to the East property line
of Fourth Street.
Unit 3: First Street, from the North property
line of South Street Northward to the
South edge of pavement on Laurel
Avenue.
Unit 4: Angelina Street, from the East prop-
erty line of Fourth Street Eastward
to the East property line of Third
Street.
Unit 5: Guffey Street, from the North property
line of Angelina Street Northward to
the South property line of Pecos Street.
Unit 6: Minor Street, from the South property
line of South Street Southward to the
North property line of Pecos Street.
Unit 7: Eighth Street, from the North property
line of South Street Northward to the
South property line of Laurel Avenue.
Unit 8: Twenty-third Street, from the South
property line of North Street South-
ward to the North edge of pavement
on Calder Avenue.
Unit 9: North Street, from the West property
line of Twenty-third Street Westward
to include the intersection of Central
Drive and North Street.
Unit 10: Harrison Street, from the West prop-
erty line of Pine Street Westward to
the East property line of Grand Avenue.
Unit 11: Fourth Street, from the North line of
College Street Northward to the North
right-of-way line of the Southern
Pacific main line track South of
Angelina Street;
said accepted bid calls for the construction or reconstruction
of six_ inches (61r) Reinforced Portland Cement Concrete pave-
ment together with Integral Curb and Gutter on Units 1, 2, 3,
4, 9, 10, and 11, and the construction or reconstruction of
a Three -Course Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement five inches
(5") total thickness with Inverted Concrete Curb Type 1 -on
Units 5, 6, 7, and 8.
SECTION 3:
That said Trotti & Thomson, Inc., having already
executed and submitted to the City Council for its approval the
Contract, Performance Bond, and Maintenance Bond as required
by the Notice to Bidders and the General Specifications for the
construction of said improvements, such Contract, Performance
and Maintenance Bonds are hereby approved and accepted as in
full compliance with all requirements of the law and the Charter
of said City and of the Notice to Bidders and General Specifica-
tions covering said improvements, and that the Surety on said
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Performance and Maintenance Bonds be, and the same are hereby
approved and accepted; further, that,the City Manager and City
Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and attest said Contract for and on behalf
of the City of Beaumont, Texas.
SECTI-ON 4.:
That there is hereby,appropriated out of the Street
and Highway Bond Fund, Series 1948, the sum of $66,710.82 to pay
the City's portion of the cost of said improvements under the
above Contract therefor, and proper Warrants are hereby auth-
orized to be issued in said amount, or so much thereof as may
be necessary against said fund to pay and discharge the obligations
of the City of Beaumont, chargeable thereto under said Contract.
SECTION 5:
That the City Engineer of said City is hereby
directed to prepare and file with the City Council estimates
of the costs of such improvements and estimates of the amounts
per front foot proposed to be paid by and assessed against the
properties abutting upon each of said streets concerned in each
of the,Eleven Units above set out and heretofore ordered im-
proved, based upon the bid prices as per each Unit contained
in the above described Contract, all as required by, and in
accordance with, the provisions of the Acts of the First
Called Session of the 40th Legislature of the State of Texas,
1927, Chapter 106, said Act being commonly known as Article
1105-b of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas,
1925, as amended, and the provisions of Article XIV, Section
2, of the Charter of the City of Beaumont.
PASSED by the City Council, this day
of October, 1948.
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October 25, 1948
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City Council
City of Beaumont
Beaumont,.Texas
Re: ll Unit Assessment
Paving Project
Gentlemen:
It has been determined by me that the estimated cost to be borne by the
City of Beaumont for the improvement of the streets hereinbelow named and
within the limits designated is Sixty Sia Thousand Seven Hundred Forty and
82/100 ($66,740.82) Dollars.
Included in the above estimated cost figure are the following:
Amount to be paid by the City to Trottie & Thomson, Inc., $50,055.62
being 4016 of the total cost less Engineering fee of 82-f.
Engineering fee of 82j of the total cost. 12,191.20
Amount,to be paid by the City to Trottie & Thomson, Inc., 4,494.00
being the amount owing by the City because of the City's
ownership of property abutting on Guffey, North, and
Fourth Streets.
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The streets to be improved, also designated by Unit numbers as set out
in the Contract Documents concerning these improvements, are the following:
Unit 1: South Street, from the West property line of Mariposa Street
Westward to 4.5 feet East of center line of Southern Pacific
main line track near First Street.
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Unit 2: South Street, from 4.5 feet West of center line of Southern Pacific
main line track near First Street Westward to the East Property line
of Fourth Street.
Unit 3: First Street, from the North property line of South Street Northward
to the South edge of pavement on Laurel Avenue.
Unit 4: Angelina Street, from the East property line of Fourth Street East-
ward to the East property line of Third Street.
Unit 5: Guffey Street, from the North property line of.Angelina Street North
ward to the South property line of Pecos Street.
Unit 6: Minor Street, from the South property line of South Street Southward
to the North property line of Pecos Street.
Unit 7: Eighth Street, from the North property line of South Street Northward
to the South property line of Laurel Avenue.
Unit 8: Twenty-third Street, from the South property line of North Street
South,rard to the North edge of pavement on Calder Avenue.
Unit 9: North Street, from the West property line of Twenty-third Street
Westward to include the intersection of Central Drive and North Street.
Unit 10: Harrison 'Street, from the west property line of Pine Street Westward
to the East property line of Grand Avenue.
Unit 11: Fourth Street, from the North line of College Street Northward to the
North right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific main line. tract South
of Angelina Street.
The above estimated cost has been determined on the basis of the bid of
Trotti & Thomson, Inc., which bid was accepted and contract in accordance
therewith awarded by resolution passed by •your honorable body on October 5,
1948.
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Very truly yours,
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R. C1 de Black
City Engineer