HomeMy WebLinkAbout5454-08.27.1923 RESOLUTION NO. -3 `T Q Li-
RESOLUTION OF EKING CONSTRUCTION O LJPROVEMENT
AND DIRECTING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TH&PFOR.
PAVING-E Park, W Second , Washington Ste..
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY a
WATERLOO, IOWA ON ITS OWN MOTION:
That pursuant to a resolution of necessity passed
by this Council on the 27th day of August , 1923, the same berg;
resolution No. °`.a57 , that the improvements described in said Reso-
lution of Necessity which is made a part hereof by reference, and
which consists of laying-e constructing certain improvements as
hereinafter described in, upon and along the following streets and
avenues and parts thereof in said city:
Pave that part of East Park avenue from the northeast
line of ivulberry street to the southwest line of Walnut street , which
is now occupied by center pi. rking and unpaved.
Resurface that part of Aast Park Avenue which is now
paved from the northeast line of iiulberry street to the southwest line
of Franklin street .
Pave Wost Second street from the northeast line of Com-
mercial street to the northeast curb line of Cedar street.
Resurface Was :ington street from the northwest line of
West Ninth street to the end of the present paving at Eleventh Street.
Be and the same are hereby ordered constructed, the
same being dnne upon motion of this Council without petition of pro-
perty owners.
Be it further resolved that the City Clerk be and he
is hereby ordered to advertise for proposals or bids for the construc-
tion of the improvements aoove ordered , the improvements to be con-
structed in strict accordance with the plans and specifications there-
for prepared by the City Engineer and approved by this Council; said
work to be commenced on or before the 12th day of September, and to be
completed on or before the 15th day of October, 1923. Payment to the
contractor will be made either in special assessment certificates or
street improvement/ bonds bearing interest at the rate of 56 per annum
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to the extent that the cost of said improvement is assessable by law
against the property abutting upon the same ; said bonds or certifi-
cates to be issued or delivered to the contractor after the work is
completed and accepted; any deficiency between the contract price and
the amount of said bonds or certificates to be paid in warrants drawn
on the street improvement funds available for the year beginning April
let, 19 . Or the contractor may be paid in sash.
The proposals vd.11 be opened by this Council at a
meeting to be held in the Council Chamber on the 10th day of Septem-
ber, 1923 at a ht o'clock P.I . and acted upon at that time or such
later time as may be then fixed. All bids must be received by the
City Clerk on or before five o ' clock on. the 10th day of September,
1923, accompanied in a separate envelope by a certified check payable
to the order of the Treasurer of said city, drawn on a Waterloo bank-
and in an amount equal to 1010 of the bid . Said checks are required as
security that the bidder will enter into a contract with said city for
the do ing of the work and will furnish the required bond in the amount
and form provided for by the specifications and conditioned on the faith
ful performance of the contract and on the contractor keeping the work
in repair for four years after acceptance thereof and on the contractor
payigg the laborers and persons furnishing material therefor.
Passed and adopted this 27th day of August , 1923.
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