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<br />ORDINANCE No. 8ss8
<br />An ordinance approving and adopting the plans and specifications of the Ci
<br />Engineer for the improvement of constructing a sewer extending South from Cheshire
<br />Street in the alley bettiveen Lincoln and Lawrence Streets, and serving the herein-
<br />after described property in the City of Eugene, Oregon, by directing the City
<br />Recorder to advertise for bids for the construction of said improvement in accord-
<br />ance with such plans and specifications, and notifying property owners when and
<br />where the bids therefor will be opened and considered.
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the said City of Eugene, on the 9th day of
<br />Deeembe~1940, passed Ordinance No. 8667 for the improvement of the following
<br />described property, to-wit:
<br />Beginning 66 feet, North of the Northeast corner of Block 1, Sheltons
<br />First Addition to Eugene, Lane County, `Oregon, run thence West 54 feet,
<br />thence North 103 feet, thence East 54 feet, thence South 103 feet to the
<br />place of beginning,
<br />in the City of Eugene, by constructing a sewer to serve the same and said Ordinance
<br />was approved by the T~fayor of the City on the day of December _9, 1940, and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 3 of said Ordinance
<br />prepare complete plans and specifications for
<br />specified in said ordinance, and
<br />directs the City Engineer to make and ~~
<br />the improvement of said property as ~~
<br />WHEREAS, plans and specifications have been so prepared by the City
<br />and have been examined by the members of the Common Council of the City and
<br />to be satisfactory:
<br />i
<br />Engineer
<br />found ~~
<br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section:.l. That thb. plans and specifications of the City Engineer for the
<br />improvement of the above described property in the City of Eugene, by paving the
<br />same and doing such other work as may be necessary to completely improve the same
<br />are in all things approved and adopted, and the said property shall be improved
<br />in accordance therevaith.
<br />Section 2. That the City Recorder is instructed to give notice to contractors
<br />and property owners, as provided in Section 53, 54 and 55-B, of the Charter of the i1
<br />City of Eugene, inviting bids for the improvement of said property as prescribed f
<br />in and in conformity to said plans and specifications. I
<br />Section 3. That the Common Council declares that the said improvement and
<br />the whole thereof shall be let as one contract, and the City hecorder is directed
<br />to state in the notice to contractors and property owners that said improvement
<br />will be let in one contract, and to also state therein the time and place when
<br />and where bids for the construction of said improvement will be opened and conside
<br />by the Common Council, and, that at such time and place property owners may file
<br />remonstrances against letting said contract.
<br />Section 4. That the party whose bid is accepted for said improvement shall
<br />sign a contract for said work within ten days from the time of the receitp by
<br />him of the notif ication of the acceptance of his bid, and the work thereon shall
<br />be commenced within ten days after the letting of said contract, and shall be
<br />completed within sixty days thereafter, unless an extension of the time therefor be
<br />granted by the Common Council. The party whose bid is accepted shall. also execute
<br />and deliver to the city a good and sufficient bond, with one or more sureties to
<br />be approved by the Sewer Committee of the City in an amount equal to eighty per
<br />cent of his contract price, as security for the faithful and satisfactory fulfillme
<br />of his contract.
<br />Section 5. That each party bidding for said improvement shall accompany
<br />his bid with a certified check or cash in an amount equal to five per cent of the-
<br />amount of his bid, as evidence of good faith, and said check, or the proceeds
<br />thereof, or said money shall be retained by the City until a written contract is
<br />finally made, and fully executed and the bond furnished and delivered, all to be
<br />done within ten days after the award of said contract.
<br />Section 6. yytTiEREAS, the improvement contemplated and provided. for by this
<br />ordinance, is a necessary improvement, and the streets to be improved are in such
<br />condition that their immediate improvement is essential to their safety, it is,
<br />therefore, declared that an emergency exists and that it is neeessary~for the .
<br />immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, that this ordinance
<br />take effect at once, and it is ordered that this act shall take effect immediately
<br />upon its passage by the Council and approval by the I~Tayor.
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