HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8666iii
ORDINANCE N0. 8666
An Ordinance approving and adopting the plans and specifications of the
City Engineer for the improvement of constructing a sewer extending South from
Cheshire Street in the alley betti~°een Lincoln and 7~awrehce Streets, and serving the
hereinafter described property in the City of Eugene, Oregon, by directing the
City Recorder to advertise for bids for the construction of said improvement in
accordance with such plans and specifications, and notifying property owners when
and where the bids therefor will be opened and considered.
VTHEREAS, the Common Council of the said City of Eugene, on the 9th day
December 1940, passed Ordinance Tdo. 8665 for the improvement of the following
described property, to-wit:
Beginning at a point in the North line of Clark Avenue West 66 feet
North and 160 feet Vlest of the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1,
Sheltons Addition to the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon; running thenc
North 103 feet, thence East 53 feet, thence South 103 feet, thence 1~dest 53
feet to the place of beginning,
in the City of Eugene, by constructing a sewer to serve the same, and said ordinanc
was approved by the Mayor of the City on the day of 9th of December, 1940; and,
WHEREAS, Section 3 of said Ordinance directs the City Engineer to make and
prepare complete plans and specifications for the improvement of said property as
specified in said Ordinance, and
V~TIi'EREAS, plans and specifications have been so prepared by the City Engine
and have been examined. by the members of the Common Council of the City and found
to be satisfactory:
THE CITY OF EIIGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the plans and specifications of the City Engineer for the
improvement of the above described property in the City of Eugene, by paving the same
and doing such other work as may be necessary to completely improve the same are in+
all things approved and adopted, and the said property shall be improved in accorda Iice
therewith.
Section 2. That the City Recorder is instructed to give notice to contractors
and property owners, as provided in Section 53, 54 and 55-B, of the Charter of the
City of Eugene, inviting bids for the improvement of said property as prescribed
in and in conformity to said plans and specifications.
Section 3. That the Common Council declares that the said improvement and
the whole thereof shall be let as one contract, and the City Recorder is directed
to state in the notice to contractors and property owners that said improvement will
be let in one contract, and to also state therein the time and place when and where
bids for the construction of said improvement will be opened and considered by the
Common Council, and, that at such time and place property owners may file remonstrances
against letting said contract.
' Section 4. That the party whose bid is accepted for said improvement shall
sign a contract for said work within ten days from the time of the receipt by him
Hof the notification of the acceptance oP his bid, and the work thereon shall be
comttienced within ten days after the letting of said contract, and shall be complete
within sixty days thereafter, unless an extension of the time therefor be granted
by the Common Council. The party whose bid is accepted shall also execute and
deliver to the city a good and sufficient bond, with one or more sureties to be
approved by the sewer Bommittee of the City in an amount equal to eighty per cent
of his contract price, as security for the faithful and satisfactory fulfillment of
his contract.
Section 5. That each party bidding for said improvement shall accompany
his bid with a certified check or cash in an amount equal to five per cent of the
amount of his bid, as evidence of good faith, and said cheek, or the proceeds
thereof, or said money shall be retained by the City until a written contract is
finally made, and fully executed and the bond furnished and delivered, all to be
done within ten days after the award of said contract.
~ Section 6. V'uHEREAS, the improvement contemplated and provided for by this
lordinance, is a necessary improvement, and the streets to be improved U re in such
'Ieondition that their immediate improvement is essential to their safety, it is,
therefore, declared that an emergency exists and that it is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, that this ordinance
take effect at once, and it is ordered that this act shall take effect immediately
upon its passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Approved by the Tvlayor this
9th day of December, 1940
/s/ Elisha l,ar~;e
1tGayo r
Passed by the Common Council
this 9th day of December, 1940
/s/_ d. M. Br,,yan
Recorder