HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8668114
ORDINANCE No. 8ss8
An ordinance approving and adopting the plans and specifications of the Ci
Engineer for the improvement of constructing a sewer extending South from Cheshire
Street in the alley bettiveen Lincoln and Lawrence Streets, and serving the herein-
after described property in the City of Eugene, Oregon, by directing the City
Recorder to advertise for bids for the construction of said improvement in accord-
ance with such plans and specifications, and notifying property owners when and
where the bids therefor will be opened and considered.
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the said City of Eugene, on the 9th day of
Deeembe~1940, passed Ordinance No. 8667 for the improvement of the following
described property, to-wit:
Beginning 66 feet, North of the Northeast corner of Block 1, Sheltons
First Addition to Eugene, Lane County, `Oregon, run thence West 54 feet,
thence North 103 feet, thence East 54 feet, thence South 103 feet to the
place of beginning,
in the City of Eugene, by constructing a sewer to serve the same and said Ordinance
was approved by the T~fayor of the City on the day of December _9, 1940, and
WHEREAS, Section 3 of said Ordinance
prepare complete plans and specifications for
specified in said ordinance, and
directs the City Engineer to make and ~~
the improvement of said property as ~~
WHEREAS, plans and specifications have been so prepared by the City
and have been examined by the members of the Common Council of the City and
to be satisfactory:
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Engineer
found ~~
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section:.l. That thb. 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 accordance therevaith.
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 i1
City of Eugene, inviting bids for the improvement of said property as prescribed f
in and in conformity to said plans and specifications. I
Section 3. That the Common Council declares that the said improvement and
the whole thereof shall be let as one contract, and the City hecorder 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 conside
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 receitp by
him of the notif ication of the acceptance of his bid, and the work thereon shall
be commenced within ten days after the letting of said contract, and shall be
completed 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 Committee of the City in an amount equal to eighty per
cent of his contract price, as security for the faithful and satisfactory fulfillme
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 check, 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. yytTiEREAS, the improvement contemplated and provided. for by this
ordinance, is a necessary improvement, and the streets to be improved are in such
condition that their immediate improvement is essential to their safety, it is,
therefore, declared that an emergency exists and that it is neeessary~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 I~Tayor.
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Approved by the Mayor this
9th day of December, 1940
/s/Elisha Large
- yor
Fassed by the Common Council
this 9th day of December, 1940
/s/ C. N:. Bryan
ity ecorder