Ordinance No. 1,742ORDINANCE NO.1742
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS,RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ACTION
HERETOFORE TAKEN IN THE MATTER OF THE PERMANENT
IMPROVEMENT OF POST OAK DRIVE FROM THE WEST RIGHT
OF WAY LINE OF BAYWAY DRIVE TO THE EAST PROPERTY
LINE OF LAKEWOOD SUBDIVISION,SECTION P,IN THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS;ACCEPTING THE BID OF AND
AWARDING A CONTRACT TO WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY,
GULF DISTRICT,DIVISION OF ASHLAND OIL INC.FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS;APPROVING THE
CONTRACT AND PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SAID WORK;AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK
TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN;MAKING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR
PAYMENT OF THE CITY'S SHARE OF THE COST OF SAID
IMPROVEMENTS;ANDPROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1:The City Council ofthe City of Baytown
hereby finds and determines:
(a)That by Ordinance No.1704 duly adopted
and approved on the 24th day of October,1974
and Ordinance No.1734 duly adopted and ap
proved on the 9th day of January,1975,the
City of Baytown did determine the necessity
for and order the permanent improvement of
Post Oak Drive in the City of Baytown within
the limits defined:
POST OAK DRIVE,from the west right of way line
of Bayway Drive to the east pro
perty lineof Lakewood Subdivision,
Section P;
and did bysaid ordinances order and direct
the City's Consulting Engineer to forthwith
prepare and with the City Council file com
plete plans and specifications for such
improvements,and that pursuant to such
directions the City's Consulting Engineer has
filed with the City Council plans andspecifi
cations for said improvements,which have
beenduly approved and adopted by the City
Council;and
(b)That pursuant to direction of said City
Council,advertisement for bids for construction
of said improvements,as required by law was
published,and had,and thereafter,at the
appointed timeand place in such advertisement
stated,bids were received and opened;
and such action of said City Council,as so heretofore taken,is
in all things hereby ratified and confirmed.
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Section 2:That the City Council of the City of
Baytown,Texas,has and does hereby accept the bid of Warren
Brothers Company,Gulf District,Division of Ashland Oil Inc.for
the construction of said improvements for thesum of Fifty-Seven
Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven and No/100 ($57,177.00)
Dollars,and the contract for construction of said work and
improvements for said amount is hereby awarded to the said
Warren Brothers Company,Gulf District,Division of Ashland Oil
Inc.
Section 3:That Warren Brothers Company,Gulf District,
Division of Ashland Oil Inc.having heretofore executed and
submitted to the City Council forits approval the written contract
and performance bond as approved by the City Attorney,such
contract and bond are hereby approved and accepted as being in
full compliance with all requirements of the lawand of the
specifications andbid for said work,and the surety onsaid
performance bond should be,and the same is herebyapproved and
accepted as valid and sufficient for the amount stated therein,
and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Baytown,Texas,are
js^hereby authorized,empowered and directed to execute said contract
in the name of said City of Baytown,Texas,attesting the same in
proper form with the seal of the City of Baytown.
Section 4:The estimated amount of the costs of said
improvements to be paid by the City of Baytown,Texas,under the
above mentioned contract is hereby found and determined to bethe
sum of Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven and No/100
($57,177.00)Dollars andthere is herebyappropriated out of the
1970 Capital Improvements funds of the City of Baytown,Texas,
suchsum of Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven and
No/100 ($57,177.00)Dollars which sum has been certified by the
f Director of Finance of said City,evidenced by his signature at
the end of this Ordinance,to be an unencumbered balance of an
appropriation and available funds for such purpose,to pay the
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City of Baytown's share of the costs of said improvements,or so
much thereof as may be necessary to pay and discharge the obligations
of the City of Baytown,Texas,under said Contract.
Section 5:Effective Date:That this Ordinance shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage byan affirmative
vote of a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by an affirmative vote of
a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this
the13th day of February ,19 75.
TOM GENTRY",'Mayor V
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney
J.<B.LEFEVRE/,Director of Finance
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