HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD.2474.01-19-1999BILL NO. 99-9 ORDINANCE NO. I t
AN ORDINANCE REAFFIRMING THE ACTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO
IMPROVE, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT,
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT TO DO THE WORK, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF PAYMENT OF THE WORK, OF SILVER
SPRINGS ROAD FROM MISSOURI ROUTE K TO THE END
OF EXISTING PAVEMENT SOUTH OF INDEPENDENCE
STREET, APPROXIMATELY 2100 FEET, IN THE CITY
OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. That the City Council of the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, has by ordinance in writing duly adopted at a
regular meeting of said Council held on November 16, 1998, found
and declared it to be necessary to improve that part of Silver
Springs Road from Missouri Route K to the end of existing pavement
South of Independence Street, for a distance of approximately 2100
feet, by grading to the established grade and constructing thereon:
a Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, seven (7) inches thick and
forty-four (44) feet in width between the back of upright curbs;
from William Street to Gordonville Road, a Portland Cement Concrete
Pavement seven (7) inches thick and forty (40) feet in width
between the back of upright curbs, from Gordonville Road to the
existing pavement; construction of permanent traffic signals at
William Street; reconstruction of the intersection of Gordonville
Road; and storm sewers and all other necessary appurtenances, all
as shown on the plans and specifications for said improvement.
Said ordinance further provided that the said work of the
improvement should be done by contract as provided by law and
ordinance and further provided that the cost of the proposed work,
not to exceed $56.00 per front foot, plus all land acquisition
costs, shall be charged to the abutting property by the issuance of
special tax bills and the balance shall be charged to the City and
any cost in excess of $56.00 per front foot, plus all land
acquisition costs, shall be borne by the general revenue fund of
the City and only $56.00 per front foot, plus all land acquisition
costs, shall be charged against the abutting property, all in
accordance with Chapter 88, RSMo, and such ordinances as may be
hereafter enacted to carry out said work. This $56.00 per front
foot amount, plus all land acquisition costs, is hereby established
as the assessment to be used for this improvement.
ARTICLE 2. That the Council finds and declares that the
ordinance has been published in the Southeast Missourian, a daily
newspaper printed and published in the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, for seven (7) consecutive issues, and that a majority of
the resident property owners of the lands that would be liable for
the costs of the improvements at the date of the passage of the
Ordinance, who own a majority of the front feet owned by residents
of the City of Cape Girardeau abutting on the part of the street
proposed to be improved, have not within ten (10) days after the
date of the last publication of the Ordinance filed with the City
Clerk their protest against such improvements.
ARTICLE 3. That the Council further finds that all
requirements imposed by law and ordinance for the improvements have
been complied with and that it thereby acquired authority to order
the improvement and now hereby orders and directs that part of
Silver Springs Road from Missouri Route K to the end of existing
pavement South of Independence Street, for a distance of
approximately 2100 feet, by grading to the established grade and
constructing thereon; a Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, seven
(7) inches thick and forty-four (44) feet in width between the back
of upright curbs, from William Street to Gordonville Road; a
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement seven (7) inches thick and forty
(40) feet in width between the back of upright curbs, from
Gordonville Road to the existing pavement; construction of
permanent traffic signals at William Street; reconstruction of the
intersection of Gordonville Road; and storm sewers and all other
necessary appurtenances, all in accordance with the plans and
specifications for the improvement previously adopted and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk, which are hereby adopted for said
improvement.
ARTICLE 4. That the Prevailing Hourly Wage Rate is determined
by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the public
works project in Missouri Annual Wage Rate No. 5, April 6, 1998.
The City of Cape Girardeau is authorized to contract for this
public works project with a contractor who will pay his workmen the
prevailing hourly rate of wages for each type of workman as
determined in Missouri Annual Wage Rate No. 5, April 6, 1998, who
will agree to comply with all provisions of the Prevailing Wage
Law, and who is not prohibited by the provisions of the Prevailing
Wage Law from contracting with the City on a public works project.
That prior to final payment to be made to the Contractor, the City
of Cape Girardeau will require that the Contractor file an
affidavit stating that the contractor and all his subcontractors
have fully complied with the provisions and requirements of the
Prevailing Wage Law.
ARTICLE 5. The Council further orders and directs that the
work of improvement of that part of Silver Springs Road from
Missouri Route K to the end of existing pavement South of
Independence Street, from William Street to Gordonville Road, from
Gordonville Road to the existing pavement, construction of
permanent traffic signals at William Street, reconstruction of the
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intersection of Gordonville Road, storm sewers and all other
necessary appurtenances, be done by contract, and that it be done
so that it will in all respects comply with the said plans and
specifications therefor, and that the cost thereof will not exceed
the estimate of cost for said work prepared by the City Engineer
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk and heretofore approved
by the Council, except such items of work necessary to the proper
construction of the improvements and unforeseen and not included in
the estimate of cost, and said work of improvement shall be done in
such manner as to comply with all applicable statutes and
ordinances. The contract entered into shall not be in excess of
the estimates of the whole cost of the improvement previously made
by the City Engineer and above referred to. The Council further
finds and declares that the condition of the general revenue fund
of the City is such that the portion of the cost of the work in
excess of $56.00 per front foot, plus all land acquisition costs,
shall ultimately be paid therefrom.
ARTICLE 6. That the work to be done under this ordinance
shall be done under the supervision of the City Engineer. The work
to be done shall be done by contract let by the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, to the lowest and best bidder therefor within
the City Engineer's estimate of the costs, after advertisement for
bids for said work to be done shall have been published by at least
seven (7) consecutive insertions in a daily newspaper in the City
of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The City reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
ARTICLE 7. That the successful bidder for said work shall
enter into a contract with the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
after the same is awarded and give bond with good and sufficient
sureties for the faithful performance thereof in a sum at least
equal to the contract price.
ARTICLE 8. The contract shall provide that the payment to the
Contractor shall be made from the general revenue fund of the City
with monthly estimates to be paid to the contractor for work
completed, less ten per cent (10%) retainage. Final payment is to
be made within ten (10) days of final acceptance of the work by the
City. When the work of improvement has been completed as herein
provided and has further been approved by the City Engineer in a
written report thereof, and when said report has been approved and
adopted by the City Council, and the cost of the work shall
initially have been paid for by the City, special tax bills in an
amount not to exceed $56.00 per front foot, plus all land
acquisition costs, shall be issued in favor of the City of Cape
Girardeau and against the lots, tracts and parcels of land fronting
and abutting on said improvement along the distance mentioned, in
proportion to the number of front feet fronting or abutting on said
portion of the street so improved and in accordance with the law,
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and which said special tax bills shall be delivered to the City of
Cape Girardeau. Such special tax bills shall bear interest from
sixty (60) days after their date at four and eight hundred twenty-
five one thousandths per cent (4.825%) per annum.
ARTICLE 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after ten days after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
ATTEST:
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Gayle�AL. Conrad
Deputy City Clerk
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A. Mj Spradling, III, T!)(or
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