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<br />H. CARLOS SMITH
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<br />ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS, INC. PHONE A/C 71 3 471-4226
<br />718 SOUTH BROADWAY
<br />P. O. BOX M
<br />LAPORTE.TEXAS 7571
<br />2 March, 1981
<br />Hon. rtayor & City Council
<br />City of La Forte
<br />La Forte, Texas 77571 Re: °treet Faving & Drainage
<br />Improvement= - Lomax Bond
<br />Frog_ram - Job No, 1288-80
<br />Gentlemen:
<br />As anticipated the low bid recieved on the Gtreet Paving
<br />& Drainage Improvements - Lomax Bond grogram - Job No.
<br />1288-80, exceeded the available bond funds by approximately
<br />$600,000.00, with no allowance for contingencies.
<br />Bond moniee available are aG follows, based on payments
<br />made and anticipated expenditure:
<br />Proceed= from Bond Gale
<br />4x~enses;
<br />Bond Fee
<br />Cther
<br />Testing Lab
<br />Prelim , Engr ,
<br />Design EnD-r ,
<br />Fee
<br />Estimated Engr.
<br />Constr,
<br />P,alance E'ngr.
<br />Deign Fee
<br />$ 1,450,000,00
<br />$48,107.00
<br />? 30 . oo -,v a+~o ~ N~.y 4~Nr~r:Q- -~ ~~a. ,~- ~-~~~ S.~,Q~ ~6
<br />946,00 ~
<br />16,536.00
<br />99,350,00
<br />25,000.00
<br />12,286,00
<br />Balance for Construction
<br />2oz,955.00
<br />~ 1,247,045,00
<br />After consultation with I~ir, Hudgens, rig. Joerns, and rtr.
<br />Taylor, the following options are offered to the Council
<br />for their consideration:
<br />Option No, l:
<br />Reduce the width of pavement on Ilorth "H" ~t „ and North
<br />"P" street to 24 feet and eliminate the 'nest end of I~Iorth
<br />"H" Gtreet from Lomax Gchool Road to Big Island Clough,
<br />and construct Robinson Road and Houston Drive, all of
<br />these streets being major streets or feeder streets.
<br />Construction Cost:
<br />North "H" ~t. $ 448,232.00
<br />North "P" St. 529,239.00
<br />Lomax Gch. Rd, 136,730,00
<br />Robinson Rd. 35,250.00
<br />Houston Dr. 110,663,00
<br />Total $ 1,260,114,00
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