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y • • TURNER, COLLIE & BRADEN, INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS September 25, 1974 The Honorable Mayor and City Commission City of La Porte P. O. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 Re: Proposal for Engineering Services Grade Separation -Spencer Highway at Southern Pacific Railroad Job No. 1677-011 Gentlemen: In response to the discussions which have taken place between the City of La Porte and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company regarding the construction of a grade separation to elevate Spencer Highway above the tracks of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, we are pleased to submit this Proposal for engineering services. We understand that the City of La Porte and Southern Pacific are both eager for the design and construction of this facility to proceed expeditiously as soon as an agreement is reached concerning the facility to be built and the conditions under which it is to be constructed. In order to enable us to begin work on this assignment as soon as possible, we are submitting this Proposal for your consideration and approval. An interim authorization commencing the field surveys was forwarded to you earlier. SCOPE OF SERVICES The basic engineering services to be performed under this authorization consist of providing the design phase services described in Section II. B. of the attached Agreement for Engineering Services. The facility to be designed is described in the attached Design Summary, including Drawings PC-9 and PC-10, which is the facility agreed upon and approved by both the City of La Porte and Southern Pacific during the discussions which were preliminary to the agreement to construct this facility. We under- stand that the Design Summary is included in the articles of settlement between the City of L~. Porte and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The special services to be performed under this authorization consist of providing the required field surveys for design and the land surveys and