Approving an Agreement City of South Bend, State Hwy Dept. for Fifty Cents Participation of the Municiapl City of South Bend for the Construction of State Project 82 (D) on State Road 2

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(Western Avenue) from Maple Street east to 0. 02 mile east of Taylor Street in South Bend, In diana, and WHEREAS, the total estimated construction cost of the project is $71, 700. 00, and WHEREAS, the City's share of the cost shall be 50% of the total amount of the entire final construction cost of said project and the City has, by an appropriation duly made and entered of record, appro- priated the sum of $35, 850. 00 to apply to the cost of said project, which amount is estimated to equal the City's share of the entire cost of the project. IT IS THEREFORE AGREED by and between the Department and the City as follows: 1. The plans and specifications for the proposed project shall be prepared by the Department, which plans and specifications shall be completed and ready for the letting of the contract not later than day of , 19_ 2. The plans and specifications shall be subject to the approval of the City. In the event that said plans and specifications are duly approved by said City, the Department shall, within a reasonable time, in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the letting of contracts by said Department, advertise for bids, and. upon receipt and approval of an acceptable pro- posal, the Department shall award a construction contract there- fore under the laws and regulations governing said Department. The construction contract shallnot be let for a price in excess of the Engineer's Estimate. 3. Before the awarding of the construction contract and before the beginning of the work thereunder, the City shall contribute and pay to the State, through the State Highway Department, a sum equal to 50% of the bid price for construction; and, upon the completion of the contract, the City shall pay to the State, through said Department, the remaining part of the portion of the cost for which the City is liable under the terms of this agree- ment. The City's portion of the construction cost is 50110 of the total payment to the contractor. It is understood that the con- struction contract is to be awarded on unit prices, on estimated quantities, and if the total paymentto the contractor under the construction contract is more or less than that estimated at the time of signing the construction contract, the City's portion of the cost shall increase or decrease accordingly. In no case shall the City pay to the State less than 501a of the cost of the construction contract work. Changes in the construction con- tract will not be made without approval of Raymond S. Andrysiak, City Engineer of South Bend, or his duly authorized successor.