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RESOLUTION NO. 6366
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OP PALO ALTO
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, CALLING FOR
SEALED PROPOSALS AND FIXING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR
FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN TBB TIME SPECIFIED
CAMBRIDGE AVENUE DNDERGROOND UTILITIES
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 27
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESO~VE as follows:
SECTION 1. On February 11, 1985, the Council adopted Resolution
No. 6148, a Resolution of Intention to Acquire aPd Construct Improve-
ments, and plans and specifications suitable for calling for bids for
construction of said improvements have been submitted for approval by
the Council.
SECTION 2. Said plans and specifications for the c?nstruction of
said improvements, on file in the off ice of the City Clerk, are hereby
approved.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish once a
week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published and
circulated in the City of Palo Alto, a notice inviting sealed proposals
or bids for the construction of said improvements, and referring to the
plans and specifications on file in the office of the City Clerk, the
first publication of which notice shall be at least fourteen (14) days
prior to the time fixed for opening bids.
SECTION 4. All proposals or bids shall be accompanied by cash, a
cashier's or certified check payable to the order of the City of Palo
Alto amounting to ten percent (10t) of the bid, or by a bond in said
amount and payable to the City of Palo Alto signed by the bidder and a
corporate surety or by the bidder and two sureties who shall justify
before any officer coapetent to administer an oath, in double said
aao.mt and over and above all statutory exemptions.. The aaount so
posted shall be forfeited to the City in case the bidder depositing the
same does not, within fifteen (15) days after written notice that the
contract has been awarded to hia, enter into the contract to construct
said iaprovementsc
SECTION S. That in the event the contractor, contracting owners
inclUded, does not c01Dplete the work within the time limit specified in
the proposed contract or within su~h further time as the Council shall
have authorized, tbe contractor or contracting owners, as the case may
be, shall pay to the City liquidated damages in t~e amount ~f One Hun-
dred Dollars ($100) per calendar day for each and every day's delay in
finishing the work beyond the coapletion date specified in said con-
tract. Additional provisions with regard to said time of coapletion
and liquidated damages are set forth in the specifications, which pro-
visions are b.~reby referred to and incorporated herein by reference.
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SECTION 6. Said sealed proposals or bids shall be delivered to
the Director of Purchasing Services of City on or before 3:00 o'clock
p.m. on June 12, 1935, said time being not less than ten (10) days from
the time of the first publication of said notice. Bids will be pub-
licly opened, examined and declared on said day and hour, and referred
to and considered by the Council at its meeting at 7:30 o•c1ock p.m. on
July 1, 1985.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: April 15, 1985
A~ES:
NOES:
Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Sutorius, Witherspoon,
W~olley
None
ABSTENTIONS: None
AB.SENT: None
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