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RESOLUTION NO. 5307
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS
AND FIXING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR FAILURE
TO COMPLETE THE WORK-WITHIN TIME SPECIFIED
SILVA AVENUE-SILVA COURT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
SANITARY SEWERAGE PROJECT
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto,
California, that
wHEREAS, said Council did, on the 12th day of October, 1976,
adopt its Resolution of Intention No. 5268 to order the construe-
tion of sanitary sewer maino, wye branches, ·risers, manholes,
cleanouts and laterals and appurtenance3 in Silva Avenue and Silva
Court and in easements to be acquired; the acquisition of rights of
service and use in existing sewerage facilities; and the acquisition
of lands and easements and construction of all work auxiliary
thereto in said_assessment district, all as more partic--~larly
described and set fc. ·:th in said Resolution of Intention J
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Clerk is hereby directeCI. to publish·
once a week for two weeks in the Palo Alto Times, a newspaper
published and circulated in said City, 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
said City Clerk, the first publication of which notice shall be at
least ten days prior to the time fixed tor opening bids.
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 amountinq to ten percent of the bid, or by a bond in aaid
amount and payable to said City siqned by the bidder and a corporate
surety or by the bidder and two sureties who ahall justify before
any officer competent to admini~ter an oath, in double said amount
and over and above all statutory exemptions. The amount so posted
shall be forfeited to said City in caae the bidder depositing the
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same does not, within fifteen days after written notice that the
contract has been awarded to him, enter into a contract with the
City ..
It is hereby determined that in the event the contractor,
contracting ovners included, does not complete the work within the
time limit specified in the proposed contract or within such
further time as this Council shall have authorized, the contractor
or contracting owners, as the case may be, shall pay to the City
liquidated damages in the 4lll0unt of One Rvndud.
Dollars ($ 100.00 ) per day for each and every oay's delay in
finishing the work beyond. the completion date specified in saiQ
contract. Additional provisions with regard to said time of
completion and liquidated damages are set forth in the specif ica-
t.ions, wh.ich provisions are hereby :r;efe:rred t.o and in,corporated
herein by :reference.
Soid sealed propo~ls or bid.s shall be delivered to the
Clex-k Qf add City on or before _ _,t..:.;ar ... ee~--o'clock. L~M .. on the
, 1977, said time O.ing not 1.ess than ten
days frcm. the ti.Ile of the firfil.t publication of aaid n<>tioe• Bids
will be publicly opened, exaain.eQ and declared on said ~¥ and
houx' and referred to and considered by tbe C:tt,. Couacil at its
meetin-g at 7:3Q o'clock. !,_ .. M ... on J!m!!:l'l 24. a 197!_.,
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of a resolution duly passed and adopted by the
Council of the City of Palo Alto, California, at a meeting thereof
held on the lOtb day of Deemer , 197~, by th~ following
vote of the members thereof:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilrnembers: Beahrs, Berwald, c1a,.
Cosutock.,. Eye.rl7, Norton, Sher, Witb.erspoon
NOES, Councilmembers: None
ABSENT, Councilmembers: carey
Palo Alto
APPROVED:
Approved: