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RESOLUTION NO. 4575
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS AND
FIXING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR FAILURE TO
COMPLETE THE WORK ~·!ITHIN TIME SPECIFIED
GREEN ACRES I UNDERGROUND UTILITIES CONVERSION
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, Californla,
WHEREAS, on February 28, 1972, said Council adopted its Reso-
lution No. 4566 of Preliminary Determination and of Intention to
order the acquisition and construction of certain public improve-
ments, all as more particularly therein described;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Clerk of this City is hereby directed
to publish twice, in the Palo Alto Times, a newspaper published and
c-irculated in said City, a notice in vi ting sealed proposals or bids
fo:~ the construction of primary and secondary facilities, splice
boxes, transformer vaults and street lighting facilities and all
auxikiary work, and referring to the plans and specifications on
file in the office of said Clerk, the first of which publications
shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the time fixed for open-
ing bids.
All proposals or bids shall be accompanied by cash, cashier's
or certi~ied check payable to the order of the City Clerk amount-
ing to ten percent (10~) of the bid, or by a bond in said amount
and payable to said Clerk signed by the bidder and a corporate
surety or by the bidder and two sureties who shall justify before
any officer competent to administer an oath, in double said amount
and over and above all statutory exemptions. The amount so posted
shall be forfeited to said City in case the bidder depositing the
same does not, within fifteen days after written notice that the
contract has been awarded to him, enter into a contract with the
City.
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It is hereby determined that in the event the contractor,
contracting owners 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 amount of One Hundred dollars
($ 100.00 ) per day for each and every day's delay in finishing
the work beyond the completion date specified in said contract.
Additional provisions with regard to said time of completion and
liquidated damages are set forth in the specifications, which
provisions are hereby referred to and incorporated herein by
reference.
Said sealed proposals or bids shall be delivered to the City
_Clerk of said City on or before 3:00 o'clock P .. M. on the 17th
' day of May , 1912, said time being not iesa than ten (10)
days from the time of firbL publication of said notice. Bids will
be opened, examined and declared by the City Manager in the
Council Chambers, Civic Center, Palo Alto, California, and will
be referred to and considered by the Council at its meeting at
7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 5th day of June , 1972.
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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 ~z_7_t_h_ day of ~-M_a_r_c_h _________ , 1972, by
the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: UNANIMOUS
NOES,
ABSENT,
APPROVED:
Approved:
Councilmen: None
Councilmen: None
Mayor