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RESOLUTION NO. 4200
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS
AND FIXING LIQU/DATED DAMAGES FOR FAILURE
TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN TIME SPECIFIED
MISCELLANEOUS STREETS PROJECT NO. 67-3
ORIGINAL
RESOLVED, by the C ouncil of the City of Pal o Alto, C alif ornia,
that
WHEREAS, on May 6, 1968, said Cou ncil adopted its Resolution
No. 4122 of Preliminary Determinati on and of Intention to o rd er the
c onstruction of grading, pavement, curbs, g utters, sidewalks, s ani-
tary sewerage and storm drainage f acilities, underg round p ower and
telepho ne facilities, street lighting, wat er distribution f acilities
a nd all auxiliary wor k a nd appurte nances in said City, all as mo re
particula rly described and set forth in said Resol ution of Prelimi nary
Determina tion and of Intention;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Clerk of said City is her eby directed to
publish once a week for two w eeks in the Palo Alto Tim es, a n ews-
peperpublished an d cir culate d in said City, a notice inviting sealed
pro posals or bids for the constru ction of sa id improvements, and
referring to the plans and spec ificatio ns on file in the office of
said Clerk, the first publication of which notice sha ll be at least
fourteen (14) days prio r to the time fixed for openin g bids.
All proposals or bids sha ll be acco mpan ied by cash, ca shier's
or cer tified check paya ble to the or der of the City Cler k, amou nting
to ten per cent of the bid, or by a bond in said amount an d pa ya ble
to said Cler k signed by the bidder and a corporate surety or by the
bidder and two sureties . 'o shall justify befor e any office r compe-
ten t to a dmin ister an o ath, in double said amount and ove r and above
all sta tu tory exemptio ns. The amount so posted sha ll be forfe ited
to said City in case the bidder depo siting the same do es not, w ithin
fifteen (15) days after written notice that the co ntract has been
awa rded to him, ente r into a co ntract with the City.
It is hereby deter mi ned that in the event the c ontracto r, con-
tracting owners included, does not complete the wo rk within the time
limit specified in the p rop osed contr act or withi n such furthe r time
as this Council shall have auth orized, the contract or or contracting
ow ners, as the case may be, sh all p ay to the City liquid ated damages
in the amount of fifty D ollars ($ 50.00 ) per d ay f or
e ach and ev ery day's delay in finishing the work beyo nd the c ompletio n
date specified in said co ntract. Additional pro visi ons with reg ard
to sa id time of completion and liquidated damages are set fo rth in
the specificatio ns, w hich provisions are hereby ref erred to and
in co rpora ted her ein by reference.
Sa id sealed proposals or bids shall be deliv ered to the City
Cler k of said City on or before 3.;90 o'clock __ _ .M . on the
26th day of F ebruar y , 1969, said time being n ot less
than fourteen days fr om the time of the first public ati on of said
no tice. Bids will be publicly ope ne d, examined and declared on said
day a nd hour and referred to and considered by the Council at -its
meeting at 7:30 o'clo ck P.M. on Mar ch 17
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, 1969.
I hereby certify that the fore go ing is a full, true and correct
copy of a resolution duly passed and a dopted by the Council of the
City of Palo Alto , Califor nia, at a meeting ther eof held on the
20th da y of January , 1969 , by the follow ing vote of
the m tubers thereof:
AYE S, and in favor thereof, Councilme n: Arnold. Be rwald, Clark,
Comstock, Dias, G alla gher , Gullixson, Pe arson, Spae th, W heatley
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ABSENT
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Councilme n: No
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