1970/02/02 City Council Resolution (5)WJMLoJSoko 1/27/70
RESOLUTION NO. 70- 26
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS AND
FIXING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE
THE WORK WITHIN TIME SPECIFIED
AVRAM AVENUE AND SANTA ALICIA DRIVE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1969 -3
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park,
California, that
WHEREAS, the said Council did, on the 6th day of October,
1969, adopt its Resolution of Intention No. 69-97, as subsequently
amended, to order the clearing, grading, grubbing, removal of
existing trees, shrubs and structures, and construction of base,
pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, tree planting, monuments,
traffic striping, surface and subsurface drainage facilities,
sanitary sewer mains, manholes with frames and covers, laterals,
water mains, and all appurtenances in said City, all as more
particularly described and set forth in said Resolution of In-
tention, as amended;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Clerk of said City is hereby di-
rected to publish once a week for two weeks in the Central County
Clarion, a. newspaper published and circulated in Sonoma County,
there being no newspaper published in said City, and to post in
three public places in said City, a notice inviting sealed pro-
posals 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 and the posting of
which notice shall be at least fourteen days prior to the time
fixed for opening bids
All proposals or bids shall be accompanied by cash, a
cashier's or certified check payable to the order of the City
Clerk amounting to ten per cent of the bid, or by a bond in said
amount and payable to said City 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.
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 con-
tracting owners, as the case may be, shall pay to the City liqui-
dated damages in the amount of Twenty Five Dollars (25°00) per
day for each and every day's delay in finishing the work beyond
the completion date specified in said contract. Additional pro-
visions 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 2 :00 o'clock P.M. on the 13th day
of March, 1970) said time being not less than fourteen days from
the time of the first publication and the posting of said noticed
Bids will be publicly opened, examined and declared on said day
and hour, and referred to and considered by the Council at its
meeting at 7230 o'clock P.M. on March 16, 19700
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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
City Council of the City of Rohnert Park, Sonoma County,
California, at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of
February 9 lg 70, by the following vote of the
members thereof :
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: (5) Buchanan, Hopkins,
Roberts, Smith, and Rogers.
NOES, (0) Councilmen: None
ABSENT4.0) Councilmen: None
Deputy City C rk