CC RESOLUTION 280_L
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RESOLUTION NO. 280
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, PRO-
VIDING FOR THE RECEIVING OF SEALED BIDS
FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK AND THE
FURNISHING OF THE MATERIALS NECESSARY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIE IMPROVEMENT
REFERRED TO IN PLAET AND PROFILE NUMEER
M- 330801 OF SAID CITY, DESIGNATED AS
"PLAN AND PROFILE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF ARIZONA DRIVE IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO*
CAL. UNDER MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
ACT OF 1927 ", AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
CLERK OF SAID CITY TO PUBLISH A NOTICE
INVITING SUCH SEALED BIDS.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does resolve, declare and determine as follows:
SECTION 1. That sealed bids or proposals be
invited by the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
Califo mia, on behalf of said City, and be reps ived' by
said Council for the furnishing of all of the materials
and for the parfonmance of all of the work required to
construct and complete the work of grading, paving and
improving of Arizona Drive (State Highway No. 60), within
said City, as contemplated in the Plans and Specifications
for said project hereinafter in this resolution referred to.
SECTION 2. That such sealed bids or proposals
shall be so submitted and received for the furnishing
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of the materials and for the perfo miance of the wo 3t
referred to in the form of notice to bidders hereinafter
in this resolution set forth, and shall be so submitted
and received upon and subject to each and all of the
various terms, conditions sad provisions of, and set
forth in, said form of notice.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk of said
City be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed,
to publish a notice inviting sealed proposals or bids
for the furnishing of such materials and the perform-
anoe of such work in substantially the following form,
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"NOTICE TO BIDDERS ON STREET WORK
NOTICE I3 HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council
of the City of El Segundo, California, on behalf of said
City, invites sealed bids or proposals for the furnishing
of all of the materials and for the performance of all of
the work required in order to construct and complete the
improvement of Arizona Drive (State Highway No. 60), within
said City, as contemplated in and under the Plans and
Specifications for said project hereinafter referred to.
All bids or proposals must be sealed and endorsed
"Proposal for the Grading and Paving of Arizona Drive (State
Highway No. 60),' and must be mailed or delivered so as to
be in the possession of the City Clerk of said City, at
his office in the City Hall of said City, located in said
City, at or before the hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M. on Wed-
nesday, the 6th day of September, 1933, at which said time
and in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City,
all bids or proposals received will be publicly opened,
examined and declared by said City Council.
The materials to be furnished and the work to
be performed under this notice, and for which such bids
or proposals are invited, are all of the materials and
all of the work required in order to construct and complete
the improvement of said Arizona Drive (State Highway No. 60),
in the City of E1 Segundo, California, as contemplated in
and under the following Plans and Specifications for said
work, to-wit:
(1) 'Plan and Profile No. M- 330801, Consisting
of Ten Sheets, numbered One to Ten inclusive', and which
said Plan is also designated as 'Plan and Profile for the
Improvement of Arizona Drive in the City of E1 Segundo,Cal.
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under Municipal Improvement District Act of 1927: Said
Plan and Profile No. M- 330801 was heretofore approved and
adopted for said work or improvement, and same is now on
file in the office of the City Engineer of said City, in
the City Hall thereof, and is open to public inspection,
and said Plan and Profile No. M- 330801 so on file is
hereby referred to and by this reference expressly in-
corpor ate& herein and made a part hereof.
(2) "Standard Grading and Paving Specifications
No. 2 of the City of El Segundo, California ". Said
Specifications No. 2 were heretofore approved and adopted
by the City Council of the City of El Segundo, Calilbnria,
and same are now on file in the office of the City Clerk
of said City in the City Hall thereof, and are open to
public inspection, and said Specifications No. 2 so on
file are hereby referred to and by this reference are
hereby expressly incorporated herein and made a part
hereof.
No bid submitted shall be vd. thdrawn for any
purpose whatsoever, after it has been deposited with the
City Clerk.
Copies of said Plans and Specifications may be
obtained by any person desiring the some at either the
office of the City Clerk or the office of the City Engineer,
by depositing with the officer from whom the same are re-
oeived, the sum of $5.00, which said deposit will be
refunded to the person, firm or corporation depositing
the same, upon the return of such copies in good order.
All bids or proposals shall be submitted on
the blank form of proposal provided by the City for that
purpose, copies of ihich may be obtained without charge
from either the office of the City Engineer or the City
Clerk of said City.
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Bidders in bidding shall state the unit price
for each item of the proposed work, in ink, or typewriting,
and such price shall be stated both in words and figures.
Each bid must be signed by the bidder with the fall name
and both the business and residence (if any) address of
such bidder appearing. In case any bid is filed by a
firm or oo- partnership, the name and residence of each
and every member of such firm or co- partnership shall be
inserted, and in case any bid is submitted by or on be-
half of a corporation, such bid shall be signed in the
name of such corporation by some duly authorised officer,
agent or representative thereof, who shall also subsorfbe
his own name and title of his office, and if practicable
the seal of such corporation shall be affixed.
Bach bid must be accompanied by a certified
or cashier's check, or by a bidder's bond in a am not
less than ten per cent (10%) of the total amount of such
bid, payable to the order of the City of &1 Segundo,
California, and the check of the saooeseful bidder shall
be forfeited to said City,unless such bidder shall within
ten days after notice of award of contract has been given
such bidder, enter into the required contract and furnish
the necessary bonds for faithful perfomance and to secure
laborers end materialmen.
The cheoks of unsuooessfnl bidders will be
returned to such respective bidders within three days
after the award of the contract hereunder, or in case
of the rejection of all bids, within three days after
such rejection. A surety bond in the emu of not lose
than E5% of the total contract price will be required
for the faithful performance of the contract, and a surety
bond in an amount not less than 50% of such total contract
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price will be required to secure laborers and materialmen.
All such bonds shall be subject to the approval of the
City Council as to sufficiency, and to the City Attorney
of said City as to form. The contract to be executed
hereunder shall be subject to the approval of the City
Attorney as to form.
The bidder to whom the contract hereunder is
awarded, will be required within ten days after notice
of award of contract given such bidder to execute the
necessary contract, as specified in the proposal, in
duplicate. In case of the failure of shah successful
bidder to execute said contract within said ten day period,
the proposal or bid of such bidder and the aoceptame
thereof by said Council, shall be null and void, and the
check or bond of each bidder shall be forfeited to said
City as hereinabove stated, and the City Council shall
be at liberty to make other contracts with other parties
as said Council may see fit.
After thesigning of the necessary contract and
the approval of the required bonds, the check of the
successful bidder will be returned forthwith.
All bids will be compared on the basis of the
City Engineer's estimate of the quantities of ra rk to be
done as follows:
Item 1. Clearing Right -of -Way
Item 2. 909000 ou. yde. Earthwork
Excavation
Item 30 4310965 sq. ft. 3ubgrade
Item 4. 4319965 sq. ft. ?" Full Penetration
two- oourse Asphalt Macadam Pavement
Item 5. 1131 lin. ft. of 18" Corrugated
Iron Drainage Pipes
Item 6. 3 Standard Headwalls
Item 9. 8 Standard Catch - Basins, Complete
with Grating and Frame
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Item 8. 39000 Barrels Heavy Fuel 011
applied on Shoulders
Item 90 Extra Work
It is expressly understood that the foregoing
quantities are appxoxim ate only; that they are stated
merely as a basis for the momparison of bids and the
City Council does not expressly, or by implication, agree
that the actual amount of' work will correspond therewith,
but reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount
of any class or portion of the work as may be deemed
necessary by it, provided that the net increase or decrease
is not more than 25 per cent. An increase or decrease
in the quantity for any item shall not be regarded as a
sufficient ground for as increase or decrease in the
prices nor in the time allowed for the completion of
the work except as provided in the contract.
The Contractor's attention is directed to the
private utilities (pipe lines, pole lines, eto., ) which
will have to be relocated. The work of changing, alter-
ing, or relocating any of these private utilities will
be done by the ovner of said utilities aid the right is
reserved to said ovaers of said private utilities and
franchises, sad to the City of El Segundo, to enter upon
the street or highway for the purpose of removing, alter-
ing, or relocating said struotvres, vdaen made necessary
by the construction work contemplated.
The Contractor must at all tames prossoute the
work of grading and paving to facilitate the removing,
altering or relocating of any of these private utilities
and will be expected, when directed by the City Engineer,
to partially grade or partially fill any portion of the
right -of -way, when such grading or filling will aid and
facilitate the relocating of any of such utilities.
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The City Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids, and to take same under
advisement for a reasonable time.
The work is to commence immediately after
the signing of the contract, unless the City Council
shall, in writing, authorize a further delay, and is
to be continued with regularity and diligence, except
during unsuitable weather until its completion, and
the entire work shall be completed wit A20 days after
the signing of the contract, unless the City Council
shall, in writing, designate some later date.
Before the award of the contract, any bidder
may be required to show to the satisfaction of the City
Council that he has the necessary facilities, ability
and financial resources to perform the work in a estis-
factory manner sad within the time stipulated, and that
he has had experience in constructing works of the same
or a similar nature, aryl to give references which will
enable the City Council to satisfy itself as to his
qualifications for doing the work.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City
Council of said City has ascertained and determined, de-
clared and specified the general prevailing rate of per
diem wages for each craft or type of workman or mechanic
needed to execute the contract for said work or improvement.
Said general prevailing rates of per diem wages so asoer-
tained, declared, determined and specified are herein
specifically set forth as follows, to -wit:
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Per diem
Classifioation wage
Common Laborer 4.00
Skilled laborer 4.50
Tractor driver (30 h.p.) 5.00
Tractor driver (60 h.p.to 80 h.p.) 5.50
Carpenter 7.00
Truck driver 5.00
Power shovel or crane operator 9.00
Oiler 5.00
Grader operator 5000
Roller operator 6.00
Blacksmith 6.00
Subgrade finisher operator 5.00
Teamster 4.00
Any olassification omitted herein
not less than 4.00
Overtime - -- one and one -half (1 1/2) times the
above rates. Sundays and holidays - double the above
rates.
The per diem wages listed above are based on the
customary 8 hour working dew and when less time is worked
per day the amounts paid shall be the pro rata of the
amounts listed above.
The attention of all bidders is called to the
provisions of Chapter Ro. 397 of the Statutes of 1931 of
the State of California relating to the payment of wages
on publio works.
The attention of bidders is also called to the
provisions of Seotion 653o of the Penal Code of the State
of Califo mia, relating to hours of labor on publie works,
which said section was amended by the Legislature of said
state in 1931.
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The attention of bidders is also called to
the provisions of those two certain laws adopted by
the 1933 session of the Legislature of the state of
California, which have been approved by the Governor
of said State, and which are known and referred to as
"Assembly Bill No. 2432" and 'Assembly Bill No. 24001,
and the contractor, in so far as he is legally required
so to do, must observe and abide by the provisions of
said laws and a provision to this effect will be in-
serted in the contract to be awarded hereunder.
Bidders in bidding should acquaint themselves
with the requirements of the laws and regulations of
the United States of America, and of the State of
CaUtomia, with reference to the use of materials or
articles, materials and supplies produced, mined or
manufaotured within the United States of America, and /or
within the State of California, and the contractor so
far as he is legally required so to do must observe the
provisions of all such laws and regulations.
The attention of all bidders is also called to
the provisions of the 'Alien Non - Employment on Public
Work Lot of 1931 ", Chapter 398 of the Statutes of 1931
of the State of California, relating to the employment
of aliens upon public works.
Reference is hereby made to the Construction
Agreement, Bitumuls Pavement, dated the 11th day of
August, 1931, on file in the office of the City Clerk of
said City, in the City Hall thereof, and open to public
inspection.
All bidders are expected to make themselves
familiar with the laws of the State of California, and
the ordinances of the City of El Segundo, California,
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or carrying out of the contract work or the furnishing
of any articles, materials, or supplies hereunder, and
to observe and comply therewith so far as such observa-
tion and compliance is legally required, whether special
attention is called to them herein, or in the proposal
or specifications or plans hereinabove referred to or not.
Each bidder is required to state in his bid the
names of all persons interested with such bidder, and if
no other person be so interested he shall distinctly
state such fact, and shall also state that the bid is
made without any connection with any other bidder making
any bid for the above wo zk. Also that the bid is in all
respects fair am d made without collusion or fraud, and
that no person acting for or employed by the City of
E1 Segundo is directly or indirectly interested therein
or in the materials, supplies or work to which it
relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof.
Bidders are invited to be present at the
opening of bids.
Dated at E1 Segundo, California, this l day
of August, A. D., 19332 and given pursuant to order of
the City Council of said City
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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SECTION 4. That said Notice to Bidders on
Street Work, hereinabove referred to, shall be published
three times in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated
within said City, and which is hereby designated for
that purpose, such publications to appear in the issues
of said paper of August 17th, August 24th and August 31st,
of the year 1933.
SECTION S. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall
cause the same to be entered in the book of resolutions
of the said City, and shall make a minute of the passage
and adoption thereof in the records of the City Council
of said City in the minutes of the meeting at which the
same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 9th day of
August, A. D., 1933.
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Mayor of She
City of 21 Segundo, Califo ,.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
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CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. }
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of
the City of El Segundo, Califo mfa, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing resolu-
tion, being Resolution No. 280, was passed and adopted
by the said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor
of said City and attested by the City Clerk of said
City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 9th day of August, 1933, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to -wlt:
Ayes: Councilmen Krimmel, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder.
Noes: Councilman Gerow.
Absentt Councilmen None."
(SEAL)
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City Clerk of the City if
E1 Segundo, California.
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