HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 3868-1964RESOLUTION NO. 3868
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,
AUTHORIZING THE WORK AND CALLING FOR BIDS ON
THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM MODIFIC-
ATION AND RAILROAD PREEMPTION INSTALLATION AT
EAST GRAND AVENUE
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco, California, that
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has submitted plans
and specifications for the traffic signal system modification
and railroad preemption installation at East Grand Avenue en-
titled "Traffic Signal System Modification And Railroad Pre-
emption Installation", and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to approve said plans
and specifications, authorize the work and call for sealed
proposals·
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
1. The plans and specifications for the traffic signal
system modification and railroad preemption installation at
East Grand Avenue entitled "Traffic Signal System Modification
And Railroad Preemption Installation" are hereby approved and
the work therein provided is hereby authorized; said plans
and specifications are referred to and by this reference made
a part hereof the same as if recited herein verbatim.
2. The City Clerk of said City is hereby directed to
publish by two (2) consecutive insertions in the Enterprise-
Journal, a newspaper published and circulated in said City,
a notice inviting sealed proposals or bids for the said im-
provements and referring to the plans and specifications on
file in the Office of ~the City Clerk, the first of which
publication shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the
time fixed for opening bids. A copy of said Notice en-
titled "Notice to Bidders" is attached hereto and referred
to and by this reference made a part hereof as if set
forth verbatim herein.
Ail proposals or bids shall be accompanied by a cashier's
or certified check payable to the order of the City of
South San Francisco, in an amount equal to not less than
ten per cent (18%) of the bid figure, or by a bond in said
amount drawn in favor of said City and executed by a cor-
porate surety. Said check shall be forfeited by bidder, or
said bond shall become payable to said City in case the low-
est responsible bidder (or bidders) depositing the same does
not, within the time set forth in said plans and specific-
ations, enter into a contract with said City, the faithful
performance of which shall be guaranteed by an undertaking
in the amount of one hundred per cent (1OO%) of the sum bid,
said undertaking being that of a corporate surety satisfac-
tory to said City Council, and which contract shall be accom-
panied by a labor and materials bond of a corporate surety,
also in a sum equal to one hundred per cent (1OO%) of the
amount of said bid, as required by the provisions of Title
I, Division 5, Chapter 3, of the Government Code of the State
of California. In case of a forfeiture, as provided for in
the preceding sentence, the defaulting bidder sbmll be liable
to said City for any additional expense to which it may
reasonably be put in connection with obtaining full and com-
plete performance of the particular work of improvement with
which this Notice to Bidders is concerned.
3. Bids will be received by the City of South San
Francisco, California, at the Office of the City Manager
of said City, City Hall, Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California, at or before the hour of 2:00 P.M.
on Friday , the 6th day of March
, 1964., said time not being less than ten (10)
days from the first publication of notice. The bids will
be publicly opened, examined and declared at said time and
place and award will thereafter be mmde by the City Council
of said City to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders,
subject, however, to the right of said City Council to reject
any and all bids, which right is hereby reserved.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held
on the 17th day of February , 1964 , by the
following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN
NOES, "
ABSENT, "
Patrick E. Ahem, Emilio Cortesi, Andrew
Rocca, G. J. Rozzi, and Frank Bertucelli
Noue
Noue
City Clerk
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