HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2003-13RESOLUTION NO, 2003-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR APPROVING
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION PROJECT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF GRAND AVENUE/SHOTGUN LANE (1600 S. GRAND AVENUE, IAMOND
BAR COMMUNITY/SENIOR CENTER) AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING TIE CITY
CLERK TO ADVERTISE TO RECEIVE BIDS.
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Diamond Bar to construct certain improvements in
the City of Diamond Bar.
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar has prepared plans and specifications foi the Traffic
Signal Modification Project at the Intersection of Grand Avenue/Shotgun Lane (160 S. Grand
Avenue, Diamond Bar Community/Senior Center).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the plans and specifications for the T affic Signal
Modification Project at the Intersection of Grand Avenue/Shotgun Lane (1600 S. Grad Avenue,
Diamond Bar Community/Senior Center) are hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
advertise as required by law for the receipt of sealed bids or proposals for doing the work specified in
the aforesaid plans and specifications, which said advertisement shall be in the form and content as
approved by the City Attorney and a copy of this Resolution shall be contained in each specification
package for the work:
"NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS"
Pursuant to a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County,
California, directing this notice, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said City of Diamond Bar will
receive at the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall of Diamond Bar, on or before the hour of 2:00
o'clock p.m. on the 23rd day of April, 2003, sealed bids or proposals for the Traffic Signal
Improvements Project at the Intersections of Diamond Bar Boulevard and Clear Creek Car yon Drive,
Diamond Bar Boulevard and Silver Hawk Drive, and Golden Springs Drive and Sylvan Gler Road.
Bids will be opened and publicly read immediately in the Office of the City Clerk 21825 E.
Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765-4177.
Bids must be made on a form provided for the purpose, addressed to the City of Dia and Bar,
California, marked, "Bid for the Traffic Signal Modification Project at the Intersection of Grand
Avenue/Shotgun Lane (1600 S. Grand Avenue, Diamond Bar Community/Senior Center)."
PREVAILING WAGE: Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of California
Labor Code, Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1, Articles 1 and 2, the Contractor is required to pay not less
1[han the general prevailing rate of per them wages for work of a similar character in the locality in
hich the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per th m wages
r holiday and overtime work. In that regard, the Director of the Department of Industrial R lations of
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the State of California is required to and has determined such general prevailing rates of per them
wages are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, 21825 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California
91765-4177, and are available to any interested party on request. The Contracting Agency also shall
cause a copy of such determinations to be posted at the job site.
The Contractor shall forfeit, as penalty to the City of Diamond Bar, not more than fifty dollars
($50.00) for each laborer, workman, or mechanic employed for each calendar day or portion, thereof,
if such laborer, workman, or mechanic is paid less than the general prevailing rate of wages
hereinbefore stipulated for any work done under the attached contract, by him or by any
subcontractor under him, in violation of the provisions of said Labor Code.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code as amended by
Chapter 971, Statutes of 1939, and in accordance with the regulations of the California
Apprenticeship Council, properly indentured apprentices may be employed in the prosecution of the
work.
Attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code
concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under him.
Section 1777.5, as amended, requires the Contractor or subcontractor employing tradesmen in
any apprenticeable occupation to apply to the joint apprenticeship committee nearest the site of the
public works project and which administers the apprenticeship program in that trade for a certificate of
approval. The certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen that will be used in the
performance of the contract. The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in such cases shall not be less
than one to five except:
A. When unemployment in the area of coverage by the joint apprenticeship committee has
exceeded an average of fifteen percent (15%) in the ninety (90) days prior to the request for
certificate, or
B. When the number of apprentices in training in the area exceeds a ratio of one to five, or
C. When the trade can show that it is replacing at least 1/30 of its membership through
apprenticeship training on an annual basis statewide or locally, or
D. When the Contractor provides evidence that he employs registered apprentices on all of his
contracts on an annual average of not less than one apprentice to eight journeymen.
The Contractor is required to make contributions to funds established for the administration of
apprenticeship programs if he employs registered apprentices or journeymen in any apprenticeable
trade on such contracts and if other Contractors on the public works site are making such
contributions.
The Contractor and subcontractor under him shall comply with the requirements of Sections
1777.5 and 1777.6 in the employment of apprentices.
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Information relative to apprenticeship standards, wage schedules, and other requirements may
be obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, ex -officio the Administrator of Apprenticeship,
San Francisco, California, or from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and its branch offices.
Eight (8) hours of labor shall constitute a legal day's work for all workmen em loyed in the
execution of this Contract and the Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall employ with and
be governed by the laws of the State of California having to do with working hours as set forth in
Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 3 of the Labor Code of the State of California as ame ded.
The Contractor shall forfeit, as a penalty to the City of Diamond Bar, twenty-five dollars
($25.00) for each laborer, workman, or mechanic employed in the execution of the contract, by him or
any subcontractor under him, upon any of the work hereinbefore mentioned, for each calendar day
during which said laborer, workman, or mechanic is required or permitted to labor more than eight (8)
hours in violation of said Labor Code.
Contractor agrees to pay travel and subsistence pay to each workman needed to xecute the
work required by this Contract as such travel and subsistence payments are defined in th applicable
collective bargaining agreements filed in accordance with Labor Code Section 1773.8.
The bidder must submit with his proposal cash, cashier's check, certified check, or bidder's
bond, payable to the City of Diamond Bar for an amount equal to at least ten percent ( 0%) of the
amount of said bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed Contract if he same is
awarded to him, and in the event of failure to enter into such Contract said cash, cash er's check,
certified check, or bond shall become the property of the City of Diamond Bar.
If the City of Diamond Bar awards the contract to the next lowest bidder, theamount of the
lowest bidder's security shall be applied by the City of Diamond Bar to the difference betty aen the low
bid and the second lowest bid, and the surplus, if any, shall be returned to the lowest bidder.
The amount of the bond to be given to secure a faithful performance of the contract for said
work shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price thereof, and a labor and material
bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price for said work shall be
given to secure the payment of claims for any materials or supplies furnished for the performance of
the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, or any work or labor of any kind done t ereon, and
the Contractor will also be required to furnish a certificate that he carries compensatior insurance
covering his employees upon work to be done under contract which may be entered into between him
and the said City of Diamond Bar for the construction of said work.
No proposal will be considered from a Contractor who is not licensed as a Class A nd/or C10
contractor at time of award in accordance with the provisions of the Contractor's Li erase Law
(California Business and Professions Code, Section 7000 et seq.) and rules and regulatio is adopted
pursuant thereto or to whom a proposal form has not been issued by the City of Diamond E ar.
The work is to be done in accordance with the profiles, plans, and specifications of the City of
J[iamond Bar on file in the Office of the City Clerk at the City Hall, Diamond Bar, California. Copies of
he plans and specifications will be furnished upon application and a non -reimbursable payment of
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$30.00 to the City of Diamond Bar. Upon written request by the bidder, copies of the plans and
specifications will be mailed when said request is accompanied by a non -reimbursable payment of
$40.00 to cover the cost of mailing charges and overheads.
The successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract satisfactory to the City of
Diamond Bar. In accordance with the requirements of Section 903 of the General Provisions, as set
forth in the Plans and Specifications regarding the work contracted to be done by the Contractor, the
Contractor may, upon the Contractor's request and at the Contractor's sole cost and expense,
substitute authorized securities in lieu of monies withheld (performance retention).
The City of Diamond Bar, California, reserves the right to reect any and all bids. By order of the City
Council of the City of Diamond Bar, California. Dated this 18` day of March, 2003.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar,
California, this 181h day of March, 2003.
Carol Herrera, Mayor
I, Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar, California, at its regular meeting held on the 18`h day of March, 2003, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang, O'Connor, zirbes,
MPT/Huff, M/Herrera
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk
City of Diamond Bar
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