HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 20-7973 - Informal Bidding of Wilderness Park Sewer Improvements, CIP No. 21-16N • 4 111 [a] k, 10 •
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WHEREAS, Section 1211 of the City Charter states that projects involving the extension,
construction, or improvement of any public utility system operated by the City or for the
purchase of supplies or equipment for any such project or any such utility may be excepted from
the formal bidding requirements of Section 1211 by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total
members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, both Measure S and park pond restoration improvements at Wilderness
Park have come to a close and the City desires to reopen the park to the public; and
WHEREAS, the new restroom constructed at Wilderness Park under the Measure S
improvements is in need of a sewer lateral in order to activate the restroom which is necessary
for the health and safety of the public who will use the park; and
WHEREAS, the existing sanitary sewer system on Little Lake Road which provides
sewer service to Wilderness Park as well as the existing onsite park sewer system are owned
and maintained by the City as a public utility system; and
WHEREAS, proposed Wilderness Park Sewer Improvements, CIP No. 21-16, involves
the construction of new sewer piping and associated improvements to provide sanitary sewer
service for the restroom as well as abandonment of an outdated sewer septic tank that is no
longer necessary; and
WHEREAS, informally bidding, award of contract, and subsequent execution of the
Wilderness Park Sewer Improvements, CIP No. 21-16 are necessary to construct the sewer
infrastructure to expeditiously activate the restroom necessary for the health and safety of the
community who will use the park.
A011, TAEREFORE, THE CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY OF DOTIAETDOEtt
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SECTION 1. It is in the public's best interest to expeditiously construct the necessary
sewer improvements for the new restroom in order to reopen Wilderness Park.
SECTION 2. Formal bidding requirements of Section 1211 are hereby waived and an
informal bidding process is authorized for Wilderness Park Sewer Improvements, CIP No. 21-16
Project.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1 01h day of November, 2020.
91ANCA PAHECO, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 20-7973
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a Regular meeting held on the 1 oth day of November, 2020, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members,
Ashton, Saab, Rodriguez Frometa, Mayor Pacheco
NOES:
Council Member:
None.
ABSENT:
Council Member:
None.
ABSTAK
Council Member:
None.