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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0957 RESOLUTION NO. 957. A RESOLUrION OF THE CITY Cmn:!ClL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA REQUESTING FROIJ THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Al{ EXTENSION OF TIME IN\'lHICH TO COMPLETE CERTAIN WORK PROVIDED TO BE DONE IN A CERTAIN AGREZi,ffiNT EXECUTED BY THE CITY OF ARCADIA ON l:OV=::BZR, 15th, 1938 AND EXECUTED BY DEPART~.lENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON NOVE:rnER 18th, 1938. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. WHEREAS, the Director of Finance of the State of California did on the 16th day of November, 1938, authorize in writing tJ:,e expenditure of the sum of not to exceed Nine Thousand Dollars ((?9,000.OO) from the emergency fund provided for in item 189 of the 1937 Budget Act (Statutes of 1937, p. 423) for the following purposes; (a) for the construction of a swale cros:ling on Valnett Avenue over Santa Anita Wash be- tween Eighth and Tenth Avenues, and (b) for the repair and rehabilitation of bank protection works in and Along Sierra Madre Wash blltween Grand View Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue, and l'iHEREAS, that certain agreement made and entered into between the City of Arcadia and the Department of Public Works of the State of California on or about the 18th day of November, 1938, and ap~oved by said Director of Finance, provides in part that sald work might be performed, wholly or in part, in conjuncti~n with a Works Administration Project, subject to the approval of said Department of Public Works, and ,mEREAS, pursuant to said agreement the repair and re- habilitation of bank protection works in and along Sierra Madre Wash between Grand View Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue was included in a Works Administration Project, which has heretofore been approved by the Department of Public Works as well as by the Los Angeles office of Works Progress Ad- ministratior.., and said project now awaits ',;he approval of Works Progress Administration in Washington D. C., and WHEREAS, aaid project has been set up by Works Progress Administration as requiring a period of eight months to complete, and ~HE~EAS, the said agreement heretofore made by the City of Arcadia and Department of Public Works provides that should the work mentioned therein not be completed with:~,n one hundred twenty (120) days from and after the execution of said aGree- ment, then the Department of Public Works may upon written notice terminate said agreement, and WHEREAS this Council believes that final approval by Works Progress Administration will not be procured prior to April, 18th, 1939, NOVl THEREfORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized for and on behalf of the Gity of Arcadia to make written application to the Departm~t of Public Works for an extension of ten (10) months from and after the 18th day of February, 1939, in which to c'mplete said work provided for in said agreement . I'~ is further ordered that a copy of this resolution be forwarded with said application for extension. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this nesolu1;10n. I berElby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a rElgular meeting of the City Council of the City of "J'oadh held on the 17th day of January, 1939, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: CO\IDcilmen Bolz, Griffitts, !.Ialin, J.lurphy and Niday NOES: None ABSENT: ;,or:e ~-~~ .~' ) City Cl&r . _ .-/ Signed and approved this 17th day of January, 1939. ~~a~ Mayor. ATTEST:"':1'~ ~tv C erF2__ "