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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1779 RESOLUTION NO. 1779 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, fi~KING FINDINGS OF FACTS CONSTITUT- ING PUBLIC EMERGENCY OR NECESSITY AND APPROVING AND PERMITTING PRO- POSED SUBCONTRACT FOR REPAVING. WHEREAS, Mike Radich & Co., contractor, is currently engaged in the performance of certain sewer work under the Improvement Act of 1911 pursuant to Resolution No. 1725 of this City Council adopted on the lOt!:, day of November 1947 and under a contract awarded by this City Council by Resolution No. 1755 adopted on the 30th day of March 1948, said contract being da.ted April 15, 1948 and executed by and be- tween said contractor and G. B. ryatson, as Superin- tendent of Streets of said city; and ~HEREAS, a letter signed by said contractor and dated June 28, 1948 has been presented to this City Council and to the Engineer of ryork for said work together with a proposed subcontract by and be- tween said contractor and R. L. Heron, attached thereto; and WHEREAS, the contractor has requested in said letter that this City Council and said Engineer of Work approve and permit the execution and perform- ance of said subcontract upon a finding made under Chapter 2, Division 5, Title 1, of the Government Code of California; and ~}rnREAS, the contents of said letter and INDEXI!D /~ subcontl'act have been examined and this City Council is fully informed in the premises; NON, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadia DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER as follows: Section 1. That since the commencement of the work the said contractor, l.like Radich & Co., has encountHred boulders, gravel, sand and other trouble- some soil conditions which have made the work exceed- ingly and unexpectedly difficult and have retarded its progress. Because of such conditions said con- tractor is substantially behind its projected time schedul,~ for completion. Under these circumstances ultimatl~ completion by the date prescribed in the con- tract i:~ extremely doubtful, if not impossible. Over 45,000 feet of sewer trenches have been dug and refilled in the work done to date. No sub- stantial amount of repaving has been done. The con- tractor has refrained from doing such repaving because conditions of traffic and favorable weather for trench operations have required that all his available working forces oe employed at trenching, pipe-laying and back- filling. Most of the trenches heretofore excavated now are dirt filled making the surface comparatively soft and irregular. They are a hazard to traffic and dangeroAs to life and property. The flow of traffic over tham creates clouds of dust which disturb and in- convenience the residents of adjacent property and cause Q~trenched portions of the street to be dirty. 2. A search on the part of the contractor for the addi- tional employees needed to expedite the work has been and will be slow and uncertain because of the lack of availability on the present labor market of unemployed competent workmen. The training of additional workmen by the contractor would take time and men away from the prosecution of the rest of the work, thus further slow- ing its progress. If Mike Radich & Co. now undertakes to do this repaving, it will seriously drain away working force and equipment from the rest of said work and unnecessarily delay and prolong the project. Pub- lic health and necessity require the sewer system to be completed and available for use at the earliest pos- sible date. The work will continue through the coming winter. Because of uncertainties of winter weather, the likelihood of unfavorable working conditions and the possibility of worse than average weather which would make quagmires of the unpaved trenches, it is urgent that the maximum force be employed now when the skies a:r'e clear and the weather favorable. Increased winter and spring automotive traffic arising out of the operation of the Santa Anita race track also contributes to the difficulties and uncertainties of work done dur- ing those seasons. Section 2. That the proposed subcontractor has expert crews ready to do the repaving described in said subcontract. No long search or training period would be involved. They and the equipment they use are in the immediate Arcadia area at the present time. 3. The proposed subcontractor has done repaving work in Arcadia recently which has been done speedily and satisfaetorily. If said proposed subcontract is per- mitted lrnd performed the repaving provided for in said work wi:l be done, thereby immediately alleviating the bad and dangerous conditions now existing, thereby probably making the sewer system available sooner, and thereby considerably reducing, during the progress of the \'lork, the traffic hazards and dangers to life and propert~r . Section 3. That pursuant to and in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 4105 of the Gov- ernment Code of the State of California this City Council hereby finds that the facts set out in Section 1 hereof eonstitute a public emergency or necessity and hereby permits and approves said proposed contract in order to meet said public emergency or necessity, and this City Council further finds that the public neces- sity and emergency require said subcontract. Section 4. That this Resolution shall be entered in full on the minutes of this City Council. of ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 30th day , 1948. .TllnA ?:€L,//~v' [,layor of the Ci ty of Arcadia, California. ATTEST: ~ qr-C~ Ci ty Cl<3rk of the C1 ty; of Arcad:la, califor~. , (SEAL) 4. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COURTY OF LOS AHGELES CITY OF ARCADIA ) l ss. l I, ~, C. BILLIG, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia J' Cal1forni a, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that t.he fore- going resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said oi ty and was approved by the J,layor of said city at an adjourned regular meeting of said City Council held on the 30th day of June, 1948, and that it was so adopted by the folloTIing vote: AYES: Councilmen Boucher, Ewing, Klomp, Nugent and Russe]] NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen None -- ~~r~ C1 Y Clerk of the Ci}y' . f Arcadia, Cali forIfta': 5.