Resolution 13706CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13706
AUTHORIZING OPEN MARKET PROCUREMENT FOR
CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR SEWER POINT REPAIRS
AND ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT
WHEREAS, there is an ongoing need to make emergency repairs to sewer mains and
sewer laterals; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department is mainly staffed to handle sewer main and
lateral repairs to a depth of five (5) feet; and
WHEREAS, certain repairs at greater depths are required; and
WHEREAS, certain repairs are also required in special conditions; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to have the repairs completed in a timely, reliable and
consistent manner; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has been unsuccessful in finding a qualified
contractor under normal formal bid procedures; and
WHEREAS, Section 3 -15 of the City Charter provides that the City Council, by four
affirmative votes, can authorize sole source procurement of services if it determines that in its
opinion the materials or supplies can be purchased at a lower price in the open market, or that
great necessity or emergency requires immediate action, and thereupon proceed to make such
public work without contract and to purchase materials or supplies in the open market.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda
hereby authorizes, by four affiiiiiative votes, the sole source procurement of contractor services
for fiscal year sewer point repairs and asphalt concrete pavement replacement.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 18th day of May, 2004, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore, Kerr, and Matarrese - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Johnson - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
19th day of May, 2004.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda