HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 029-17RESOLUTION NO. o29- 17
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT WOOD CHIP X -Ref. QQC
SPREADING SERVICES ON FREEWAY
EMBANKMENTS CANNOT BE OBTAINED THROUGH
THE USUAL BIDDING PROCEDURES BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF LOCAL CONTRACTORS ABLE TO
HANDLE THE TYPE OF MATERIAL AVAILABLE AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO
DISPENSE WITH BIDDING THEREFORE, NOT TO
EXCEED $250,000 FOR FY 2016/17
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield has an excess supply of recycled wood
chip material due to the 2015 closure of the local biomass power plant in
Delano, CA; and
WHEREAS, the City is striving to locate and use alternate outlets for said
surplus material; and
WHEREAS, the landscape areas of the West Side Parkway (WSP) are a
usable outlet for said material; and
WHEREAS, the City has arranged for delivery of said material to the WSP
via contracting with a trucking company; and
WHEREAS, after delivery of said material to the WSP a contractor with
certain equipment suitable for freeway embankment application of wood chip
material is necessary to apply said material to the landscape; and
WHEREAS, J &M Land Restoration, Inc. (J &M) is the only local contactor
equipped suitably to handle said project; and
WHEREAS, the City previously contracted with J &M to do similar work
under Agreement PW 17 -021; and
WHEREAS, the City and J &M mutually desire to amend said Agreement to
complete the project as identified by the City; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director recommends the Council find said
work can only be reasonably obtained from J &M, and because of the need for
expediency to utilize excess wood chips to relieve congestion and fire danger at
the City's wood chip production facility, recommends the Council dispense with
bidding, in accordance with subsection D.2 of Section 3.20.060 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by
reference.
2. The City Council hereby finds that the spreading of wood chip
material on freeway embankments on the West Side Parkway can
only be reasonably obtained from one contractor (J &M Land
Restoration, Inca because of the necessity to utilize excess wood
chips in an expeditious manner.
3. The finance Director is authorized to dispense with bidding and to
negotiate the purchase of same, not to exceed $250,000.
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PAMELA A. McCARTHY, MMC
INTERIM CITY CLERK and Ex Offi Io Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: MAR 0 R 2017
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KAREN GOH
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GOMNARO
City Attorn y
By:
ANDREW HEGLUND
Deputy City Attorney
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