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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING THE
ENGINEER OF V~ORK IN THE MATTER OF PROPOSE
CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY SE~~~EP~S AND APPUR-
TENANT WORK IN" PUBLIC IMPROVE ,NENT DISTRICT
NO. 689" WITHIN SAID CITY AND IN CERTAIN
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY OF THE COUNTY OF
KERN, CALIFORNIA.
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V~tERF~S, it is contemplated and it is the intention of the City
Council of the City of Bakersfield, California, proceeding under the
provisions of the "Improvement Act of 1911", Division VII of the Streets
and Highways Code of the State of California, to carry through proceed-
ings for the construction of sanitary sewers and appurtenant work in
connection therewith within that certain portion of said City, commonly
known and referred to as E1 Camino Park Annex, and which improvement also
includes a certain portion of the unincorporated territory of the County
of Kern lying South of Casa Loma Drive, said improvement to be known
and hereafter designated as PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 689; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5701 of said
"Improvement Act of 1911", it has been recommended by the City Manager
of said City that a registered civil engineer be appointed, to be known
as "Engineer of Wor~', other than the City Engineer or in place of the
City Engineer, for the purpose of preparing surveys, maps, drawings,
plans, profiles and specifications for the construction of said sanitary
sewers under said Act within said PUBLIC IMPROW~NT DISTRICT NO. 689.
NOW, THEREtO RE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Bakers field, California, as follows:
SECTION 1, That R. E. White, a civil engineer registered under
the laws of the State of California as a civil engineer and having his
office and principal place of business at 1716 Oak Street, Bakersfield,
California, be, and he is hereby, appointed Engineer of Work in the
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above mentioned matter to take charge of and perfect such engineering
and incidental work as hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 2. That the said R. E. White shall do, or cause to be
done and performed, all the necessary and proper engineering work
such as making surveys, the preparation of maps, plans, drawings,
profiles, estimates, specifications, estimating costs, computing bids,
supervision and inspection of construction, together with the figuring
and estimating of and preparing the assessments on the various parcels
of property within the assessment district at the completion of the
work, together with the Street Superintendent,s record covering the
costs and assessment of said improvement;
That the said services shall also include the furnishing of
all office and field engineering supplies and equipment required in
connection with the performance of the duties of such Engineer of'Work,
together with transportation and testing of materials, whenever necessary,
used in the construction of said improvement, and shall also include all
necessary stationery and supplies in the preparation of said assessment;
That the said services shall also include, without further com-
pensation from the City of Bakersfield, a person qnalified to assist
in preparing the resolutions, notices and other papers and proceedings
for any and all work authorized by the City Council of said City in
the matter of said PUBLIC IMPRO~T DISTRICT NO. 689;
That said services shall also include the furnishing of four
complete sets of plans and specifications covering said improvements
without any additional charge to said City, and all additional plans
and specifications shall be paid for by the assessment district at the
actual cost to the said Engineer of Work.
SECTION 3. That the compensation of said R. E. White for the
performance of the duties of such Engineer of Work, as herein provided,
is hereby fixed at an amount equal to eleven and one-half per cent (ll½%)
of the total construction cost of said improvement, which compensation
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shall be included as incidental expenses and become a charge against the
special assessment district for s aid improvement, and also the said
compensation shall include the services of A. S. Monroe, a registered
civil engineer, to assist the s aid Engineer of Work and the officers
of the City of Bakersfield in the preparation of s aid resolutions, notices
and other papers and proceedings for any work authorized by said
"Improvement Act of 1911" , in connection with said PUBLIC INPROVEMENT
DISTRICT NO. 689.
Payment of such ccmpensation shall be made as follows: An amount
equal to sLx per cent (6%) of the bid price of said construction cost
shall be collected from the contractor as incidental expenses and shall
be paid to the said R. Eo White within fifteen (15) days from the date
of the signing of the contract for such improvement~ the balance or final
payment of said compensation of 112!% of the total construction cost shall
be due and payable to the said R. Eo White within fifteen (15) days after
the recordation and delivery of the assessment and warrant to the ccatractor
or his assignee by the Superintendent of Streets of said City, less any
sums of money theretofore advanced to the s aid R. E. White as partial
payment for such engineering services.
SECTION ~. In the event that any of the proceedings initiated
for such improvements cease or are abandoned and the project is not con-
sumhated as proposed, after said Engineer of Work has prepared the necessary
surveys and plans accordingly, then and in that event the City of
Bakersfield, inlconsideration of the performance of the work by the said
Engineer as hereinabove provided, shall reimburse the said Engineer for
such services to the amount of one hundred twenty-five per cent (125%)
of the salary payments, plus withholding for Federal Income Tax, Social
Security and Unemployment I~urance of the employees of the Engineer
engaged in the performance of said work, following the customary accounting
procedure, plus sums equal to any other direct costs incurred by the
Engineer in connection with such services, including reimbursements and
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allowances for said employees for transportation and subsistence and
including the time actually incurred by the said A. S. Monroe at the
rate of thirty-five dollars ($3~.00) per day, of seven hours each, for
the preparation of any proceedings together with hotel expenses and
automobile allowance of seven cents (7~) per mile, provided that the
total per diem compensation of A. S. Monroe, exclusive of expenses,
shall not exceed one-half of one per cent (1/2 of 1%) of the estimated
construction cost in case of such abandonment.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions
of Sections ~283 and ~28h of s aid "Improvement Act of 1911" of said Code,
the construction of said sanitary sewers and appurtenant work in connection
therewith within s aid PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRET NO. 689, including
certain uni_ncorporated territory of the County of Kern, operating under
consent of the Board of Supervisors of said County, shall be done under
the direction and to the satisfaction of said Engineer of Work and that
the materials used shall comply with the specifications and be to the
satisfaction of such Engineer of Work instead of the City Engineer and/or
Superintendent of Streets of said City, and that the said Engineer of
Work shall make, sign and file the assessment or assessments at the
completion of the work instead of the Superintendent of Streets of said
City, provided, however, that the contract to be entered into for the
construction of such improvements shall be signed by the Superintendent
of Streets of said City, and that when the assessment for said improve-
ments is confirmed by the City Council of said City, the said Superintendent
of Streets shall attach a warrant to s aid assessment bearing the date
of such confirmation and record the said assessment, diagram and warrant
in his office.
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of this City
Council is hereby directed to certify and deliver a copy of this
Resolution to the said R. E. White.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Bakersfield,
Californ~, on the ~ay of .~o~L~ , ~951, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
City Clerk and Ex-officio Cle~
of the City Council of the City of
Bakersfield, California
APPROVED this J~ day
of ~ , 1951,
Mayor of the
City of Bakersfield, California