8813-15 Enter design-build contract for clean water pilot project

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REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 6/15/15. RESOLUTION NO. 8513 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into a design -build form of agreement for the design and construction of corrections to the sewer system under the western Lakewood clean water pilot project with Underground Connections, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $800,000. WHEREAS, Lakewood identified Underground Connections, Inc. through a request for qualification process as the most qualified of the two qualifications received; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the City wishes to create the design -build delivery model for this project so it may occur in 2015; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Director of Public Works to enter into a design -build form of agreement for the design and construction of corrections to the sewer system under the western Lakewood clean water pilot project with Underground Connections, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $800,000. Section 2. Council hereby specifically approves the contract between the city of Lake- wood and Underground Connections, Inc. in substantial form as is attached as Exhibit A. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Coun- cil this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest peri- od allowed by law.