HomeMy WebLinkAbout00331REGULAR SESSION.
Port Townsend, Flash., June 26, 1928
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Wash., met in regular session
this 26th day of June, 1928, at 8 P.?,;., in the Council Chamber of the City Hall.
ROLL CALL
Upon roll call, there were present City Attorney Jas. W. B. Scott, City Clerk
C: F. Christian and e, Maxen ard P. Ael'Manson, Councilmanilliam m,Jacob Edw. quenell,,,Mayor
Cojrrue, Harry Chapelle, Llax
Pro Tem. presiding.
OPENING BIDS.
This being the time and place set for opening bids and there being no objectiors,
opening of bids for the construction of a dam on the Big Quilcene River as a part o
the 'later Extension Project, was now declared in order and said bids were now open-
ed and read as follows:
1. Proposal of James H. Coyne, accompanied by Certified Check No. 7452, for
p500.00 on the First Lational Bank of Port Townsend, in favor of the Treasurer of
the City of Port Tovrnsend, together vrith letter presenting his bid.
Said bid eras read in full, including both the text and the prices filled in by
the bidder and covering 14 items numbered consecutively from 1 to 14 inclusive, as
follows, to -wit;
PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTING DMA.
TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL,
=SORT TOVISEND, 71ASHINGTON.
GE:TTLuIISN
The undersigned bidder declares that he has carefully examined the Plans,
Notice of Contractors, Instructions to Bidders and annexed Form of Proposal, form
of Gontract, and Specifications, for the Construction of the proposed "later Supply
Line; that he has made an examination of the site of the proposed Work, and has road
such investigations as are necessary to determine the character of the material and
the conditions to be encountered, and that if this Proposal is accented, he will
contract with the City of Port Townsend in the form of Contract hereto annexed, wil] -
to the extent of his bid, provide the necessary machinery, tools, apparatus,
er means of construction; and vrill furnish all material and labor, as specified in
the contract, or called for by the Plans, or necessary to complete the work in the
manner herein specified, and according to the requirements of the Engineers, within
90 calendar days from the date the contract is awarded to the bidder.
The bidder submits the following unit prices, to -writ:
1. For Clearing and Stripping Dam site, the Lump Sum of One Thousand DOLLARS
w1000.00.
2. For dry Solid Rock Excavation, Two & 40/100 DOLLARS (02.40) per cubic yd.
3. For wet Solid Rock Excavation, Twelve Dollars (;p12.00) per cubic yd.
4. For Dry Common Excavation, One & 20/100 Dollars (;;�p1.20) per dubic yd.
5. For 'Wet Common Excavation, Six Dollars (,w6.00) per cubic yd.
6. For Embankment in Blanket above L".
am, One . 20/100 Dollars (c`v1.20) per cubic
yd.
7. For Embankment in -dike, One & 20/100 Dollars (`N1.20) per cubic yd.
8. For Hand placed Rock fill in Log Cribs, One & 90/100 Dollars, (401.90) per
cubic yd.
9. For 1:5 Pit Run Concrete in cut off, Forty-eight Dollars ($48.00)per cubuc
10. For Cedar or Fir Logs, dapped, notched or hewn, One & 20/100 Dollars (;p1.2
per lin. ft. in place.
11. For Lumber in Dan and Intake Structure, Ninety-six Dollars (a96.00) per M.
B.M. in Place.
12. For drift bolts and fastenings, 0 & 12/100 Dollars ($O.12) per lb. in place
13. For Hand placed Rip Rap, Sir. Dollars (;;p6.00) per cu. yd. in place.
14. For hauling and installing Trash Hacks, Leaf Screen, Sluice Gates, etc.,
furnished by jhe City, 0 & 03/100 Dollars 00.03) per lb. in place.
Accompanying this proposal is certified check on First Vational Bank of
Port Townsend, "lash., for the swn of Five Hundred Dollars (r500.00), according to
the conditions of the advertisement and instructions to bidders.
If this $'roposal shall be accepted by the City of Port Townsend and the
undersigned shall fail to execute a satisfactory contract and bond, as stated in the
instructions to Bidders hereto attached, within ten (10) days (Sundays ercePted)fron
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date of notification, then the City of Port Townsend may, at its opt , d
mine that the undersigned has abandoned the contract and thereupon this Proposal
shell be null and void, and the cash or certified check accompanying this Proposal
shall be forfeited to and become the property of the City of Port Townsend, other-
`` wise the certified check accompanying this Proposal shall be returned to the under -
I signed.
'.he full name and residence of all persons and parties interested in the
foregoing bid as principals are as follow;• : r1SIDEITGS
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Janes H. Coyne Port Townsend, 'lash.
i' The name and address of tile surety company which Vill furnish the require
`\ bond insuring the const:-uction is United States 1�idelity & Guaranty Company of T:ia.ry
land.
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Minutes of June 26/28 continued.
The principal items of construction equipment which are available for and are
intended to be used on the proposed work are: Tractors, teams, scrapers, wheel-
barrows, misc'1 to.ols and equipment.
The undersigned bidder has heretofore completed the following pieces of work
of a similar nature to that contemplated:
JOB LOCATION DATE
Snow Creek Headvrorks Jefferson County, .rash, Year 1907
Submitted by:
Name of Bidder: James H. Coyne
Business address of Bidder Port Townsend, 'rush.
Dated at Port Townsend, 'gash., June 26th, 1928.
The letter accompanying said proposal .was as follows, to -writ:
Port Townsend, Flash., June 26th, 1928.
The Honorable Mayor and City Council,
Port Townsend, Wash.
Gentlemen:
If my bid is accented for the constructing of the proposed dam, I will
ask for an extension of twenty (20) days time for ,the completion of ilw present Con-
tract No. 2 with the City of Port Townsend on the Big Quilcene Water Supply Line.
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As it is a very difficult task to get material for this dam delivered on
the site, I deem it advisable for me to ask for this extension.
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Respectfully yours,
Janes H. Coyne.
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No other bids.
This being the only bid submitted, it was referred t.o Engineer Bear for tabu-
lation, While the council proceeded with the regular order of business.
MINUTES READ.
The minutes of the regular session of June 19, 1928, were read and approved
as read.
Tabulated bid.
At truis time Engineer Baar presented the tabulation of the bid of James H.Coy
stating that it totaled � ?9.',97.00. Mr. Baar stated,however, that the bid did no
include the furnishing certain bteel for trash racks, leaf screen, sluice gates,ete
Councilman quenell recommended that a recess be taken to enable the contractor
to incorporate the aforementioned steel in the bid submitted. Upon consultation
with Mr. Coyne, I,Ir. Baar stated that Mr. Coyne would agree to furnish the steel to
the City at cost to him and the proposal Was referred back to the bidder for incor-
poration of all the material required in the complete construction of the dam.
City Xreasurer. RDFORTS of OFFICERS.
The report of the City Treasurer for the month of May, 1928, vras presented,
read and referred to the Finance Committee.
Mark of Respect to Miller.
Councilman Q�uenell, Mayor Pro Tem., called for the Council to rise as a mark
of respect to the memory of the deceased wife of Councilman Culler.
City A�t�t�orne,,L
City Attorney Scott, in reporting on the City's water rights on the Little
Quilcene River, stated that when the notice of filing was published, the Quilcene
Irrigation District and the Federal Fisheries Bureau had filecl protests against th
City arpropriatirig all of the wlater. He fiurther stated that it.;may.,be advisable
to furnish the paper mill temporarily with water from the Little Quilcene River an,
stated that Yr. Tiffany, State Supervisor of Hydraulics had made the suggestion
.that the City take up the matter with the Quilcene Irrigation District with a view
to obtaining all the water that: could be spared from the Little Quilcene river,for
a.temporary supply if needed. Mr. Scott stated that Mr. 'Tiffany had been very ac
colmnodating and had.been very active in behalf of the city.
Letter to Tiffany.
It was moved by Councilman Gerson, seconded by Councilman Chapelle, that the
City Clerk be instructed to write a letter to Mr. Tiffany, under the seal of the
City, in appreciation of his efforts on behalf of the City. Motion carried.
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IcCormick l;a.,ement and 'Warrant.
City Attorney Scott stated that he had been advised by attorneys of the .".=cCor
mick Lumber Co., that all instruments, such as releases of mortgages, on the prop-
erty covered by the pipe line right of Wray, had been executed and that representa-
tives of the McCormick Lumber Co., would soon visit the City to close the right -of
way transaction.
seconded by Councilman Coyne that when the
It was moved by Councilman Manson,
easement is presenter1 by the McCormick Lumber Co., if it is in accordance With the
easement agreed upon, that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute
said easement agrecment, and that upon presentation by them, of a properly execute
voucher for the amount, that the Mayor and the City Clerk be,-La.uthorized to executE
a wrarra:-t, upon the '.rater Extension Construction fund in the amount of )6500.00 in
favor of said McCormick Lumber Company. Ui_.on roll call, all seven councilmen vo
in the affiruative and motion wras declared carried.
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