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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 273145 RESOLUTI ON°:I10273. A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTM"S OF THE CITY�01? AZUSA ADOPTING SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE, RLAITTING OF CAL'iPHORA (OSPiICIMALIS) 'TREES IN SAID CITY. The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do resolve as follows; Resolved, that there be adopted Specifications for the planting of Camphora (Osficimalis) trees and that said Specifications shall be known and des- cribed as Specifications Ido and shall be in the words and figures as follows, to -wit; Section 1. The work herein provided for is to be done in accordance with plans, profiles and detail drawings on file in the office of the City Engineer of:.the City of Azusa, and all work shall , during its progress and on its completion, conform to the lines, levels and grade which may, from time to time, be given by the said City Engineer. Section 2. The trees to be planted in conform- ity to those specifications shall be Camphora (Osfi- cimalis) trees and shall be nit less than two feet nor more than three feet in height above the official grade of the street upon which the same is planted after the completion of the planting thereof, and the trunk or the trees at a point six inches P ove the official level of the gr6und surrounding said trees shall be not less than 3/8 inches nor more than 3/4.inches in diameter. Such trees shall be free from scale and any and all disease and the roots thereof shall be free from any and all disease. Section 3. The holes for laid trees shall be dug at a distance of 25 feet apatt at the places,shawn therefor upon the aforesaid plans, profiles and dg0 tail drawings and shall be three feet in diameter and three feet deep , and no tree shall be s6t closed than 25 feet to the intersecting street property lines.'All rock, gravel, ally and other soils and materials other than good earth shall be removed o;,,..A 'Ko„i, with Rood earth to a line 146 0 six inches from the top of said holes. Said holes stall then be filled with water and left for two days , then enough earth shall be dug out from the centre of said holes to allow the trees to be planted there- in in a perpendicular position. In planting the trees in such holes, they shall be filled with dirt up to the point on the trunk to the depth the.trunk was in the ground when dug out of the nursery and such earth eYIall be carefully"packed around the r6ots and trunks of s:3id trees. Care being used not to injure said roots or scar said trunks. A rim 3 feet in diameter and six inches deep shall then be constructed around said holes and filled to a depth of 2 inches with rotted animal manure and then entirely filled with water and allowed to soak away gradually. A specimen tree of the size to be used shall be submitted with the bid and that submitted by the successful bidder shall be placed in the City Hall in a wooden box or other convenient receptacle and re- tained in said City Hall mntil the completion s.nd acceptance of all said work. No tree will be accepted which is irregular or deformed in appearance and all trees shall be strlight stalk to,a height of two feet from the grdund, and free from scars, bruises od:other blemished. General Requirements. Section h. All work shall be executed in every respect in a thorough and.workmanlike mannery The Contractor shall preserve all --.stakes set for the lines; levels -or measurements of the work, in their proper places until authorized to remove them by the City Engineer, and any expense incurred in replacing said stages which the Contractor or his subordinates may Dave failed tp preserve shall be borne by the Con- tractor. Any overseer, superintendent, laborer or other person, employed on the work by the Contractor, who shall perform his work in a manner contrary to these specifications, shall be discharged immediately and such person shall not agaAn be employed on the work, All lose or damage arising from any unforseen obstruc- tion or difficulties, which ma$ be encountered in the prosecution of the work, or from any action of the elements, or from any act or omission not aut�iorized by these specifications, on the part of the contractor , or any agent or person employed by him, shall be sustained by the contractor. No work which may be defective in its constrlic- tion, or defidient An any of the requirements of these specifications will be considered as accepted in consequence of the failure of any officer of,the City,or inspectdr connected with the work, to point out said defects or deficiency during construction, and the contractor shall correct any imperfect work, whenever discovered, before the final acceptance of the work. f The contractor assumes all risk of variance In any computation or statement of amounts or quanti- ties necessary to complete the work required by this contract, and agrees to furnish all necessary labor and materials, and to fully cor:iplete said work in ac- cordance with the plans, profiles, detail drawings and cross-sections. Bidder® must ex uaine and determine forthem- selves as to the location of the proposed work, and the nature of the excavation to be made and the work to be done. The Contractor shall give forty-eight (48) hours notice ,in writing, when he will require the services of the City Engineer for laying out any per - tion of the work, lie shall dig all stakesholes necess- ary to give lines and leiwels, The Contractor shall not disturb any monument or stakes found on the line of the improvements until ordered by the City Engineer, and he shall bear the expense of resetting any monuments or stakes which may .be disturbed without orders. The Contractor shall remdve, at his pwn expense 147 148 0 . all pbstructions such as trees, stones, debris otc, that may be in the way of making the Proposed improvements. The contractor shall observe all the ordinances of the City of Azusa in relation,to the obstruction of streets, keeping open passageways and protecting the same where they are exposed and would be dahgerous to public travel, , He shall also erect and. keep erected, by day and night, a fence or proper barrier along the line of the work and across the ends of the same, in order to guard the public effectively from danger of falling into trenches, or from upsetting their vehicles against the earth thro}vn up during the progress of the work, and he shall post all proper notices and signals to the public of the state of the street while the work id in progress. In case it should be necessary to move the pro- perty of any owner of the public utility or franchise , such owner will, upon proper application by the con- tractor, be notified by the street Superintendent to move such property within a specified reasonable time, and the contractor shall not interfere with daid property until after the expiration of the time specified. The right is reserved to the owners of public utilities,and franchises to enter upon the street for the purpose of making repairs or changes of their property that may become necessary by the work.The City shall also have the privilege of entering upon the street for the purpose of repairing secrers., or making house drainzconnections therewith, or repairing culverts or storm drains. The Contractmr shall remove all surplus materials and rubbish fromnthe work after its completion, and before he makes application for the acceptance of the work. The Contractor shall notify the Street Superinten- dent when he desires a final inspection of the work, when the latter will, as soon as possible, make the necessary examination, and if the wotk is found in 0 0 1'49 compliance with the above specificationsV the street Superintendent will furnish the Contractor with a cer- tificate to that effect. Wherever the word "Contractor" is used in these specifications, it refers to the party or parties of the second part in the agreement for the construction of the work heroin specified. Whenever the words"Street Superintendent ° or "City Engineer" are used in these specifications, they refer, respectively, to the Street Superintendent or the City Engineer of the City of Azusa, or their authorized agents or ins,liectors. The foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa heldon the 28th,day of April, 1913, by the affirmative vote of at least three trustees of said City, tp-wit; Ayes;Barnes, Clark and Roach. Nges; None, Absent; Case and Collins. ATTBS`1; (seal) 6 1.D. Roali. President ofothe Board of Trustees. City Clerk. 0