HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1330A RESOLUTION OF .THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AUTHORIZING'AND DIRECTING THE. MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO
PURCHASE CERTAIN PIPE_ LINE FOR THE REPAIR AND EXTENSION OF
THE CITY HATER WORKS SYSTEM AND DECLARING -AN 'EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS it is necessary for the City of
Azusa to immediately purchase 2y000 feet of pipe as hereinafter
more fully described.for the improvementlrand extension of the
,City Water Works System; and
WHEREAS funds for the payment of labor
in connection with such extension and improvement of water
works have been' obtained from the Stabilization Fund'of.the
County of Los Angeles, State of Califom is; and
17H.42E..S there are now and for a long time
last past have been many unemployed men—with families dependent
upon them in the City of Azusa who are urgently in no.ed.of Trork
in order to support themselves and.ttieir families and who aro
unable to obtain work unless the project of improving and extend-
ing the City wator Works is undertaken; and
WHEREAS the places in the City Water Works
System where said'new line is to be laid` is old, out, of repair
and unsafe and is likely soon to cause trouble and to become
so dilapidated and out of repair a,s to endanger the efficiency
of the City Water System and of the water supply; and
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WHEREAS it is urgently necessary that said
work be undertaken immediately so a's.to avoid the danger of
lack of water supply+for the citizens and residents of the City
of Azusa and that it may be disastrous
-to said City i£ said im-
provement is delayed to permit advertising for bids'for said
pipe line; and
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WHEREAS. bids have been requested and obtained
from three of the most substantial wholesale pipe line concerns
in southern California; and
WHEREAS the Council is advised by the Sup-
crintendent of the City ,'later Department that the lowest price
quoted is a low and reasonable price for the said pipe line at
this time:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City
Council of the City of Azusa that the City purchase at this time
2,000 feet of 12 inch, 12 gauge, automatic electric welded steel
water pipe, double asphaltum dipped with ends prepared for field
drive joints, pipe to be eabsko wrapped and installed in prepar-
ed trench, from
at a cost of not to exceed 82¢ per foot and upon the longest
terms of payment which can be obtained, said pipe line to be
delivered on or before 9- 1933 and to be used
for the repair, improvement and extension of the City Water
Works System as hereinbefore set forth*
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
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Mayor and the City Clerk be and they alre hereby authorized and
directed to purchase the said pipe line for and in behalf of
the said City and to sign any necessary agreement or contract
for said purpose in the name of and in behalf of the City of
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Azusa.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this
Resolution and the purchase of said pipe is hereby declared to
be an emergency measure and shall take effect immediately.
That the following is a statement of'facts constituting such
emergency:-
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That the City Water 7.7orks Sytem at the
place where it is proposed.to be improved and repair-
ed is in a very weak, unsatisfactory and dangerous
condition..
That the same is in danger of becoming
so out of repair as to entirely prevent the furnish-
ing of water for both domestic and fire protection
purposes to a large part of the City and to a great
many of its inhabitants.
That to further delay the said work and
improvement would be disastrous to a large part of
the City and to many of its residents.
THAT for all the reasons in this Resolu-
tion set forth this Resolution is hereby declared to be an
emergency resolution within the meaning of the Laws of the
•State of California governing Cities of the Sixth Class.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and legally adopted by the City Council
of the City of Azusa at n regular meeting held February 20th,
1933, by the following vote of the Councils to -wit:
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ABSENT:
CITY CLERK, O,F TH .CITY OF AZUSA.
APPROVED'T/RIS/?o
DA -.t OF FEBRUARY, 1933.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AZUSA'