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RESOLUTION NO. 415
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
AND CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM CERTAIN AGENCY
PROPERTY AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR SUCH WORK
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa does hereby find,
determine and declare that:
A. The Agency recently purchased property for a
road on a site adjacent to 521 East Foothill
Boulevard within the City of Azusa. A
contract was let to Sully -Miller Construction
Company for the construction of the roadway
improvements.
B. On November 4, 1987, the contractor in the
course of constructing the roadway discovered
that the subsurface cistern, which was thought
to have only contained water at one time,
actually contained hazardous substances which
during the course of demolition leaked out of
the cistern and contaminated a portion of the
surrounding soil. During demolition the top
of the cistern was destroyed leaving the
hazardous substances within the cistern
exposed to the atmosphere.
C. The uncovering and partial destruction of the
cistern and exposure of the hazardous
substances, has created an immediate threat to
the lives, health and property of persons in
the community. The early rainy season could
cause the open cistern to fill with water and
wash out the hazardous substances, allowing
their disposition onto other land, thus
creating significant health hazards and a
significant risk of liability to the Agency.
The continued exposure of the hazardous
substances to the atmosphere also creates a
significant risk of health hazards as gasses
could form within the cistern, leave its
confines and drift over populated areas.
Additionally, the leakage of hazardous
substances from the damaged cistern could
effect groundwater depending upon geologic
conditions which are unknown at this time.
D. The Agency is not required to comply with the
specific bidding procedures of Sections 20160,
et seq., of the Public Contracts Code pursuant
to the authority set forth in Section 20688.2
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of the Public Contracts Code. The Agency has,
however, complied with those provisions in
that it has solicited four bids from qualified
contractors based upon plans and specifica-
tions and will accept the lowest responsible
bidder to perform the work.
E. Based upon the above facts, the public
interest and necessity demand the immediate
expenditure of public money to clean up the
hazardous substances in the cistern in order
to safeguard life, health and property of the
community.
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors of the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa hereby accepts the
bid of Hekimian and Associates, Inc.and authorizes the
Mayor to execute an agreement with said contractor for the
clean up of the hazardous waste from the cistern in an
amount not to exceed $15,000.
SECTION 3. The Secretary shall certify the
adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of
November , 1987.
C IRMAN
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution waE
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Azusa
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 16th day of November , 1987.
AYES: BOARD MEMBERS: AVILA, COOK, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: BOARD MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: BOARD MEMBERS: NONE
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