Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Authorizing an Increase in Aggregate Payments to the Contractor for the Installation of a Mid-Block Pedestrian Traffic Signal on the Alameda de las Pulgas in the West Menlo Park Area (F-36 [348])

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors did, on January 15, 2002, adopt a resolution for the award and authorized execution of an agreement with Pacific Electric Company for the installation of a mid-block pedestrian traffic signal on the Alameda de las Pulgas in the West Menlo Pak area; and

WHEREAS, the County did enter into an agreement with Pacific Electric Company, as authorized by said resolution; and

WHEREAS, the agreement provides that aggregate payments to Pacific Electric Company, shall not exceed $106,000 without this Board's approval; and

WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the changes in the project will increase the overall contract cost to an amount greater than was originally authorized by this Board; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended that the not-to-exceed amount as originally approved by this Board be increased to provide for unanticipated work; and

WHEREAS, this Board has considered the recommendation of the Director of Public Works.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that

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The agreement is hereby amended to provide that aggregate payments to Pacific Electric Company for said work shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred and Nine Thousand Dollars ($109,000) without this Board's approval.

2.

That, with the exception of modification as herein provided, the agreement with Pacific Electric Company, entered into on January 15, 2002 shall remain unchanged.

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