RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS DAM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT,
FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO: BROS-0081-011 (04-5935)
(PROJECT NO. R1103, F-151 [7D])

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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 is authorized to engage the services of a professional technical expert on a temporary basis for a specific project for performance of necessary services for and on behalf of County; and

 

WHEREAS, the public interest and general welfare will be served by selecting and utilizing an Engineer for design engineering services in connection with the Crystal Springs Dam Bridge Replacement Project; and

 

WHEREAS, the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) has provided funds for the Crystal Springs Dam Bridge Replacement Project; and

 

WHEREAS, the County had entered an Engineering Services agreement with Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade and Douglas Inc. (PBQD) in May 7,1996, for the design of the above project, and

 

WHEREAS, PBQD has changed names and is now PB Americas, Inc (PBA), and

 

WHEREAS, waiving the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and contracting with PBA will utilize their historical knowledge of the project and allow for relevant plan documents to simply be updated thus avoiding significant cost associated with a complete redesign, and

 

WHEREAS, PB Americas, Inc. is a competent civil engineering firm qualified and with employees duly licensed to perform such design engineering services in connection with said project, and the parties hereto desire to enter into an Agreement for said engineering services.

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows:

 

1.

That the Request for Proposal (RFP) process be waived and PB Americas, Inc. be employed to perform engineering work under the direction of the Director of Public Works on the Crystal Springs Dam Bridge Replacement Project in accordance with the terms and conditions of said Agreement.

 

2.

That payments to PB Americas, Inc. shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($592,000.00) without this Board’s approval.

 

3.

That, on behalf of the County of San Mateo, the President of this Board of Supervisors shall be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to execute said Agreement after the State of California Department of Transportation has approved the form of agreement and the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County shall be, and is hereby authorized to attest to said Agreement and affix the corporate seal of the County of San Mateo.

 

4.

In the event, that locally required provisions, regarding equal benefits (Ordinance No 04026) and jury duty (Ordinance No. 04269), in said Agreement, are determined by FHWA to be inconsistent or in conflict with Federal law, it is hereby authorized that those provisions be waived to maintain the eligibility of the Federal funds.

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