RESOLUTION NO. _________________________

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

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RESOLUTION ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING CONFORMANCE WITH PREVAILING WAGE SCALE REQUIREMENTS, AND CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MILLS AVENUE PROJECT – WEST MENLO PARK AREA (PROJECT NO. RH303, F36 [324C]) ON TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009, AT 2:30 P.M. IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

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

WHEREAS, plans and specifications dated February 27, 2009, have been prepared and approved by the Director of Public Works for the reconstruction of Mills Avenue in the West Menlo Park Area, and said plans and specifications have been filed in the office of the Director of Public Works (the “plans and specifications”); and

WHEREAS, the plans and specifications require that the contractors performing the work pay not less than the general prevailing rates of wages, as established by the Department of Industrial Relations, in the locality in which said work is to be performed for each type of workman needed to execute the contract; and

WHEREAS, the project is categorically exempt from CEQA review because it amounts to replacement or reconstruction of an existing facility.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that:

1.

The plans and specifications are hereby approved and adopted as the plans and specifications to be adhered to in letting and performing the work under a contract for the improvements described therein.

2.

The Department of Public Works is authorized and directed to issue a call for sealed proposals to be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, San Mateo County, on or before 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in said office in the Hall of Justice, Redwood City, California. Said bids will then be transmitted to the County Manager’s Office in said Hall of Justice and be publicly opened and declared.

3.

The Director of Public Works is authorized to extend the call for bid and bid opening up to sixty (60) days beyond the time and date originally set forth by the Board of Supervisors.

4.

The Department of Public Works is further directed to cause the Notice inviting sealed bids to be published for two times in the Independent Newsgroup, a newspaper printed and published in this County, and to obtain an affidavit of said publication, a copy of which shall be placed on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

5.

The Department of Public Works is further directed to file with the County Clerk a Notice of Exemption from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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