RESOLUTION NO. _________________________

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

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RESOLUTION: 1.  ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, DATED NOVEMBER 6, 2009, INCLUDING CONFORMANCE WITH PREVAILING WAGE SCALE REQUIREMENTS AND CALLING FOR SEALED PROPOSALS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009 AT 2:30 P.M., FOR THE SEAL COVE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT – FITZGERALD MARINE RESERVE, MOSS BEACH AREA [PROJECT NO. OD342, F-385 (25B)]; AND 2.  AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO FILE A NEW NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FOR A CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION

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

WHEREAS, plans and specifications dated November 6, 2009, have been prepared by the Parks Department and approved by the Director of Public Works for the Seal Cove Trail Improvement Project (Project) – Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach 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 Project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301(d) of the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and a Notice of Exemption for a CEQA Categorical Exemption has been filed by the Parks Department; and upon adoption of said plans and specifications a new Notice of Exemption for a CEQA Categorical exemption should be filed; 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.

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 bids to be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, San Mateo County, on or before 2:30 p.m., Monday, November 30, 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 Director of Public Works is hereby directed to file a Notice of Exemption for a CEQA Categorical Exemption for the Seal Cove Trail Improvement Project.

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