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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6638 - Sand Replenishment in West Newport AreaTHS:mec 9/8/67 RESOLUTION NO, 6638 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL • SAND REPLENISHMENT ON THE BEACH IN THE WEST NEWPORT AREA OF THE CITY WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC BID REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 1110 OF THE CITY CHARTER WHEREAS, Section 1110 of the Charter requires every project for the construction or improvement of public works, when the total expenditure exceeds $5,000, to be done by contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after notice by publica- tion; and WHEREAS, said section contains an exception authorizing a contract without advertising for bids where such work is deemed by the City Council to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health or property and is authorized by resolution by five affirmative votes of the Council and contains a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency; and WHEREAS, during the months of July and August, 1967, severe erosion occurred on the beach in the West Newport area of the City; and WHEREAS, at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of August, 1967, the City Council adopted Resolution No, 6624 authorizing an emergency public works contract for the sand re- plenishment of the West Newport ocean beach; and WHEREAS, the work called for under said emergency public works contract, which involved the transfer of approximately 125,000 cubic yards of sand to the beach area in jeopardy, was commenced on or about August 22, 1967, and completed on September 7, 1967; and WHEREAS, during the time said work was in progress, further severe erosion caused by offshore storms depleted the replenished beach areas to the extent that public and private property is again threatened with destruction; and Y • • �5 aI A WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that, unless it authorizes additional emergency sand replenishment in the area threatened by erosion, major damage to both public and private property will probably occur; NOM, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council finds that additional sand replenishment work is of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health and property and hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a public works contract providing for further sand replenishment of the West Newport ocean beach up to a maximum of 25,000 cubic yards of sand or up to a maximum expenditure of $20,000. The City Council further finds and determines that such work and expenditure of funds is for the purpose of preserving and replacing a public natural resource, to wit- a public beach. This resolution was adopted by at least five (5) affir- mative votes of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach at a special meeting held on the 7th day of September, 1967, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN- Gruber, Marshall, Shelton, For it Rogers NOES, COUNCILMEN- Cook, Parsons ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None ATTEST: 2. : ` k STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ) I, LAURA LAGIOS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 6638 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the special City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 7th day of September , 1967, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Gruber, Marshall, Shelton, Forgit, Rogers NOES, COUNCILMEN: Cook, Parsons ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Dated this 11th day of September 1967. City Clerk and Ex -Offi i lerk of the City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California