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RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Award a $670,798 Construction Contract to EIDIM Group for the Main Library and Marina Community Center Audio Visual Equipment, Project Numbers 2016.0210 and 2016.0500; to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 5% or $33,540 of the Original Contract Amount; to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Change Orders Up to a Cumulative Value of 11.2% or $75,000 of the Original Contract Amount; and to Appropriate $890,000 from the Public Education and Government Fund for the Project. (Provides for the replacement of audio-visual equipment in the Karp/Estudillo Rooms and Carnegie Lecture Hall in the Main Library, the Titan Auditorium in the Marina Community Center and the Surlene Grant Community Meeting Room in the South Offices)
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WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro did, on October 3, 2019, publicly open, examine and declare all sealed proposals or bids for doing the work described in the bid documents for the subject project; and
WHEREAS, said proposals were submitted to the Engineering and Transportation Director who has found that the proposal hereinafter mentioned is the lowest responsive bid by a responsible bidder for doing said work of the Base Bid plus Bid Alternate No. 1; and
WHEREAS, the subject project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and
WHEREAS, change orders to clarify the work or respond to unusual existing conditions are a normal aspect of public contracting and construction; and
WHEREAS, in order to expedite the delivery of public projects on schedule and on budget, provide that subcontractors and workers are paid in a timely fashion, avoid as much as possible costly delay claims, and insure that the City completes projects that are to the City's highest standards, the City Council finds that providing authorization to the City Manager to negotiat...
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