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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12011 1/2 ORD - 04/24/1974ORDINANCE NO. `/, D 1 /1 r BY THE CTTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORT TOWER EXPANSION; AND ORDAIN- ING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, it is hereby officially found and determined: that a case of emergency or urgent public necessity exists which requires the holding of the meeting at which this Ordinance is passed, such emergency or urgent public necessity being that the publication of Notice to Bidders for the construction of an airport tower expansion is required as soon as possible and without delay for necessary and urgently needed public improvements; and that said meeting was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Art. 6252 -17, as amended: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That attached hereto and marked Exhibit "A" is a form of notice, the form and substance of which are hereby passed and approved. SECTION 2, That the City Manager shall cause said notice to be published, in substantially the form attached hereto, in the Corpus Christi Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for two consecutive weeks, the date of the first publication to be May 6, 1974, which date is at least fourteen (14) days prior to the day set for receiving bids as shown in said notice. SECTION 3. That all ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 4. The fact that the contemplated construc- tion of an airport tower expansion is necessary for the orderly development and growth of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative neces- sity exist, and having requested that such Charter Rule be suspend- ed and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 24th day of April, 1974. / T.JR�y g/ City Secretar J Luby Mayor THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals addressed to the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,.City Hall, P. 0. Box 9277, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78408, will be received by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for: AIRPORT TOWER EXPANSION Corpus Christi International Airport until :2:00 P.M., C.D.T., Wednesday, May 22, 1974 and immediately thereafter will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bid received after the stated time will be returned unopened. Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for the opening of bids. No bid may be withdrawn until the expiration of thirty (30) days from date of opening bids. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Major items of construction on the project shall include the construction of a five- story, 18,000 S.F., reinforced concrete- framed addition to the existing tower building, and the contract shall include all general con- struction, plumbing work, heating,•ventiTating and air conditioning work, electrical work, reworking of existing internal spaces, and site work, in accordance with contract documents prepared by Page Southeriand Page & Whittet, Architects- Engineers, 823 North Tancahua, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401. The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Speci- fications and Form of Bid Security, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents are on file and may be examined without charge in the Office of the Director of Engineering and Physical Development, City Hall, Corpus .Christi, Texas, or at the office of the Architect. Copies may be obtained at the Office of the Architect upon deposit of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each complete set. Such deposit will be refunded to each person who returns the plans, specifications, and other documents in good condition within five (5) days after bid opening: A cashier's check, money order, certified check, or bank draft, from a state or national bank, payable without recourse to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, in an amount tabulated in accordance with the scale provided in the specifications, must accompany each bid. Bid bonds will not be accepted. The successful bidder will be required to furnish 100% Performance Bond and Payment Bond in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Texas. The City of Corpus Christi intends to enter into a contract for the con- struction of the Airport Tower Expansion in said City, with the lowest and best responsible Bidder, but the City reserves the right to reject any and /or all bids, to waive formalities, and in case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating proposal prices, to adopt such interpretation as may be most ad- vantageous to the City. The City Council intends to sell the interest bearing Certificates of Obli- gation of the City for cash for the purpose of paying the contract entered into by the City pursuant to this notice. The bidder is hereby notified that the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has ascertained the general prevailing rates of per hour wages of all laborers, workmen, craftsmen, and mechanics for work of a similar character in the locality and to be employable on the construction of this project in said locality, whereby not less than the general prevailing rates of per hour wages for work of a similar character in the locality and the City of Corpus Christi, and not less than the general prevailing rates of per hour wages for legal holiday and - overtime work, shall be-paid to all laborers, workmen, craftsmen, and mechanics employed on the construction of the project, and thus finds said rates for said laborers, workmen, craftsmen, and mechanics classifications to be as follows: OVERTIME AND HOLIDAYS Any laborer, workman, or mechanic employed on this project shall be paid on the basis of eight (8) hours, constituting a day's work and all such labor so employed shall be paid at the rate of one and one -half (1 -1/2) times the regular rate for every hour worked in excess of eight (8),hours per day and /or forty (40) hours per week, whichever is the greater number of overtime hours. Legal holiday work shall be paid for at two (2) times the :regular governing per diem wage rates. GENERAL PREVAILING RATE CLASSIFICATION BASIC HOURLY RATE Asbestos Workers $6.905 Boilermakers 7.00 Bricklayers 6.63 Carpenters 5.88 Cement Masons 6.15 Electricians 7.50 Cable Splicers 7.625 Glaziers 5.06 Ironworkers, Structural - Ornamental 5.54 Reinforcing 5.435 Laborers, Commercial 3.55 Industrial 3.55 Lathers 5.90 Marble -Tile Stairs Terrazzo Workers 6.03 Millwrights 6.69 Painters: Commerical, Brush 5.79 Sign 6.04 Paper -Spray -Tool, 6.19 Tape and Bed 5.79 Industrial, Brush 6.04 Spray- Sand -Tool 6.29 Plumbers - Pipefitters, Commercial 6.50 Industrial 6.75 Plasterers 6.85 Roofers 5.125 Kettlemen 5.00 Sheetmetal Workers 6.35 Soft Floor Layers 5.88 Welders - Receive rate prescribed for incidental craft with which they are working Power Equipment Operators: Heavy Equipment, Commercial 6.00 Industrial 6.35 Light Equipment, Commercial 6 -375 Industrial 5 -725. Oiler, 1st Year, Commercial 4.775 Industrial 5 -125 Oiler, 2nd Year, Commercial 4.925 Industrial 5.275 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Jason Luby, Mayor Marvin Townsend, City Manager 1st Insertion April 29, 1974 2nd Insertion May 6, 1974 3rd Insertion May 13, 1974- Corpus Christi, Texas • .E�gY o f 19� TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectful MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales 1 Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stack TILE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES , CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI On this the 24th day of April, 1974, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, convened in Regular Meeting, with the following members of said Council present, to -wit: Jason Luby, Mayor, Ricardo Gonzalez, , Capt. J. T. Acuff, , Rev. Harold T. Branch, ; Commissioners, Thomas V. Gonzales, , Gabe Lozano, Sr,, , J. Howard Stark, , T. Ray Kring, City Secretary, with the following absent: None, constituting a quorum, at which time the following among other business was transacted: Mayor Jason Luby presented for the consideration of the Council an ordinance. The ordinance was read by the City Secretary, The Mayor presented to the Council, a communi- cation in writing pertaining to said proposed ordinance, as follows: Corpus Christi, Texas April 24, 1974 "TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas "For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council., e pectfully, s Jason Lu y, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS" Commissioner Stark moved that the Charter provision prohibiting ordinances from being passed finally on the date introduced be suspended for the reasons stated in the written request of the Mayor and stated in the emergency clause of the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Branch. The motion was carried by an unanimous vote by the City Council, viz: AYES: Commissioners Gonzalez, Acuff, Branch, Gonzales; Lozano, Sr., and Stark. NAYS: None. The Mayor requested that the records show that he voted Aye. This was done. Commissioner Stark moved that the ordinance be passed finally. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Branch. The motion was carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Gonzalez, Acuff, Branch, Gonzales, Lozano, Sr., and Stark. NAYS: None. The Mayor requested that the records show that he voted Aye. This was done. The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been passed. The ordinance is as follows: