HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007-194 honea heights sewer projectMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2007-194
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS; AUTHORIZING TOWN OF MARANA PARTICIPATION
IN THE SETTLEMENT OF A POTENTIAL BACKFILL SOIL CLAIM FOR THE HONEA
HEIGHTS SEWER PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO 50% OF THE ULTIMATE
AWARD; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SEND A LETTER ON THE TOWN'S BEHALF
REGARDING SAME; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS Pima County has managed and administered the Honea Heights Sewer
Project with funding from the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Town of Marana; and
WHEREAS because the sewer lines are located within the existing public street
alignments; and
WHEREAS the specifications for the work included minimum requirements for the soil
to be used as backfill; and
WHEREAS prospective contractors were notified when they bid the project that. soil
excavated from the sewer trenches might not meet minimum backfill specifications and that they
would need to be prepared either to amend the removed soil before using it as backfill or to
import soil for backfill; and
WHEREAS the sewer project is not yet satisfactorily completed, and Pima County is
asking the Town of Marana for a commitment concerning its future participation in paying any
ultimate contractor award resulting from a backfill soil claim; and
WHEREAS Town staff agrees that if an ultimate award is made to a contractor relating to
the backfill soil specifications and requirements, it would be appropriate for the Town of Marana
to pay half of any ultimate award.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1 The Town of Marana will participate in the settlement of a potential backfill
soil claim in the amount of up to 50% of any ultimate award.
SECTION 2. The Mayor is authorized to send a letter to Pima County on the Town's
behalf, expressing the Town's commitment set forth in Section I above.
SECTION 3. The Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
undertake all other and fijrther tasks necessary to accomplish these authorizations.
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SECTION 4. Since it is necessary for the preservation of the peace, health and safety of
the Town of Marana that this resolution become immediately effective, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this 6th day of November, 2007.
M "yorE Honea
ATTEST:
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lyn ?bronson, Town Clerk