Repeated by
Resoletion 15507 on 10-2-84
RESOLUTION NO. 11396
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, REAFFIRMING THE
POLICY FOR THE EXTENSION OR DEVELOPMENT OF
THE ELECTRIC AND WATER UTILITIES AND EXCEPTING
CERTAIN TYPES OF UTILITY PROJECTS FROM
SECTION 1110 OF THE RIVERSIDE CITY CHARTER.
WHEREAS Section 1110 of the Charter of the City of
7 Riverside provides that every project for the construction 8 of public works with expenditures in excess of $2,000 shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and 10 further provides that projects for the extension or develop- 11 ment of any public utility operated by the city may be 12 excepted from this Section 1110 If the City Council so 13 determines by at least five affirmative votes; and
14 WHEREAS the prudent operatton of utilities requires
15 that adequate, well-trained work forces be avallable at all 16 times in the Electric and Water Divisions to make repairs and 17 construct utility facilities in emergencies; and
18 WHEREAS, in the efficient operation of utilitles, it 19 1s necessary to keep a flexible work schedule in order to 20 promptly extend or develop facilities in connection with new 21 customer service, publie works projects, and other projects; 22 and
23 WHEREAS, due to the ability to level off the work load 24 by doing routine replacement and conversion projects between 25 urgent projects, it is more economical to construct ut111.ty 28 facilities with a work force employed on a full-time con- 27 tinuous basis than with a contract work force employed on an 28 intermittent basts; and
:
29 WHEREAS the City Council hereby finds and determines 30 that certain types of utility projects can he performed better 31 and more economically by city utility crews;
32 NOW, THEREFORF, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
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1 hereby excepts from the requtrements of Section 1110 of the 2 City Charter the following types of projects for the develop- 3 ment and extension of the electric and water utilities:
Electric Division:
(1) The extension and development including construction replacement and relocation of overhead and under-
ground communication and control circuits and
8 electrical distribution and transmission facilities
up to the "1ine side" of the customer's meter.
10 (2) The installation and construction of electrical
11 substations and additions to existing substations.
12 (3) The Installation of mast arm street lights on
13 utility wood poles and replacement of existing
14 luminaires and street light standards.
15 Water_ Division:
18 (1) The extension and development including construction, 17 replacement and relocation of the distribution system, 18 consisting of all water mains 12 inches in diameter
19 and smaller, together with appurtenances Including
20 fire hydrants, valves, fittings, service laterals and 21 meters.
22 (2) The connecting into the water system of projects 23 constructed by contract, such as reservoirs, trans-
24 mission mains, pumping plants, wells, and water
26 treatment facilities.
28 (3) Minor projects for the construction, replacement or 27 relocation of tanks, water treatment facilities,
28 pumps, power supply lines, fuel supdy lines, signal
29 systems, water lines, and bulldings where the total
30 project expenditure is estimated to be less than
31 $5,000.
32 (4) Any project required to restore or maintain water
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86 1 service under emergency conditions.
2 Additlonal types of electric and water utility projects 3 may be excepted from the requirements of Section 1110 of the 4 Clty Charter by minute action consisting of five affirmative Б votes of the City Council.
ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and ättested by the City Clerk this 25th day of November, 1969. 8 eust емк
Mayor Riverside
10 Attest:
11 12 at genies lukecker
of the City of Riverside
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15 18 I, Virginia J. Strohecker, City Clerk of the City of 17 Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing 18 resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by 19 the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the 25th 20 day of November, 1969, by the following vote
21 to wit:
22 Ayes: Councilmen Holcomb, Sotelo, Pick, Younglove, Belding, 23 Digati and Betz.
24 Noes : None.
25 Absent: None.
26 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
27 affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, 28 this 25th day of November, 1969.
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