1968 339- 485 _ 1-8 to 4-15-1968

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392 Staff report noted Mr. Riedel had entered into an agreement with City to com- plete improvements described by December 31, 1967, but that he had been unable to find a contractor who would work during December, but that he was confident he could get improvements completed by March 31, 1968. Bonding Company approved the extension. Motion carried. (MINUTE ORDER #68-39) Councilman Bury moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5602 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXE- CUTION OF AGREEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES - UNDERGROUNDING OF PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES - WOODSIDE EXPRESSWAY IMPROVE- MENTS, seconded by Councilman Keckley. City Manager reviewed his report to Council wherein he had recommended retain- ing services of Mr. Carl P. Martineau, Jr., an acknowledged expert in the field of undergrounding utilities, having served as a panelist in the recent undergrounding conference held in Los Angeles. He stated PGE's original pro- posal for undergrounding work excessive in costs, and it was his opinion City should have available the services of a highly qualified utility engineer to assist with the PGE negotiations. He advised fee for services suggested would amount to 25 dollars per hour, with a maximum of fee of $1,900, and funds were available in the Non -Departmental Expenses in current budget. Motion carried on roll call vote. Councilman Keckley moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5603 APPROVING SPECIFICATIONS FOR FITTINGS, BRASS, AWWA; AND AUTHORIZING CITY CLERK TO CALL FOR BIDS THEREFOR, City Manager's report submitted to Council advised it had been City's policy to purchase brass fittings on an informal quotation basis and it had been suggested that due to a combination of facotrs that it would now be advant- ageous to utilize a formal bidding procedure; i.e, constant upward trend of prices for brass products making it economicall feasible to purchase in larger quantities; added volume of brass fittings which will be needed to satisfy additional demands in Redwood Shores necessitating purchase of greater quanti- ties of these materials; storage area soon available in the new municipal services center. Council questioned whether comparable costs between former purchasing practices and bidding procedures would be possible to ascertain. City Manager advised this would be possible when bids submitted and compared to purchase prices when bid analysis made. Motion carried on roll call vote. Councilman Granger moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 56o4 APPROVING SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WEED ERADICATIONPROGRAM IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AND AUTHORIZING CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS THEREFOR, seconded by Councilman Bury. Staff report stated disking program is planned for this year for large areas and spraying procedure is to be used in areas too small to be effectively disked. It was also stated weed abatement program not planned for East of Bayshore Free- way, with exception of area around the interchange, and hill area abatement work to be curtailed. Slide shown of the areas to be affected by the program. Fe s 'se fI8 5 'FA 0 5 '68