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district board will soon approve paying its fifty percent share of the $100,640. Director Griffith said the school is open and everyone is pleased with the results. No one from the audience wished to speak regarding this issue. MIS: HOWARDILA BERGE TO APPROVE TASK ORDER NO.2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH VANIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC. FOR AN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE SANDPIPER PARK PROJECT; CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. James Avenue Construction Project. (304) REPORT: Engineering and Construction Manager Patterson, October 27, 1997 Engineering and Construction Manager Patterson presented the staff report which recommended accepting the bid from Interstate Grading and Paving of South San Francisco and approve the transfer of funds from the Pavement Management Program into the James A venue Construction Project account. Manager Patterson said this will be the first street in Redwood City that will use the traffic calming methods that are now being used throughout the country. He said it will be a very important street in the City to show what can be done in the future, and the City plans to do more such reconstruction projects. Manager Patterson described the steps involved in this project. He also advised that Interstate Grading and Paving had submitted the second lowest bid, but the company that submitted the lowest bid did not submit the appropriate documents as required by the specifications and bid documents, and they were disqualified from the bidding process. Manager Patterson advised that once the project is approved, the County will reimburse the City $100,000 because that street is used as a bus route for the schools. In response to Council questions, Manager Patterson said the new lights will be high pressure white sodium like the ones found throughout the Redwood Shores neighborhood. Mayor Hartnett called upon members of the audience who submitted speaker's cards. Christopher Albert, 2014 Market Street, Oakland, from Willie Electric Company, said that Interstate Grading and Paving was not the lowest bidder on this project, Willie Electric was. He said the project was bid twice and both times Willie Electric was the lowest bidder, and both times the City rejected its bid stating the bond documents were unacceptable. Mr. Albert said his company "was not given a fair shake with this project. We won the first time around fair and square". He said with the passage of Proposition 209, "you would think that being given a fair playing field, that we would be allowed to REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 OCTOBER 27,1997 MINUTES Page No. 632 PAGE 16