City Council
MEETING DATE: 1/25/2017
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Date Palm Drive/Cathedral Canyon Drive Pavement Rehabilitation Improvements Final Acceptance
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council accept the Date Palm Drive/Cathedral Canyon Drive Pavement Rehabilitation Improvements, CIP 8837 as final; and authorize the City Manager to file a Notice of Completion with the Riverside County Recorder's office; and authorize the release of City held retention funds to Hardy & Harper, Inc. upon expiration of the Notice of Completion.
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BACKGROUND:
Staff is requesting that the City Council accept and approve the Palm Drive/Cathedral Canyon Drive Pavement Rehabilitation Improvements, CIP 8837 (Project). City Council acceptance is required to approve the Project's final contract amount and release retention funds. Retention funds are monies earned by the Contractor that are withheld from progress payments pending satisfactory completion and final acceptance of the Project. The Project was built according to the contract terms.
City Council acceptance is also required to file the formal Notice of Completion (NOC) with the Riverside County Recorder's office. The NOC is a written notice issued by the owner of a Project, or his/her agent, to notify concerned parties that all work on the project has been completed. This notice also sets the period, which is 30 days from the date the NOC is filed, within which concerned parties may exercise their lien rights against one another. Once the thirty day period has expired, and provided no claims or liens are received, the City can release retention funds.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Cathedral City executed a construction contract with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for the Project on August 10, 2016 for the contract bid amount of $939,000.
Hardy & Harper began the project work on October 17, 2016 and completed all the work required within the existing Cathed...
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