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A RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT FOR THE BEAR CREEK / SIMMS STREET TRAIL CONNECTION

WHEREAS, by Invitation to Bid No. 2445 the City of Lakewood advertised for bids for the Bear Creek / Simms Street Trail Connection, and bids were opened on December 11, 2003; and

WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bidder has been determined to be L & M Enterprises, Inc., which has submitted its bid in the amount of seventy-one thousand, seven hundred two, and fifty one hundredths dollars ($71,702.50) pursuant to City specifications and instruction, and the City desires to accept the bid of said bidder.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakewood, Colorado, that:

SECTION 1. The bid of L & M Enterprises, Inc. for Base Bid items of the Bear Creek / Simms Street Trail Connection as described in Invitation to Bid No. 2445 is hereby accepted according to specifications as delineated in the Invitation to Bid.

SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, a contract with the said bidder in form approved by the City Attorney in the amount of seventy-one thousand, seven hundred two, and fifty one hundredths dollars ($71,702.50). The City Manager is hereby further authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, if necessary, change orders to said contract, in form approved by the City Attorney, which shall not exceed, in the aggregate, ten percent (10%) of the contract, or seven thousand, one hundred seventy, and twenty-five one hundredths dollars ($7,170.25).

SECTION 3. The City Treasurer is hereby authorized to make payment to L & M Enterprises, Inc., in accordance with the terms of said contract.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the vote of 10 for and 0 against at a regular meeting of the City Council on January 12, 2004, at 7 o'clock p.m., at the Lakewood Civic Center, 480 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado.

Stephen A. Burkholder, Mayor

ATTEST:
Margy Greer, City Clerk