Subject: 19004/Ross Landing Const. Contr./Tri-State
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1990 10:12:00 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 19004
        
        
        
                   A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 18928,
                   ENCAPTIONED AS SET FORTH HEREIN, SO AS TO AMEND
                   THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT AWARDED TO SOLOFF
                   CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE
                   CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE
                   PAYMENT OF FUNDS FROM CONTINGENCY FOR ANY
                   AUTHORIZED CHANGE ORDERS AND ANY INCREASE IN
                   THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT RESULTING FROM ANY
                   INCREASE IN THE BUILDING PREVAILING WAGE RATES
                   ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND FURTHER
                   AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO ROBINSON
                   ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS IN AN AMOUNT
                   NOT TO EXCEED $19,000.00 FOR STRUCTURAL
                   INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRANCE
                   ARCHES, PERFORMANCE ARCHES, SECURITY BUILDING,
                   RESTROOM FACILITIES AND WATER WALL DISPLAY.
                  
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       		   WHEREAS, Resolution No. 18928, encaptioned, "A
       RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE ROSS'S LANDING PLAZA
       CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SOLOFF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR ITS LOW
       BID IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MILLION TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND
       FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE AND NO/100 ($6,026,463.00) DOLLARS WHICH 

       AMOUNT INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY OF $386,000.00 AND AN INCENTIVE
       BONUS OF $90,000.00 TO BE PAID IF EARNED, AUTHORIZING THE AWARD 
OF
       THE ROSS'S LANDING PLAZA TESTING SERVICES CONTRACT TO TRI-STATE
       TESTING AND DRILLING CO. FOR ITS LOW BID IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
       EXCEED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($35,000.00) DOLLARS, AND
       AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE ROSS'S LANDING PLAZA CONTINUED 
DESIGN
       SERVICES CONTRACT TO EDAW, INC. FOR ITS PROPOSAL IN AN AMOUNT NOT 

       TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND NO/100
       ($138,000.00) DOLLARS, ALL OF WHICH IS TO BE PAID FROM GRANT 
FUNDS
       HERETOFORE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND FROM PROCEEDS 

       OF THE HOTEL-MOTEL TAX COLLECTED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF HAMILTON.", 

       contained an inadvertent error in the total amount of the 
contract
       to be awarded to Soloff Construction Company; and
       		   WHEREAS, The City Council has been advised that the
       contingency fund should be reduced; and
       		   WHEREAS, The City Council has been advised that the
       Building Prevailing Wage Rates adopted by the State of Tennessee
       have been increased, that said increase will raise the total
       contract price and that it is advisable to pay for any increase 
in
       the Building Prevailing Wage Rates from contingency funds; and
       		   WHEREAS, The City Council has been advised of an
       inadvertent error in the aforesaid resolution concerning the 
award
       of a contract to Tri-state Testing and Drilling Co.;
                                NOW, THEREFORE,
       		   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Resolution No. 18928, encaptioned as 

       set forth above, be and the same is hereby amended by deleting 
the
       words and numbers "Six Million Twenty-Six Thousand Four Hundred
       Sixty-Three and no/100 ($6,026,463.00) Dollars which amount
       includes a contingency of $386,000.00 and" in the caption and 
body
       thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words and numbers "Five 

       Million Six Hundred Eleven Thousand Fifty-five ($5,611,055.00)
       Dollars which amount includes a negotiated change order for
       additional work in the amount of $269,955.00 and".
       		   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That said resolution be and is
       hereby amended by adding an additional sentence at the end of the 

       first paragraph thereof as follows: "There is hereby set aside 
the
       sum of $250,000.00 as contingency for payment of authorized 
change
       orders and for any increase in the total amount of the contract
       awarded to Soloff Construction Company resulting from the 
increase
       in the Building Prevailing Wage Rates adopted by the State of
       Tennessee."
       		   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Resolution No. 18928 is
       further amended by deleting the phrase "Tri-state Testing and
       Drilling Co. for its low bid" in the caption and body thereof and 

       inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "Tri-state Testing and
       Drilling Co. for its negotiated proposal".
       		   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That there be and is hereby
       authorized the award of a contract to Robinson Associates
       Consulting Engineers in an amount not to exceed $19,000.00 for
       structural inspection and certification of the Entrance Arches,
       Performance Arches, Security Building, Restroom Facilities and
       Water Wall Display to be paid from grant funds heretofore 
received
       from the State of Tennessee and/or from proceeds of the
       Hotel-Motel tax collected within the County of Hamilton.
      
       ADOPTED:  April 23, 1991
      
      
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