CC RES 2007-034 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ELECTING TO BECOME SUBJECT TO THE UNIFORM PUBLIC
CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, local agencies must competitively bid all public projects (as defined
by Section 20162 of the California Public Contract Code) in excess of$5,000 in
accordance with the requirements set forth in the Public Contract Code, commencing
with Section 20160; and
WHEREAS, in 1983, the California Legislature adopted Assembly Bill 1666 which
added Chapter 2, commencing with Section 22000, to Part 3 of Division 2 of the
California Public Contract Code, which provides for a uniform cost accounting standard
for construction work performed or contracted by local agencies and further provides for
an alternative method for bidding public projects; and
WHEREAS, California Public Contract Code Section 22030 provides that any city
that wishes to avail itself of the alternative procedures for bidding and contracting for
public projects must elect, by resolution, to become subject to the uniform construction
cost accounting procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code and must notify the
State Controller of its election; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to become subject to the uniform construction cost
accounting procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, commencing with Section
22000; and
WHEREAS, California Public Contract Code Section 22034 requires each public
agency that elects to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting
procedures to enact an informal bidding ordinance that complies with the requirements
set forth in said Section 22034; and
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the City Council has introduced Ordinance
No. 456 which enacts procedures governing public works contracts and establishes,
among other things, informal bidding procedures in accordance with the requirements of
Section 22034 of the Public Contract Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does
hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby elects under Public Contract Code Section
22030 to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting procedures set
forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, commencing with
California Public Contract Code Section 22000 or any successor statute, and to the
policies and procedures manual and cost accounting review procedures promulgated by
the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission, as each may be
amended from time to time. The City Clerk is hereby directed to notify the State
Controller forthwith of this election.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage, approval, and adoption
of this resolution, and shall cause this resolution and her certification to be entered in
the Book of Resolutions of the City Council of the City.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of April 2007.
Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2007-34, was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on March 6, 2007.
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City Clerk
Resolution No. 2007-34
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