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08/08/2000
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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a
Contract With the Lowest Responsive and
Responsible Bidder For Phase VII, Contract H of
The Long -Range Sewer Improvement Program
WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("IEPA") has by-
pass revolving loan fund money available to defray a portion of the cost for
Phase VII—The City's Long -Range Sewer Improvement Program ("Phase VII--
Contract H"); and
WHEREAS, the IEPA's deadline for providing the loan to the City is
September 29, 2000; and
• WHEREAS, a condition precedent to award of the loan is an undertaking
submitted to the IEPA by the City by September 1, 2000, that the City will award
the Phase VII—Contract H to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the IEPA timeframe recommendations, the
City advertised for bids on July 14, 2000 and will open said bids on August 23,
2000; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council's first scheduled meeting after the
August 23, 2000 bid opening is on September 11, 2000, after the aforedescribed
September 1, 2000 deadline, and
WHEREAS, section 1-17-1 (A) of the City Code provides that the City
• Manager can make purchases in excess of $15,000.00 without prior City Council
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approval when, as here, there is an opportunity for a substantial economic
• benefit not otherwise obtainable, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council finds the foregoing as facts and
incorporates them herein.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and the City
Clerk hereby authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City of Evanston,
a contract, with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for the City's Long -
Range Sewer Improvement Program, Phase VII—Contract H, the bids for which
are to be opened on or about August 23, 2000. Any such contract executed shall
provide as a condition precedent to its effectiveness, that the City shall have
• been awarded the aforedescribed IEPA bypass revolving loan fund money.
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SECTION 3: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional terms of the contract as he may determine to be in the
best interest of the City.
SECTION 4: That the City Manager will make a report to the City Council
at the Council's September 11, 2000 meeting pursuant to section 1-17-1 (A) of
the City Code regarding award and execution of this contract.
SECTION 5: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Adopted: (���LL�� ��' , 20 0
Mayor
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