Resolution - 6730c
RESOLUTION NO. 6730
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE FAILURE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
CONTROLLER AT THE INTERSECTION OF VINCENT AVENUE AND
SOUTH GARVEY AVENUE AND AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF
COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES TO PERMIT THE
EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL
CONTROLLER.
WHEREAS, the City maintains and operates a.traffic signal system at
the intersection of Vincent Avenue and South Garvey Avenue; and
WHEREAS, said intersection has traffic volumes and turning movements
that are among the heaviest in the city; and
WHEREAS, the complexity of traffic movements in the intersection
requires a high level of performance from the traffic signal equipment
controlling those movements; and
WHEREAS, failure of the traffic signal equipment to operate properly
creates conditions that could be hazardous to the public using this inter-
section whether as drivers or pedestrians; and
• WHEREAS, it is extremely difficult to properly control traffic during
peak periods using police officers; and
WHEREAS, adequate, reliable, temporary replacement equipment to operate
the traffic signal for an extended period is not available to City personnel;
and
WHEREAS, the period of time necessary to design, competitively bid and
construct a replacement installation would require an estimated period of
eight (8) months; and
WHEREAS, the present traffic signal equipment is obsolete and cannot be
repaired to assure future reliability of operation; and
WHEREAS, the availability of spare parts in the event of further
malfunctions is highly questionable; and
WHEREAS, present environmental conditions under which the equipment
operates is conducive to further failures of said equipment; and
WHEREAS, continued operation on a temporary basis for said period of
time could constitute a calamity for public traffic and create a dangerous
condition for the safety of the public; and
WHEREAS, if competitive bidding procedures are waived, a replacement
traffic signal controller can be obtained and installed within a period of
• from six (6) to eight (8) weeks; and
WHEREAS, it would be impractical, useless, or uneconomical in this
instance to follow the competitive bid procedures and that the public welfare
would be promoted by dispensing with the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
West Covina, California, does hereby authorize the waiver of competitive
• bidding procedures pursuant to the provisions of Section 2-330 of the West
Covina Municipal Code and Section 20168 of the Public Contract -:
Code to permit the emergency purchase of a replacement traffic signal con-
troller for the intersection of Vincent Avenue and South Garvey Avenue so
as to avoid a public calamity and a dangerous condition at said intersection.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
•
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of June , 1983.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 27th day of June , 1983, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Tice, Bacon, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Tennant, Shearer
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