2005-043-RES AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR UARCO BUILDING TO NEW POLICE, COURT AND JAIL FACILITY

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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-043 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION AND CONVERSION OF THAT STRUCTURE FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS THE UARCO BUILDING TO A NEW POLICE, COURT, AND JAIL FACILITY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, did heretofore on the 13th day of May, 2002, in Resolution No. 2002-075, authorize the preparation of plans and specifications for a project of reconstruction and conversion of that structure formerly known as the UARCO building to a new police, court, and jail facility; and, WHEREAS, the City Council did heretofore, on the 24th day of August, 2004, in Resolution No. 2004-146 approve the plans and specifications for the aforesaid project; and, WHEREAS, the City Council did heretofore, on the 8th day of November, 2004, in Resolution No. 2004-199 authorize the City's architect and staff to utilize as an alternative procurement procedure the selection of a contract for construction services through the use of competitive sealed proposals in conformance with Section 271.116 of the Local Government Code; and, WHEREAS, by adoption of the aforesaid Resolution No. 2004-199, the City Council likewise authorized the City Manager and his staff to create selection criteria and the weighting of selection criteria for said competitive sealed proposal process; and, WHEREAS, the City has received competitive sealed proposals from interested contractors, has reviewed the aforesaid proposals and weighted the aforesaid proposals in conformance with the City's selection criteria as required by law; and, WHEREAS, as a consequence of said procedure, the City has identified the successful proposer for construction of the aforesaid project; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That a construction contract for the construction, reconstruction and conversion of that structure formerly referred to as the UARCO building to a new police, courts, andjail facility shall be and is hereby authorized for award to Harrison, Walker, & Harper at the negotiated construction price of $3,892,135.00, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk to attest to the aforesaid construction contract.