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RESOLUTION NO. 1898 A RESOLLPI'ION ADOPTING PLANS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE PIERS FOR A WATER TANK FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA. WHEREAS; it appearing to the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that a~dtsaster has occurred in the reserve water supply of the City of Santa Aha, due to a recent wind storm which tore off the covering of the water reservoir on Flower Street and that the water in said reservoir is unfit for drinking purposes and that by virtue thereof a case of great public calamity exists, and that public interest and necessity demands the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health and property in the City of Santa Aha; and WHEREAS, it satisfactorily appearing to said City Council that the necessity for the imediate expenditure of such public money is in the erection and constx~ction of a steel elevated tank of the capacity of one million gallons of water to be constructed upon property of the City of Santa Aha, located adjoining the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of. on the West, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets in said City, which it is necessary to have constructed before the stumner of 1928, in order that there may not be a shortage of water for domestic purposes, or in case of fire or other emergency that might cause a large consumption of water from the reserve water supply, and thereby endanger the life, health or property of the inhabitants of the City of Santa An~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the public interest and necessity demands the imEediate expenditure of public meney to safeguard the life, health and property of the inhabitants of the City of Santa Ana, and that an emergency exists in the water supply of the City of Santa Ana as hereinbefore stated, and that the City Engineer has sub- mitted plans and specifications for the erection and construc~ ion of concrete piers for the steel water tank as hereinbefor, mentioned, (a contract for which has been awarded to Llewellyl Iron Works). That Geo. R. Wells and C. E. Bressler, co- partners, doing business under the firm name of Wells and Bressler, have submitted a bid in writing to complete the same, including the furnishing of all materials, labor and equipment, according to said plans and specifications for the sum of Eight Dollars ($8.00) per cubic yard for concrete in place, mixed in a ratio of I - 3 - 6, and Nine Dollars ($9.0( per cubic yard for concrete in place mixed in a ratio of I - 2-1/2 §, and have agreed to complete the same on or before March 17, 1928, which said City Council determines is ~ay