HomeMy WebLinkAboutCP1312 Contract No. 18-01 Citywide Storm Repair and Replacement Project CITY OF
T Nancy Backus, Mayor
WASHINGTON 25 west Main Street * Auburn WA 98001-4998 ' www.auburnwa.gov * 253-931-3000
January 25, 2019
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kevin Lawson
Rodarte Construction, Inc.
17 East Valley Highway East
Auburn, WA 98092
RE: Contract No. 18-01
Project No. CP1312, 2017 Citywide Storm Repair& Replacement Project
Final Pay Estimate Letter
Dear Mr. Lawson:
Enclosed is your Final Payment in the amount of$22,924.34. The total contract amount
for this project as shown on your Final Pay Estimate is $1,363,950.92.
Please be aware that contract completion and final acceptance will not be granted prior to
receipt of Affidavits of Wages Paid for your firm and all Subcontractors, and that incorrect
information supplied to L & I may delay clearance of your bond until payment of industrial
insurance by all Subcontractors is verified. If you have any questions, please contact
Jenny Sebero, Contract Administration Specialist, at 253-931-3012.
This notification does not constitute contract completion/final acceptance.
Sincerely,
Seth Wickstrom, P.E.
Project Manager
Public Works Department
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Enclosure
cc: Shawn Campbell, City Clerk
Debra Alvarez, Project Inspector
File 13.11 (CP1312)
ENG-142, Revised 12/18
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CITY Of
A B TTtN Nancy Backus,Mayor
WASHINGTON 25 West Main Street*Auburn WA 98001-4998*www.auburnwa.gov*253-931-3000
May 14,2019
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kevin Lawson
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Rodarte Construction,Inc.
17 East Valley Highway East
Auburn,WA 98092
RE: Contract No.18-01
Project No.CP1312,2017 Citywide Storm Repair&Replacement Project
Contract Completion and Acceptance
Dear Mr.Lawson:
In accordance with Section 1-05.12 of the Contract Specifications,the above referenced
contract is considered complete and accepted as final. The one-year warranty period
begins as of the date of this letter.
Your Contract Bond must remain in full effect until the expiration of the lien period and
there are no liens pending,then the penal sum of this bond,may be reduced to either ten
percent (10%) of the value of the improvements to the City or two thousand dollars
($2,000.00),whichever is greater.
Your retainage bond will be released within 60 days provided all necessary releases have
been received and there are no outstanding claims against the retainage.
Itatentiowaut
If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Sebero, Contract Administrative
Specialist at 253-931-3012.
Sincerely,
Jac Sweeting,P.E.
City Engineer/Assistant Director of Engineering Services
Public Works Department
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cc: Shawn Campbell,City Clerk
Matt Larson,Senior Project Engineer
Seth Wickstrom,Project Engineer
File 13.11(CP1312)
ENG-075,Revised 12/18
AUBURN* MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED
BOND IN LIEU OF RETAINAGE
(Retainage Bond -RCW 60.28)
Bond No. 106880100
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT
Rodarte Construction, Inc., 17 E. Valley Highway East, Auburn, WA 98092
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
WA and registered to do business in the State of
Washington as a contractor, as Principal, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company ,
of America a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of CT and
registered to transact business in the State of Washington as surety, as Surety, their
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, are jointly and severally held
and bound to the City of Auburn, Washington, hereinafter called CITY, and are similarly
held and bound unto the beneficiaries of the trust fund created by RCW 60.28, in the sum
of five percent (5%) of all amounts earned by the Principal on the contract described
below.
THE CONDITIONS OF THIS BOND OBLIGATION ARE THAT:
WHEREAS, on the l9i day of tj ,, 2018, the Principal executed
Contract No. 18-01 with the CITY for Project Ni4nber CP1312, 2017 Citywide Storm
Repair and Replacement Project; and
WHEREAS, said contract and RCW 60.28 require the CITY to withhold from the
Principal the sum of five percent(5%)from monies earned by the Principal on estimates
during the progress of the construction, hereinafter referred to as earned retained funds;
and
WHEREAS, the Principal has requested that the CITY not retain any earned
retained funds as allowed under RCW 60.28;
NOW, THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that the surety is held
and bound to the CITY and to the beneficiaries of the trust fund created by ROW 60.28 in
the sum of five percent (5%) of the final contract cost which shall include any increases
due to change orders, increases in quantities of work, addition of new items of work, or
otherwise, hereafter referred to as the final contract cost. If all purposes of RCW 60.28
and all contract obligations are fulfilled, then this obligation shall be null and void;
otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect until release is authorized in writing by
the CITY.
IT IS FURTHER EXPRESSLY AGREED THAT:
1. The liability of the Surety under this bond shall not exceed five percent(5%) of
the final contract cost, if no monies are retained by the CITY pursuant to RCW 60.28 on
estimates during the progress of construction.
CP1312 Retainage Bond
Page 1 of 3
2. In the event this bond ceases to comply with CITY standards, the CITY
reserves the right to resume the actual withholding of earned retained funds according to
the contractor's designated option for management of retainage under RCW
60.28.011(4). In the event the CITY resumes withholding of earned retained funds, the
liability of the Surety under this bond shall not exceed the actual amount of the earned
retained funds which were covered by this bond and released by the CITY prior to
resumption of actual withholding.
3. The Surety hereby consents to and waives notice of any extension in the time
for performance of the contract, assignment of obligations under the contract, or contract
alteration, amendment, or change order.
4. Any suit under this bond must be instituted within the time period provided by
applicable law with venue in King County, Washington. This bond and any proceeds
therefrom shall be subject to all claims and liens and in the same manner and priority as
set forth for retained percentages in RCW 60.28.
5. Until written release of this obligation by the CITY, this bond may not be
terminated or canceled by the Principal or the Surety for any reason. Any extension of
time for the Principal's performance on the contract, assignments of obligations under the
contract, or any amendment to the contract or change orders of any kind shall not release
the Surety from its obligation under this bond.
6. The contractor shall comply with all applicable requirements of RCW 60.28.
7. RCW 60.28 requires the CITY to accept a retainage bond in lieu of withholding
earned retained funds and the Surety hereby waives any defense that this bond or bond
form is void or otherwise not authorized by law.
8. Any claim or suit against the CITY to foreclose the liens provided for by RCW
60.28 shall be effective against the Principal and Surety and any judgment under 60.28
against the CITY shall be conclusive against the Principal and Surety.
WITNESS our hands this 20th day of April , 2018
PRINCIPAL:
Rodarte Construction, Inc.
17 E Valley Highway East
Auburn, WA, 98092
By:
(Signature of Authorized Represent
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Print/Type Name
CP1312 Retainage Bond
Page 2 of 3
SURETY: Travelers Casualty and Surety
Company of America
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By: L.
(Signature of Attorney in-F ct for Surety`)
Lori McKimmy, Attorney-in-Fact
(Typed Name of Attorney-in-Fact)
Dated April 20,2018
Local Agent Name, Phone, &Address
Kenneth J. Frick
112 South Fourth Street
Yakima,WA 98901
509-248-3515
CITY OF AUBURN:
Accepted By:
Ingrid aub,Ac' irector of Public Works
Dated: W2S12,olg
Approve s to fo :
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Dan 1 . Heid, Cit £ttomey
*This bond must be accompanied by a fully executed Power of Attorney appointing the
Attorney-in-Fact before it becomes effective.
CP1312 Retainage Bond
Page 3 of 3
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
.tA. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
TRAVELERS.l St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,and St.
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut(herein collectively called the
"Companies"),and that the Companies do hereby make,constitute and appoint Lori McKimmy,of Yakima,Washington,their true and lawful
Attorney-in-Fact to sign,execute,seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances, conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in
the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts
and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed,and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed,this 3rd day of February,
2017.
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By: �1%c%
City of Hartford ss. Robert L.Raney,SeioFr r Vice President
On this the 3rd day of February,2017,before me personally appeared Robert L.Raney,who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,and
that he,as such,being authorized so to do,executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations
by himself as a duly authorized officer.
In Witness Whereof,I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
My Commission expires the 30th day of June,2021 '1,E11"\C" 't' C.. tarAt
akai-
* Marie C.Tetreault,Notary Public
This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Travelers Casualty and
Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,which resolutions are now in
full force and effect,reading as follows:
RESOLVED,that the Chairman,the President,any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
Second Vice President,the Treasurer,any Assistant Treasurer,the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys-in-Fact and
Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with
the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances,contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of a
bond,recognizance,or conditional undertaking,and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and revoke
the power given him or her;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company,provided that each such delegation
is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED,that any bond, recognizance,contract of indemnity,or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance,or conditional
undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when(a)signed by the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior
Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary;or(b)duly executed(under seal,if required)by
one or more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more
Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED,that the signature of each of the following officers:President,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President,any Vice
President,any Assistant Vice President,any Secretary,any Assistant Secretary,and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power
of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents,Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only
of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof,and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing
such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile
signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached.
I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety
Company,and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of
Attorney executed by said Companies,which remains in full force and effect.
Dated this 20th day of April , 2018 •
/HARTFORD, 1 i W TFORD, Main
it Cala CONN 8 so'
,d` +f * LE.Hughes,Assistant
To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney,please call us at 1-800-421-3880.
Please refer to the above-named Attorney-in-Fact and the details of the bond to which the power is attached.
CITY OF µw
m. Nancy Backus,Mayor
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WASHINGTON 25 WestMVlainStreet*Auburn.WA.98001=4998*www.auburnwa.gov*253-931-3000.
October 5, 2021
David Rodarte
Rodarte Construction, Inc.
17 East Valley Highway East
Auburn, WA 98092
RE: One-Year Contract Bond
Contract No. 18-01
Project No. CP1312 Storm Drainage Pipeline Repair& Replacement
Dear David Rodarte:
The one-year warranty period has been successfully completed for the above-referenced
project as of October 1, 2021.
Therefore, your Contract Bond No. 106880099 is hereby released, and a copy of the bond
has been enclosed for your files.
If you should have any questions, please contact Jenny, Contract Administration Specialist,
at 253-931-3012.
Sincerely,
, . ' opd
R n L"Vondrak, P.E.
Capital & Construction Engineering Manager
Public Works Department
RV/js/as
Enclosure
cc: Bonding Company
Electronic Distribution Only
ENG-109-ELH,Revised 2/19 .AUBURN * MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED
CONTRACT BOND
CONTRACT NO. 18-01
BOND NO. 106880099
BOND TO CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, Rodarte Construction, Inc., 17 E. Valley Highway East, Auburn,
WA 98092, as principal, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America , a corporation,
organized and existing under the laws of the State of CT
as a surety corporation, and qualified under the laws of the State of Washington to become
surety upon bonds of contractors with municipal corporations, as surety, are jointly and
severally held and firmly bound to the City of Auburn, Washington, in the penal sum of One
million, three hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred eighteen dollars and fifty
cents ($1,363,318.50), for the payment of which sum we jointly and severally bind
ourselves and our successors, heirs, administrators or personal representatives as the
case may be.
This obligation is entered into in pursuance of the Statutes of the State of Washington and
the Ordinances of the City of Auburn, Washington.
Dated at Auburn, Washington, this 1b day of H.CC( , 20
Nevertheless,the conditions of the above obligation are such that: I
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn on the 16 day of April, 2018, let to the above bounden
principal a certain Contract. The said Contract being numbered 18-01, and providing for
the construction of Project CP1312, 2017 Citywide Storm Repair and Replacement
Project - installing approximately 1,580 linear feet of 12-inch and 18-inch storm
drainage pipe and 1,030 feet of 12-inch water main at six different project sites
(which Contract is referred to herein and is made a part hereof as though attached hereto),
and
WHEREAS, the said principal has accepted, or is about to accept, the said Contract, and
undertake to perform the work therein provided for in the manner and within the time set
forth:
NOW, THEREFORE, if the above bounden principal shall faithfully and truly observed and
comply with the terms, conditions, and provisions of said Contract in all respects and shall
well and truly and fully do and perform all matters and things by them undertaken to be
performed under said Contract, upon the terms proposed therein, and any and all duly
authorized modifications of said Contract that may hereafter by made, and within the time
prescribed therein, and until the same is accepted, and shall pay all laborers, mechanics,
subcontractors and material men, and all persons who shall supply principal or
subcontractors with provisions and supplies for the carrying on of said work and shall hold
said City of Auburn, Washington, harmless from any loss or damage occasioned to any
person or property by reason of any carelessness or negligence on the part of said
principal or any subcontractor in the performance of said work, and shall in all respects
faithfully perform said Contract according to law, and shall indemnify and hold.the City of
Auburn, Washington, harmless from any damage or expense by reason of failure of
performance, as specified in said Contract, and
The undersigned principal and the undersigned surety present this contract bond related to
the Contract, PROVIDED that this document shall not be enforceable unless and until the
City of Auburn awards and executes the Contract to the undersigned principal. No
obligations under this bond, for the performance of the above-referenced contract, shall be
enforceable until the City of Auburn has executed the contract to the undersigned principal.
The Surety, hereby agrees that modifications and changes may be made in the terms and
provisions of the aforesaid Contract without notice to Surety, and any such modifications or
changes increasing the total amount to be paid the Principal shall automatically increase
the obligation of the Surety on this Contract Bond in a like amount, such increase; however,
not to exceed twenty —five percent (25%) of the original amount of this bond without the
consent of the Surety.
PROVIDED, however, that after the completion of this Contract and the expiration of the
lien period, and if there are no liens pending, then the penal sum of this bond, shall be
reduced to either ten percent (10%) of the value of the improvements to the City or two
thousand dollars ($2,000), whichever is greater, to warranty against defects appearing or
developing in the material or workmanship provided or performed under this Contract within
a period of one (1) year after Contract Completion. Notwithstanding the reduction of this
bond, the principal and surety shall hold the City of Auburn harmless from all defects
appearing or developing in the material or workmanship provided or performed under this
Contract within a period of one (1) year after Contract Completion, THEN and in that event
this obligation shall be void; but otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and effect.
It is hereby expressly agreed that if any legal action is necessary to be brought under the
conditions of this bond, that the decisions of the Courts of the State of Washington shall be
binding.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above-bounden parties have executed this instrument this
20th -day of April , 20 18
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Rodarte Construc'o , Inc.
_ Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
_ - Surety
By 4,6)\-,1, M
Attorney in act •
Lori McKimmy,Attorney-in-Fact
Kenneth J. Frick • •
112 South Fourth Street,Yakima,WA 98901 509-248-3515
Resident Agent's Address&Phone Number
CP1312 Contract Bond
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Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
.1. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
TRAVELERS J St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,and St.
Paul Fire and Marine insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut(herein collectively called the
"Companies"),and that the Companies do hereby make,constitute and appoint Lori McKimmy,of Yakima,Washington,their true and lawful
Attorney-in-Fact to sign,execute,seal and acknowledge any and all bonds,recognizances,conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in
the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons,guaranteeing the performance of contracts
and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed,and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed,this 3rd day of February,
2017.
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State of Connecticut
By:
City of Hartford ss. Robert L.Raney,Se for Vice President
On this the 3rd day of February,2017,before me personally appeared Robert L.Raney,who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,and
that he,as such,being authorized so to do,executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations
by himself as a duly authorized officer.
In Witness Whereof,I hereunto set my hand and official seal. 0.UN
My Commission expires the 30th day of June,2021 \ Lrv._ . C.
*ef* Mane C.Tetreault,Notary Public
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This
This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Travelers Casualty and
Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,which resolutions are now in
full force and effect,reading as follows:
RESOLVED,that the Chairman,the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
Second Vice President,the Treasurer,any Assistant Treasurer,the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys-in-Fact and
Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with
the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds,recognizances,contracts of indemnity,and other writings obligatory in the nature of a
bond,recognizance,or conditional undertaking,and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and revoke
the power given him or her;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company,provided that each such delegation
is In writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED,that any bond, recognizance,contract of indemnity,or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond,recognizance,or conditional
undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when(a)signed by the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior
Vice President or any Vice President,any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary;or(b)duly executed(under seal,if required)by
one or more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed In his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more
Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority;and it Is
FURTHER RESOLVED,that the signature of each of the following officers:President,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President,any Vice
President,any Assistant Vice President,any Secretary,any Assistant Secretary,and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power
of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents,Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only
of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof,and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing
such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile
signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached.
I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety .
Company,and St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of
Attorney executed by said Companies,which remains in full force and effect.
Dated this 20th day of April" , 2018 •
m MNiIFO▪HD, ��
• 1:16:1 �'�� ��' • 'gat * LInE.Hughes,Assistant Secretary
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To verify die authenticity of this Power of Attorney,please call us at 1-800-421-3880.
Please refer to the above-named Attorney-in-Fact and the details of the bond to which the power Is attached.