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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd had a cashier's check or bid bond in amount of 10% of the contract before starting to bid, with agreement the performance bond will be supplied upon awarding of the contract. Commissioner Chenney said he would like to see their bids; he would then know who they are and what they are; the names - -who's in charge of the firms and who signs the bids -- and if these contracts have been okayed by the Commissioners? Mr. Crighton said these contractors have been okayed by the Advisory Committee. Commissioner Wiggins added that the Commissioners are depending on the Advisory Committee to a large extent. Mr. Brownell advised that they had reviewed each of the bids with the Advisory Committee. b Change Order No. 1 to Demolition Contract No. 38: Mr. Brownell advised this contract was awarded to Warner Brothers, and on the remaining wall between Parcels 21 -9 and 21 -10, we ran into a problem and found the brick wall that the contractor was trying to take down was up against the brick wall of the adjoining property. He asked Mr. Bill Slabaugh to inspect the wall and make a recommendation. Mr. Slabaugh's recommendations were noted in his memorandum of January 28 to Mr. Rollin E. Farrand, City Engineer, with copy to Mr. Brownell. Mr. Farrand has approved Mr. Slabaugh's recommendations, as specified in the memorandum. Mr. Brownell advised he had consulted with President Nimtz and was asked to have Mr. Slabaugh advise the contractor on how he should proceed to protect the wall, and that will result in a change order to be presented to the*Com- missioners when we have the amount of the cost from the contractor. Mr. Slabaugh advised they do not want to break the weather seal until the whole building was completely removed from the wall and then we can see what problems will come up. It appeared we should leave the wall there. One of the things on inspections, we cannot be on every phase of it. Mr. Slabaugh advised that when the builders put the first course of the brick up, they didn't put any mortar up against the wall; e.g., the first course of bricks is just laid in; it is not mortared in place. If we would remove the exist- ing wall of the building that was purchased by the Depart- ment of Redevelopment, we would be exposing water entry into the building and then would have a constant problem. When a contingency is put in, usually the full amount is used. If the change order is prepared when we know what actual work is needed, Mr. Slabaugh believed the work would be at low cost. Mr. Brownell advised that we can wait for a change order to come through, and the contractor is proceeding to do the work. He said he wanted the Commissioners to be aware of the work proceeding. Mr. Slabaugh said presently the weather - 12 - CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO DEMOLITION CONTRACT NO. 38, R -66