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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 363 r j ! t RESOLUTION N0. 363 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITYtF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPT- ING SPECIAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUC- TION OF AN ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THIRD STREET, IN SAID CITY. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California: SECTION I. That the following specifications for the construction of an Ornamental Street Lighting System on Third Street between Ocean Avenue and Lake Avenue, be, and the same are, hereby, adopted as follows: S P E C I F I C A T I O N S #21 BEING SPECIAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THIRD STREET IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA 1. GENERAL. These specifications together with Plans, Numbers, 1030-1031 on file in the office of the City Engineer, which shall be considered a part of the General Specifications, de- fine the location, manner of construction and material to be used in the installation of the ornamental street lighting system on Third Street in the City of Huntington Beach, Cali- fornia. II. WORK TO BE DONE. 1. To furnish all material including posts, foundations, conduit, cable, lamps, globes, and all other suitable or neces- sary appliances for the installation of the system. 2. To furnish all labor necessary, lay conduits, install cable, erect and equip . the posts, and place the system in complete operating condition. 3. All the above in accordance with these specifications and the plans on file in the office of the City Engineer, and to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent. III. ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING POSTS. The posts shall be single light standards made of concrete reinforced with steel rods and manufactured by the 1. centrifugal process and known as Marbelite Type 700 or its equivalent. IV. CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND PLACING OF POSTS. 1. The posts are to rest upon a concrete foundation twenty-four inches square at the top, laid to sidewalk grade thirty (30) inches square at the bottom, with a thickness of twenty-four (24) inches. Four (4) three-quarter (314) inch bolts twelve (12) inches long with cast iron washer three (3 ) inches in diameter, are to be embodied in the concrete, pro- jecting two (2) inches above its surface and are to be held in place by a template of the holes in the bottom of the post. 2. Where the above described foundation cannot be con- structed on account of basement or obstruction, the contractor may use some other effective method. If any obstruction can be avoided by roving the post or posts parallel to the street, the contractor may have this option except with corner posts, provided that the post so changed, is not moved more than three (3) feet in either direction from the position shown on plans. 3. The concrete for the foundation shall be composed of one (1) part by measure of Portland Cement, two (2) pasts by measure of sand, or stone screenings, four (4) parts by measure of broken stone or screened gravel, which will pass through a one-and one-half (l } inch ring and be retained on a one-quarter (J) inch mesh screen. When unscreened gra- vel is used, five (5) sacks, or one and one-quarter (1j) 2. barrels of Portland Cement shall be added to each yard of gravel. The unscreened gravel shall not contain rock larger than will pass through a two (2) inch ring. The cement used on the work shall be Portland Cement, passing the require- ments for cement and cement tests of the American Society for Testing Materials. 4. The concrete shall be thoroughly mixed and incorporated while dry so as to form a homogeneous mixture of the ingredi- ents. Then the water shall be added in sufficient quantities so as to produce a uniformly and thoroughly wet mass. While being watered, the, whole mass shall be turned at least twice more. The concrete thus prepared shall be immediately placed in the form and thoroughly tamped until water appears upon the surface. The top of the concrete base shall be floated and troweled smooth. The foundation must be given at least seventy-two (72) hours to set before the post is placed there- on. The center of the posts shall be set twenty-one (21) inches from the curb face. They shall be plumb and in line, and of the same relative height above the curb. After plumb- ing the posts upon the foundation, the base must be given a uniform bearing by groating with a mixture of one (1) part Portland Cement and two (2) parts sand, the grout being thin enough to flow. V. CONDUIT. 1. Conduit and conduit bends furnished shall be sherar- dized iron conduit approved by the underwriters, and shall be 3. i i one and one-quarter (1k) inch inside diameter, radius of bends to be not less than twelve (12) inches. 2. All conduit threads are to be treated with graph- ite pipe paste before screwing together, and are to be put together absolutely water tight. Care must be t aken to see the pipe connections are good electrically. 3. The ends of each length of pipe shall be reamed on the inside. Care must be taken to prevent any obstruction remaining in the pipe which would injure the cable when being pulled in. 4. All ends of conduit to be sealed with wood plugs during construction to prevent moisture and foreign material entering. Conduit ends terminating in each lamp post are to be equipped with pipe bushings, and extend up into the post as far as the bottom of the hand hole. No junction boxes of any kind shall be used under ground. 5. In parkways all conduits shall be laid not less than twelve (12) inches below the top of the curb, and at street intersections shall be laid not less than twenty-four (24) inches below the finished grade of the street, except when laid beneath a concrete gutter or permanent pavement, in which case the conduit shall be at least twelve (12) inches below the finished grade. Conduit shall be laid be- tween the trees and curb, except in such cases where it is impossible without permanent injury to the trees, in which case and at such point it may be laid between the trees and sidewalk. 4. 6. The conduit system is to be installed in a loop system from post to post. 7. At the feed-in points conduit shall be run from the posts at each end of the system to the service pole as shown on Plans, and up the pole- thirty-five (35) feet. End of conduit up pole to be equipped with pipe bushings. Con- duit up pole to be covered with fiber conduit and securely strapped to the pole. 8. Conduits terminating in each post shall be elec- trically connected to each other, with a copper ground strip equivalent in area to a. #6 B. & S. gauge copper wire, the ends of conduit to be thoroughly cleaned before ground strip is put on. V1. CABLE. The cable used is to be what is known as varnished cambric lead covered cable. All cable must conform to the following specifications; 1. Conductors. The cable is to be single conductor Number Eight (#8) B. & S. Gauge, solid copper. 2. Conductivity. The conductivity of all conductors shall not be less than ninety-eight (98) per cent of that of pure copper. 3. Insulation. The insulation shall consist of varnished cambric. It must be homogeneous in quality, free from holes and defects, and applied helically, evenly and tightly to the conductor. There shall be' one-sixteenth (1/16) inch varnished cambric around the conductor. 5. i 4. Sheath. The sheath shall consist of lead and must be homogeneous in quality, free from holes and d efects. The sheath shall have an average thickness of not less than one sixteenth (1/16) inch and a minimum thickness of- not less than ninety (90) per cent of the required average thickness. 5. Voltage Test. Cable shall withstand two thousand (2000) volts, alternating E.M.F. between conductors and sheath for five (5) minutes. 6. Installation of the Cable. A. The cable is to be installed in the conduit in a double loop system from post to post. The ends of cable ter— minating in each post are to extend up into the post to the series socket terminals so that there will be no splices in the cable. B. Cable ends terminating in each lamp post are to be equipped with potheads made of fiber and to be filled with an insulating compound. The ends of all cable shall be sealed by soldering until the potheads are installed, to prevent moisture from entering the cable. C. Posts are to be connected up so as to form two complete series circuits as shown on Plans, each circuit to be controlled separately. D. Two cables shall be run from both ends of each underground system at feed points to service pole and up the pole to a point twelve (12) inches above the end of the con— duit. 6. E. The ends of all cables up poles shall be equipped with suitable outdoor type potheads. F. The sheathe of all cables in the base of each post are to be connected together with a copper ground strip, and this strip bonded to the conduit. VII. POST WIRING. 1. The posts shall be wired for one circuit, and to be connected to one cable or the other as shown on Plans. 2. There shall be no fuses or cutouts of any descrip- tion installed in the bases Of Posts. VIII. SOCKETS, LAMPS, GLOBES AND STREET SIGNS. 1. Each post shall be equipped with one Mogul Series Film cutout socket and socket holder. 2. The contractor shall furnish and install on each post one Type 11011 6.6. Amp. C.P. Mazda Lamp. 3. Globes used are to be Marbelite Lunar Lanterns #2, fitted for eight (8) inch holder. 4. There shall be painted on the globe of each corner ornamental lighting post, the street names and block numbers. Said street names and block numbers to be neatly lettered in black enamel in Roman Capitals of appropriate size. IX. EXCAVATION AND BACK-FILLING. 1. The excavation required for the installation of conduit, foundation for lamp posts, etc. , shall be done in such a manner as to cause the least injury possible to the grass, trees, palms, or flowers, etc. in the parkways. The 7. i dirt shall be piled in the gutter and not upon the parkways unless the parkway is unimproved with grass, flowers, etc. 2. After the trench has been back-filled, it shall be flooded with water and thoroughly settled, any surplus dirt shall be removed and the surface of the ground left smooth and level with the top of the curb. X. RESTORING STREET SURFACE AND CEMENT WORK. 1. Improved Streets. In all paved, macadamized, oiled or otherwise improved streets, the surface over the trench shall be finished by the contractor with the same roadway material that was removed in excavating the trench. 2. Reconstructing Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks. The reconstruction of cement curbs, drain spouts, gutters, pave- ments and sidewalks which are of necessity broken into by the installation of posts and conduits, shall be done by the contractor in conformity with the city specifications and in accordance with the following additional requirements, namely, the curb, gutter and sidewalks shall be removed to the next joint beyond the excavation required by the installation of said posts and conduits. XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS: 1. All the work shall be in every respect executed in a thorough and workmanlike manner. No work which may be defective in its construction or deficient in any of the re- quirements of these specifications, will be considered as accepted in consequence of the failure of any officer of the 8. r� City or Inspector connected with the work to point out said defects or deficiency during the construction, and the con- tractor shall be required to correct any imperfect work before the final acceptance of the work. 2. The contractor assumes all risk of variance of any computations or statements of accounts of quantities necessary to complete the work required by the contract and agrees to furnish all necessary labor and materials, and to fully com- plete said work in accordance with the plans and specifica- tions, and to the satisfaction of the- Street Superintendent. 3. Bidders must examine and judge for themselves as to the location of the proposed work, the nature of the ex- cavation to be made, and the work to be done. 4. The contractor shall give twenty-four (24) hours' notice in writing when he .sha.11 require the services of the City Engineer for laying out any portion of the work. He shall dig all stake holes necessary to give lines and levels. 5. The contractor shall be required to remove, at his own expense, all obstructions, such as trees, stones, debris, etc. , that may be in the way of making; said improvements. No trees, palms or shrubbery to be removed without first pro- curing an order for such removal from the Street Superintendent. 6. No more than one cross street shall be closed at one time. 7. The contractor will be required to observe all the City ordinances in relation to the obstruction of streets, 9. keeping open the passageways and protecting the same by erecting a fence or proper barrier along the line of the work and across the ends of the same in order to guard the public effectively from danger during the progress of the work, and he shall post all proper notices and signals to the public of the state of the street while the work is in progress. 8. A red light must be maintained at night at each end of the barriers from sunset until sunrise. 9. In case it should be necessary to move the prop- erty of any owner of a public utility or franchise, such owner will, upon proper application by the contractor, be notified by the Street Superintendent to move such property within a. specified reasonable time, and the contractors shall not interfere with said property until after the ex- piration of the time specified. 10. The right is reserved to the City and the owners of public utilities and franchises to enter upon the street for the purpose of making repairs or changes that may be- come necessary by the work. 11. The contractor shall notify the Street Superinten- dent when he desires a. final inspection of the work, when the latter will, as soon as possible, make the necessary examination which shall include a test of the system to actual service of such duration as may be necessary to show the efficiency of the system and if the work is found in 10. compliance with the plans and specifications, the Street Sup- erintendent will furnish the contractor with a certificate to that effect. 12. When, in the specifications, a maximum or minimum, either in size, percentage, or thickness, or relating to quality or character or other matter, is allowed or prescribed, the work shall be accepted as in com-Pliance therewith, if within such maximum or minimum so allowed hereby. 13. Wherever the word "City" is used in these specifi- cations, it refers to the City of Huntington Beach, Califor- nia. Wherever the word "Contractor" is used in these specifi- cations, it refers to the party or parties of the second part in the agreement for the construction of the work herein specified. 14. Wherever the words "City Engineer" , or "Street Superintendent" are used in these specifications, they refer to the City Engineer, or Street Superintendent of the City of Huntington Beach or its authorized agents or inspectors. Approved this lst day of August — 1921. C. R. Skinner City Engineer, Huntington Beach, CaLl. SECTION The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Hunting- ton Beach, California, at regular meeting held on the lst day of August, 1921, by the following vote: AYES: Obarr, Onson, Andrews, Drew, Manning NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: Chas. R. Nutt City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, California Signed and approved this 1st day of August, 1921. President of the Board of Trust- ees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. 12.