8D Cliissifteli/djc Cliarlotte JJost Thursday May 6, 2004 • • • • BIDS Invitation To Bid Attention: Small Business Enterprises Crowder Construction Company is preparing a bid for the City of Charlotte on the Long Creek Pumping Station located in Charlotte. North Carolina. Small Business Enterprises including MBEAVBE and all other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the following scopes of work: NIGP Code Descriotion NlGPCode Pescripti^n 15034 Handrails 91450 HVAC 34000 Fire Extinguishers 91453 Insulation 34016 Fire Alarm 91455 Masonry 57068 Steel. Fabricated 91461 Painting 57077 Rebar Installation 91468 Plumbing 57078 Steel. Reinforcing 91473 Roofing 75070 Ready-mix Concrete 92586 Surveyor 75573 Forming 96239 Hauling 90937 Doors 96279 Sign 90976 Site Work 96888 Clearing and Grubbing 91001 Acoustical Ceilings96894 Waterproofing 91066 Roofing 97537 Dumpsters 91240 Demolition 97773 Toilets, Portable 91244 Excavation 98814 Erosion Control Services 91319 Curb and Gutter 98815 Fence Installation 91340 Pipeline 98852 Seeding 91347 Sidewalk 99837 Electrical Supplies 91430 Concrete Crowder Construction Company will break down the elements of work into economically feasible units (as listed above) on a case by case basis to facilitate Small and Minority Business Enterprise participation. Proposals will be received by Crowder Construction Company at the following address: Crowder Construction Company 1111 Burma Drive Apex, North Carolina 27539 Telephone: (919) 367-2000 Estimating Fax: (919) 367-2097 Contact: Karen Bednar Bid Date: May 14, 2004 at 10:00 a.ni. Plans. Specifications, and Contract documents are available for viewing at the City of Charlotte (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities Contract Administration Section) located at 5100 Brookshire Blvd.. Charlotte, Nonh Carolina 28216; Telephone (704) 391-5103. ■ Additional viewing locations are at the Minority Contractors Resource Center located at 125 N. Irwin Street, Charlotte. North Carolina 28202: Telephone (704) 332-9383 and at the Carolinas AGC Office located at 1100 Euclid Avenue. Charlotte. North Carolina 28216; Telephone (704) 372- 1450 and at the F.W.Dodge office located at 5019 Nations Crossing Road, Suite 107. Charlotte. North Carolina 28217; Telephone (704) 525-6924. Contract documents may also be examined at Crowder Construction Company. 1123 E. Tenth Street. Charlotte, North Carolina; Telephone (704) 348-1386. Plans and Specifications are available for purchase at the office of Brown and Caldwell. 309 East Morehead Street. Suite 160. Charlotte. North Carolina 27202; Telephone (704) 358-7204. Crowder Construction Company will conduct a pre-bid meeting for Small Business Enterprises including Minority and Women's Businesses and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. This pre-bid meeting will be held at Crowder Construction Company at the 1123 E. 10th Street. Charlotte. North Carolina location on May 10. 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Anyone interested in bidding or with questions regarding the Long Creek Pumping Station project located in Charlotte, North Carolina are encouraged to attend. LEGALS THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LAKE COUNTY FLORIDA IN THE INTEREST OF; Baby Boy Dillion. D>0>B: 11/17/03. Place of birth: Pinellas County Florida. Minor child NOTICE OF PETITION AND HEARING TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION To: Unknown Caucasian male Address: Charlotte NC All Parties having or claiming to have any rights herein described: Caucasian male, unidentified birth father of baby boy born November 17.2003, to Caucasian mother. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been files in the court by KidzFirst Adoptions. Inc, 351 West Alfred Street. Tavares, FL 32778 (352) 343-3711. has filed a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights pending Adoption in the court. There will be a hearing on May 19. 2004, at 10:00 am/p.m. before the Honorable Willard L Pope. Lake County Judicial Center 550 West Main Street. Tavares. Lake County Florida. (352) 343-4346, regarding the above-referenced child. The court has set aside 15 minutes for the hearing. You may object by appearing at the hearing or filing a written objection with the court. If you file a written objection, the original must be filed with the clerk of this court on or before 5 days prior to hearing. With copies to petitioners attorney. Jerri A Blair, Lockett & Blair. PA P.O Box 130. Tavares. FL 327780130 Under section 63.089 Florida Statutes, failure to file a written response to this notice to the court or to appear at this hearing constitutes grounds upon which the court shall end any parental rights you may have regarding the minor child. Dated on: _April 12.2004 James C Watkins Clerk of the Circuit Court Deputy Clerk The City of Charlotte ' Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is dilapidated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to demolish the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to demolish by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case; contact the inspector for that case. Interested parties: United Companies Lending Corporation Property: 4115 Glory St Demolish by: June 3.2004 @ 10:15 am Inspector: Benjamin Krise Submitted by; Scott Edwards, Belmont Team Leader BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the project entitled Andrews/Murphy Water Connector will be received by Cherokee County at 2:00p.m. local time June 8th, 2004 in the Office of the County Manager, 75 Peachtree Street, Murphy, North Carolina and then publicly opened and read aloud. THE PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF the construction of approximately 52,OOOLF of 12-inch ductile iron water, two (2) 300GPM water booster pump stations, one (1) 200,000-gallon glass-fused-to-steel water storage tank, and all accessories and appurtenances as described in the project plans and specifications. The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: McGill Associates, P.A. Associated General Contractors Associated General Contractors F W. Dodge F. W. Dodge Asheville, North Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Engineer, McGill Associates, P.A., located at 55 Broad Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 or Post Office Box 2259, Asheville, North Carolina 28802 upon payment of $95.00 for each set. There will be no refund to any party for Contract Documents so obtained. On May 19, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. local time, a pre-bid conference for prospective bidders will be held in the Office of the Engineer, 55 Broad Street, Asheville, North Carolina. The purpose of this conference is to answer any questions pertaining to the scope and nature of the project and to discuss the minority business participation requirements. Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend this conference. Bidders and other interested parties should note that prequalification of equipment manufacturers by the Engineer prior to the bid opening may be required for this project. Equipment prequalification requirements, if any, are described in the Contract Documents. A certified check or cashiers check payable to Cherokee County or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds in the amount equal to five percent of the total of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or reject any or all bids. The Owner reserves the right to award a contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish separate. 100 percent Performance and Payment Bonds in compliance with North Carolina Genera! Statutes Section 143-129 and of Article 3 of Chapter 44A. The Performance Bond shall be in full force and effect for one (I) year after the date of final acceptance of the project by the Owner. The bid deposit shall be retained by the Owner if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract or fails to provide the required bonds, as stated above, within ten (10) days after award of the contract. Each bidder must be appropriately licensed as a Contractor in the State of North Carolina as provided in General Statutes Chapter 87. Each bidder shall make positive efforts to use small and minority owned business enterprises on this project. This project is being funded by a grant or loan from the North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply (PWS) Section. All bidders are required to make good faith efforts to utilize Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) businesses where feasible for this project. The "Special Conditions Package for North Carolina Water Supply Projects" included in the Contract Documents shall be followed by all bidders. Any bidder failing to make a good faith effort to comply with these Special Conditions will be subject to disqualification of their bid. A conditional or qualified BID will not be accepted. This project is being financed in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Project No. XP97454902. Neither the United States of America nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids, or any resulting contract. Procurement, however, will be subject to regulations published in the Federal Register dated March 28, 1983 as 40 CFR 33. Bidders must comply with the President's Executive Order Nos. 11246 and 11375 as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. the Davis-Bacoh Act, the Anti-Kickback Act. the Contract Work Hours Standard Act, and 40 CFR 35.936 (F). A certification by the bidder of prior work performed under Executive Order 11246 and compliance with 40 CFR 60-4 is required. Bidders must make positive efforts to utilize small and minority owned subcontractors and suppliers, and must document these efforts in accordance with the Special Conditions sections of the Contract Documents. Ernest Jones Cherokee County Manager The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is dilapidated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to demolish the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to demolish by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case. Interested party; FYFE INTERPRSES INC & LUCY V WILLIAMS Property: 1500 EFFINGHAM RD Demolish by: May 17th 2004 Inspector: Randy Baucom Telephone #704-336-5296 Submitted by: Mike Hawkins, Supervisor and Designated Agent. The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices We will hold hearing upon Housing Code complaint regarding the Property listed below. We will hold the hearing at Belmont Service Center, 700 Parkwood Avenue at the time indicated, for the purpose of Determining whether the property contains the code violations that the Inspector has determined to exist. For additional information Concerning the case, contact the inspector for that case. Interested parties: Carolyn Mullis Property: 4915 Laborde Avenue Hearing Date: April 22,2004 @ 3:45 pm Inspector: Benjamin Krise Submitted by: Scott Edwards. Belmont Team Leader. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the project entitled Town of Andrews Water Treatment Plant Replacement will be received by Cherokee County at 11:00a.m. local time June 8th. 2004 in the Office of the County Manager. 75 Peachtree Street, Murphy, North Carolina and then publicly opened and read aloud. THE PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF the construction of a new 2.0 MGD package water treatment plant for the Town of Andrews, including metal building, all associated yard piping, relocation of the existing SCADA system, abandonment of the existing water treatment plant, and all accessories and appurtenances as described in the project plans and specifications. The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: McGill Associates, P.A. Associated General Contractors Associated General Contractors F. W. Dodge F. W. Dodge Asheville, North Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte, fjorth Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Engineer, McGill Associates, P.A.. located at 55 Broad Street. Asheville, North Carolina 28801 or Post Office Box 2259, Asheville, North Carolina 28802 upon payment of $75.00 for each set. There will be no refund to any party for Contract Documents so obtained. On May 19, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. local time, a pre-bid conference for prospective bidders will be held in the Office of the Engineer, 55 Broad Street, Asheville, North Carolina. The purpose of this conference is to answer any questions pertaining to the scope and nature of the project and to discuss the minority business participation requirements. Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend this conference. Bidders and other interested parties should note that prequalification of equipment manufacturers by the Engineer prior to the bid opening may be required for this project. Equipment prequalification requirements, if any, are described in the Contract Documents. A cenified check or cashiers check payable to Cherokee County or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds in the amount equal to five percent of the total of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or reject any or all bids. The Owner reserves the right to award a contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish separate, 100 percent Performance and Payment Bonds in compliance with North Carolina General Statutes Section 143-129 and of Article 3 ef Chapter 44A. The Performance Bond shall be in full force and effect for one (1) year after the date of final acceptance of the project by the Owner. The bid deposit shall be retained by the Owner if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract or fails to provide the required bonds, as stated above, within ten (10) days after award of the contract. Each bidder must be appropriately licensed as a Contractor in the State of North Carolina as provided in General Statutes Chapter 87. Each bidder shall make positive efforts to use small and minority owned business enterprises on this project. A conditional or qualified BID will not be accepted. This project is being financed in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Project No XP-97454902. Neither the United States of America nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids, or any resulting contract. Procurement, however, will be subject to regulations published in the Federal Register dated March 28. 1983 as 40 CFR 33. Bidders must comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246 as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. the Davis-Bacon Act, the Anti-Kickback Act, the Contract Work Hours Standard Act, and 40 CFR 35.936 (F). A certification by the bidder of prior work performed under Executive Order 11246 and compliance with 40 CFR 60-4 is required. Bidders must make positive efforts to utilize small and minority owned subcontractors and suppliers, and must document these efforts in accordance with the Special Conditions sections of the Contract Documents. Ernest Jones Cherokee County Manager LEGALS The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices We will hold hearing upon Housing Code complaint regarding the property li.sted below. We will hold the hearing at Adams Service Area Center, 4150 Wilkinson Blvd., at the times indicated, for the purpose of determining whether the properties contains the Code violations that the inspector have determined to exist. For additional information concerning the case, contact the inspector for that case. Interested party; Mildred Roberts Property: 2223 Rozzelles Ferry Road Hearing Date: May 26, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. Inspector: Z. Shums, Telephone No. 398-6773 Submitted by: George Kenyon, Supervisor and Designated Agent. The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is dilapidated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to demolish the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to demolish by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case. Interested party: Edith Harris Property; 2624 Norfolk Avenue Demolish by: May 28, 2004 Inspector; Ken Eaker, Telephone No. 398-6763 Submitted by; George Kenyon, Supervisor and Designated Agent.