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~~ • RESOLUTION NO. 88- 2 A RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS ON LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVING AN ESTIMATED COST OF GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00); REQUIRING FILINGS OF CONTRACTOR'S STATEMENTS WITH THE LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY; PROHIBITING CONTRACTORS FROM SUB- CONTRACTING MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT (50$) OF WORR ON LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY PROJECTS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT; REQUIRING ATTENDANCE AT A PRE-BID CONFERENCE AS A PREREQUISITE TO SUBMITTING A BID; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE; APPROVING AND ADOPTING FORMS FOR THE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS; DEFINING "BIDDING CAPACITY"; ADOPTING DISQUALIFICATION STANDARDS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY: Section 1. The Board of Directors of the La Porte Area Water Authority has determined, and does hereby find, determine, and declare that it is in the best interest of the La Porte Area Water Authority that all Contractors desiring to bid on La Porte Area Water Authority construction projects having an owner's estimated construction cost of greater than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), must pre-qualify by filing a satisfactory Contractor's Statement, on the forms attached hereto, with the Construction Project Manager, La Porte Area Water Authority, no later than thirty days prior to the date bids are to be opened, if a Contractor is to be eligible to bid. Thereafter, a new contractor's Statement shall be filed with the Authority annually. Contractors who are pre-qualified in accordance with City of La Porte Ordinances 1476 and 1476-A do not need to additionally pre-qualify under the terms of this resolution. The financial information contained in such Contractor's Statement is deemed confidential; shall not be disclosed by Authority to the public or to other contractors; and shall be deemed exempt from disclosure under the Open Records Act, Art. 6252-17a, V.A.T.S., in accordance with Texas Attorney General's Opinion No. ORD-309, 1982. The Board of Directors of the La Porte Area Water Authority finds that disclosure of the financial information is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) to impair the Authority's ability to obtain necessary information in the future; or (2) to cause substantial harm to the ,competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.