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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 7005 EAST PROSPECT ROAD LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTSAdministrative Services Purchasing Division City of Fort Collins March 13, 2009 L & M Enterprises, Inc. Attn: Mr. Ron Propp, President 735 East Highway 56 Berthoud, CO 80513 RE: 7005 East Prospect Road Landscaping Improvements Thank you for recently submitting a bid to the City of Fort Collins for 7005 East Prospect Road Landscaping Improvements. Your firm was the low bidder and in accordance with contract specifications, your bid bond is being returned to you. We appreciate the time spent in preparing your bid response and look forward to working with you. If you should have any questions, please contact me. Sincerely, C' U mes B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP Director of Purchasing and Risk Management Enclosures: Bid Bond 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 BID BONG KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: LhaL we., Llle undersigned L & M Enterrorises. Inc.- -aInc.-- a5 Principal, and an Surety, are hereby held and firmly bound urrLo the City or Fort Collins, Colorado, as OWNER, in the sum of $----- 5% ---- ** fur Lhe payuietll.. ur which, well and truly L.a be. made, we hereby jointly and spverally bind' ourselves, successors, and assigns, **Five percent of the bid amount THE CONDITION c,f th'i t, oh] i gat.'A (in is :;trcai I_haL whereas the Principal has submi.L.Led Lo the City of f ox t Collins, Colorado the . ac:companyiny laid anc3 hereby made a part hprPof to enter into d C0118LrucLion Agreement fnr trre co1lSt.r'ucti.on of r'c_ii"L Collins Pru iect, 7G05 Eant Prn.;pect. Road Landscaping Improvement;. NOW THEREFORE, (a) If r>aic! Aid Shall :)e reje.cLed, or (b) If saic.' Bi.d shall :�e accepted and Lhe Principal sha,ll execute and deliver a Contract in the torm of Contract attached hareto (properly completed .in i accordancr- with Utid Bid) and shall furnish a BOND for hir, fai,Jjful Performance of said Contract, and for payrlleaL of all pnrsonr; performing { labor or furnishing mii;er.ials in connection therewith, and shall in all ' or.lirr: retifiec Ls perform the Agreement creaLed by the acceptance of nail Hid, then thi, obligation shall be void; otherwise the same ^,hall rernain in force a:rd effect, it hning_pxpressl.y understood and agreed that. Lhe liability Of the SureLy for- drly grid all claims hereunder shall, in no i. event, exceed the penal amount. of this obligation as herein ^taf_.ed, The ":Surety, for value r.ccai.vFd, hereby stipulates and agrees Lhat the. obligations of ;�,id Surety and i_s BOND shall be in no way imp,lired or. 1 affNc;:t.erl by any extension of Lhe Lime within which Lhe OWNER may accFpt. such Bid; and said Surety does hereby waiva noL'.ice of any Such extension. ti i Surety Companir:-: exF<"uLing bonds must be authorized Lo Lrannact Jjusirlerc, in the State of C:nlcirado and be accepted by the OWNER, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the: Principal and Lhe Surety have he.rPLInU.) bet their har-jd�-, and seas Lhim 5th dFebruary 20 09, d such of anti of them as arc have caused their corporate seals Lo be hereto affixeLi and th(-:-ife 7-reseiiLs to 6c ejigned t)y tLj)e.jr proper officers, r.he clay and year firni. forth above, PRINCIPAL Narnn.- L & M EnteEprises, Inc. Addrc!ss.-_ P 0 Box W Berthoud-, CO 80513 By: ATTEST:, (.SEAL) SURETY Travelers. Casualty and Surety Company of America One TowerRoad Hartford, CT 06183 By: Renee Stein �\== Titic: Attorney -in -Fact .31 (SEAL) WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER POWER OF ATTORNEY TRAVELERS.1 Farmington Casualty Company St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Seaboard Surety Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Attorney -In Fact No. 220225 Certificate No. ®0 2 5 O 4 5 8 Q KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Seaboard Surety Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of New York, that St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, that Farmington Casualty Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, that United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (herein collectively called the "Companies"), and that the Companies do hereby make, constitute and appoint Christine A. Herbert, Steven J. Ewing, Bryan K. Brenning, and Renee Stein of the City of Loveland , State of Colorado , their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above, 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 pens ei'in anv actions or-pioceedings allowed by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this ins trunie> tito be signed and th& corporate seals to be hereto affixed, this 17th day of July 2008 fC 1� `�, Al � 'IV Farmington Casualty Compan r � St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insu�anne' ompani ' St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Seaboard Surety Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ry�.Ifnj` �� StnETy Jy4\RE 6 ' O\�N IM,rG� jJp+ 1NS� 94i gJpITY 4NpS 11a 31WCIYY"'YJ V `^'^�NWTtp G .' �TCORPOR,,>F mt jW: GORPORRT'. njn= � 9 3: $ yJk : �19 8 2S 0 1977 192 7 g € t z: --_ F'': t a tuarFow, a tuar> ago. 5 "'duo s cram i O 1951 T s �`•SEAL.`o' '" o' CONN. � 2v N 1896 din AHD l� 9iF. *O qm�o mod`... .Aod SEAL•aD W i t\ .� oa < hEW �'an,«��,��•m , spNM .r \S ......n� ' t �H i �° � AHi� State of Connecticut City of Hartford ss. By: _ A��_� Georg Thompson, Uorice President 17th July 2008 On this the day of before me personally appeared George W. Thompson, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., Seaboard Surety Company, St.. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Com"pang, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and that he, as such, being authorizes so to do, rxecuted, the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations by himself as a duly authorized officer. G•TlT In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. 7*AA My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2011. `t'n aU�t.�► C � _ Marie C. Tetreault, Notary Public 58440-5-07 Printed in U.S.A. RED This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., Seaboard Surety Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty 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 Attomeys-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, Kori M. Johanson, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary, of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., Seaboard Surety Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Suretty�CoompanyK `Americ ,and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of executed bylsatd Companies, which is in full force and effect and has not been revoked. . � 4, IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seals of'said. C0 panies this 5 th day of February 2009 1-9 Vx Kori M. Johans Assistant Secretary OI.SU,F�r s�%�iy J FARE 6 y O�RN .INSG # p.� 1N3Ugq gJP�tY AN08 Apo EW�y �pF�Y'k'0 O? OV.P,Ogtr L `' 1 * _ 7 e• 7 J J. •t p G 4 F � �'j�o � ti 9 f{ORPORATFs fQ: ORA Ff -.- f% jni a FlAftrFORD. WIRIFdRD, Ti <r.,0-,r WiGORPT i 1951 sA �..SEAL'o'i �;SSAL.." rAed. $ e N 1896 Vy • �,d i �,� .0 �F yll`. 6 "�mnu O� G y f .... v. raFd •.,, ttw sN AN !s To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney, call 1-800-421-3880 or contact us at www.travelersbond.com. Please refer to the Attomey-In-Fact number, the above -named individuals and the details of the bond to which the power is attached. WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY I