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AGENDA ITEM
May 12, 2015
TO: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
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FROM: Joe DeFrancesco
Public Works D' ector
1. SUBJECT
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange amending Chapter 12.02 of the Orange
Municipal Code to adopt the 2015 Edition of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works
Construction" (popularly known as the "Greenbook ").
2. SUMMARY
This Municipal Code amendment is requested to ensure that the most current version of the
"Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction" (popularly known as the "Greenbook ")
is adopted by reference in the Orange Municipal Code.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Ordinance No. 02 -15 (title must be read): "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Orange Amending Chapter 12.02 of the Orange Municipal Code to Adopt the 2015 Edition of the
"Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction ".
4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
1 b. Provide for a safe community - Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the
safety of the public.
4b. Provide outstanding public service - Provide facilities and services to meet customer
expectations.
1 6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Circulation & Mobility Element Goal 1.0 Provide a safe, efficient, and comprehensive
circulation system that services local needs, meets forecasted demands, and sustains quality of
life in neighborhoods.
Policy 1.1: Plan, build, and maintain an integrated, hierarchical, and multi -modal system of
roadways, pedestrian walkways, and bicycle paths throughout the City.
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Policy 1.6: Maintain and repair roadways and sidewalks as necessary to improve circulation and
safety.
7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
The Greenbook provides specifications that have general applicability to public works projects
and is used by all cities in the County of Orange and more than 200 cities, counties and agencies
in the Southern California area. The Greenbook is a standard document pertaining to specifications
for subdivision and public works construction projects, whether performed by the City, its
contractors or other public or private entities. The general provisions of the Greenbook are
supplemented and sometimes modified by the City of Orange Standard Plans and Specifications
on a project by project basis.
The Greenbook, first published in 1967, is updated and republished every three years. In order to
use the 2015 edition of the Greenbook, Chapter 12.02 of the Orange Municipal Code must be
amended to adopt the latest edition. Since changes are typically published as amendments to each
edition of the Greenbook in each of the two years between publications of a new edition of the
Greenbook, the proposed ordinance provides for the adoption of the 2015 edition together with
such changes as may be published in pamphlet form as amendments during the next two years.
8. ATTACHMENTS
• Ordinance No. 02 -15.
• A copy of the Greenbook is available for review in the City Clerk's office
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ORDINANCE NO. 02-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.02 OF
THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE
2015 EDITION OF THE "STANDARD
SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS
CONSTRUCTION."
WHEREAS, the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, popularly
known as the "Greenbook ", provides specifications that have general applicability to public
works projects; and
WHEREAS, the Greenbook has been adopted by more than 200 cities, counties and
agencies in the Southern California area, including the City of Orange; and
WHEREAS, the Greenbook, first published in 1967, is updated and republished
every three years; and
WHEREAS, Public Works Standards, Inc. a mutual benefit corporation, is the
current producer of the Greenbook and has written and promulgated the 2015 edition thereof,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange desires to adopt the 2015 edition
of the Greenbook for the purpose of providing specifications that have general applicability
to the City's public works projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange does ordain as
follows:
SECTION I:
Chapter 12.02 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
" 12.02.010 Adopted by Reference Except as may otherwise be provided herein,
the provisions of the 2015 edition of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works
Construction" (popularly known as the "Greenbook "), written and promulgated by Public
Works Standards, Inc. a mutual benefit corporation, together with such changes as may be
published in pamphlet form as amendments to the 2015 edition in each of the two years
between publication of a new edition of the Greenbook, are adopted and applicable to all
public works construction undertaken after the effective date of this ordinance. One copy of
the Standard Specifications for Public Works construction has been and is now filed with the
office of the City Clerk, and said Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction is
adopted by reference as if incorporated and set out at length in this Chapter."