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ByBrianSkoloff TheAssociatedPress PHOENIX Flooding from heavy monsoon season rains in the Phoenix area forced authorities on Tues- day to close several ma- jor roads, including a por- tion of Interstate 17, while elsewhere dramatic scenes were playing out as motor- ists were pulled from par- tially submerged vehicles and a helicopter crew res- cuedstrandedresidentsfrom a home surrounded by swift- moving waters. A small trailer park was evacuated in a town about 40 miles north of the metro area, and a north Phoenix high school temporarily re- located 12 classrooms of stu- dents because of flooding in portions of the building. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for much of the metro area and north of the city where up to 8 inches of rain fell by midday in some of the mountainous regions along the interstate. The storms are expected to affect a large area of the state throughout the day. "It's like a conveyor belt of showers coming through here," National Weather Ser- vice meteorologist Ken Wa- ters said. "We're seeing new cells popping up in the Phoe- nix area and just outside the Phoenix area." Sporadic storms are ex- pected to continue in the area for the next few days. Dramatic aerial television footage Tuesday showed a river of muddy water rush- ing down I-17 about 25 miles north of Phoenix as motor- ists changed lanes to avoid the deluge. Another scene showed authorities pull- ing an elderly woman from a van stuck in fast-moving floodwaters. In New River, about 30 miles north of Phoenix, a helicopter lowered a rescuer to the roof of a home sur- rounded by rushing waters in an effort to pull trapped residents to safety. The scene played out on live television Tuesday afternoon as the rescuer tried to reach the residents. The Arizona Department of Public Safety closed a roughly 15-mile stretch of I-17, redirecting traffic into the southbound lanes back toward Phoenix. Officials said it's unclear when the highway will re- open, and Waters expects several more inches of rain in the area over the next few hours. The Arizona Department of Transportation will have to clear the road of mud and debris when the floodwa- ters recede to allow author- ities to reopen one lane at a time hopefully by the after- noon, DPS spokesman Bart Graves said. "Earlier we were very con- cerned that it was moving so fast that it would take over I-17 completely both north- bound and southbound," Graves said. "But it didn't, so now ADOT is going to have to sweep that water out of there, which is going to be a long, arduous project." Rocks also washed down a hillside onto I-17 about 60 miles north of Phoenix, caus- ing several vehicle collisions, but no deaths or major in- juries have been reported, Graves said. Meanwhile, residents of a small trailer park in Black Canyon City along a river about 40 miles north of Phoenix were evacuated late Tuesday morning, ac- cording to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. MONSOON SEASON THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A man stands in the window of a flooded house in New River, Ariz., north of Phoenix, Tuesday, In this image made from a video provided by ABC15TV. The area was flooded a er several inches of rain pummeled the state. By Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press WASHINGTON An "Obam- acare" tax on medical de- vices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it, accord- ing to a government audit released Tuesday. The audit by the Trea- sury inspector general for tax administration says the IRS needs to do a bet- ter job policing the tax. The tax agency, however, doesn't have adequate tools to identify which companies owe it, the au- dit said. The report could add fuel to efforts to repeal the tax, which is opposed by Republicans and many Democrats. While the IRS has taken steps to educate compa- nies about the tax, the agency "faces challenges to definitively identify manufacturers subject to the medical device excise tax reporting and payment requirements," said the in- spector general, J. Russell George. To help pay for Pres- ident Barack Obama's health law, Congress en- acted a 2.3 percent tax on the sale of medical de- vices used chiefly by doc- tors and hospitals, such as pacemakers and CT scan machines. Consumer items are exempted, in- cluding eyeglasses, con- tact lenses and hearing aids. The tax took effect in January 2013. For the first six months of that year, the IRS estimated it would collect $1.2 billion from the tax. The audit said the IRS collected only $913 million — 24 percent less than the estimate. The tax is projected to generate $29 billion over the coming decade, so a 24 percent shortfall — if it were sustained — would be significant. MEDICAL DEVICES Au di t: ' Ob am ac ar e' tax not meeting revenue target By Jared Leone The Associated Press TAMPA, FLA. A grand- mother shot and critically wounded her 7-year-old grandson early Tuesday af- ter mistaking him for an in- truder who had broken into her home, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Linda Maddox, 63, and her twin grandsons were sleeping in a bedroom af- ter her son, who is the boy's father, had left for work at the postal service, depu- ties said. Maddox told dep- uties she had placed a chair against the bedroom door handle for extra protection while they slept. When she heard the chair sliding against the wood floor about 1 a.m. Tuesday, she assumed it was an in- truder and grabbed a loaded .22-caliber revolver she keeps by the bed and fired one shot in the dark toward the door. Seconds later, she heard her grandson Tyler Maddox scream, deputies said. He was shot once in the upper body. He was taken to a hos- pital, where he was listed in critical condition. Sheriff's spokeswoman Cristal Bermudez Nunez said Maddox felt unsafe when her son would work overnight, so she would bring her grandchildren into the bedroom and block the door with a lean- ing chair. She said depu- ties have been called to the house 12 times since 2005, including a call about a sus- picious person on June 20, 2011, and a suspicious vehi- cle last Jan. 2. None of those calls turned into anything significant, she said. No charges have been filed against Maddox. A man at the home wouldn't open the door when a re- porter knocked and de- clined comment. Neighbor Jonathan Aris- tizabal, 18, said he has lived in the middle-class com- munity for six months and hasn't noticed anything that would make him think the area is unsafe. WOUNDED Woman accidentally shoots her grandson Floods force dramatic re sc ue s in P ho en ix a re a LEGALNOTICE CITY OF RED BLUFF - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS NOTICE OF FORMAL BID PROCEDURE Replacement of the Emergency Generator Serving the City Hall Building Complex Budget Account: (Fund 25-57- 540-101) NOTICE INVITING BIDS - The City of Red Bluff will receive sealed bids for the above Equipment purchase at the Engineering Di- vision of the Department of Pub- lic Works, 555 Washington Street (Mailing Address: 555 Washing- ton St., Red Bluff, CA 96080), until 4:00 PM September 10, 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. GENERAL WORK DESCRIPTION - The Emergency Generator Re- placement work will include re- placement and disposal of the existing emergency generator that currently serves the City Hall building complex with a new 50KW @ 208 volts 60 Hz 3- phase generator. The new gen- erator will need to be installed within the same "Loft Room" lo- cation where the existing gener- ator is currently situated within a part of the Fire Department's main bay area. The new instal- lation must include all of the op- erational connections and venting provisions as exist with the current generator. The new generator, when installed and operational, must comply with all necessary building and code requirements. This construction shall be a City funded project. BIDDERS INFORMATION - Copies of the Contract Documents, ex- cluding the Bid Requirements and the Performance Specifica- tions for the Standby Generator may be obtained from the Pur- chasing Officer, 555 Washington Street (Mailing Address: 555 Washington Street), Red Bluff, CA 96080; Telephone: (530) 527- 2605 ext. 3067; Fax: (530) 529- 6878. A fee for the Contract is $20.00, plus Documents is $20.00, plus a $10.00 mailing charge if mailing is requested. No refunds will be made. FOR CERTAIN CITY OF RED BLUFF BIDS AS APPLICABLE - Copies of the referenced Standard Specifi- cations (commonly called the "Green Book"), containing the General Provisions and Stand- ard Technical Specifications, may be obtained from Building News, Inc., P. O. Box 3031, Termi- nal Annex, Los Angeles CA 90051. Copies of the referenced stand- ard specifications issued by the State of California, Department of Transportation (1992 Edition) may be obtained from the De- partment of Transportation (CALTRANS), Publications Distri- bution Unit, 1900 Royal Oaks Drive, Sacramento CA 95819. APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS: In accordance with the provi- sions of Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the prime contractor shall be re- sponsible for fully complying with the provisions of this Sec- tion, as well as any regulations adopted by the Director of In- dustrial Relations, for all apprenticeable crafts or trades, and shall also assure compli- ance by his/her sub-contractors with respect to such apprenticeable crafts or trades. BID AWARD PROVISIONS; REJEC- TION - An award of bid, if a bid is awarded, will be made to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid complies with the City 's requirements within forty-five (45) days (City funded project) or seventy-five (75) days (state/federal funded proj- ect) of the bid opening date. The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any bid which fails to meet bid require- ments in any respect, to reject all bids for any reasons whatso- ever and to waive minor irregu- larities in bid. irregu- larities in any bid. BID SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS - All bid proposals shall be in compliance with the following requirements. Failure to comply with the requirements shall be grounds for the rejection of a proposal. 1. The bid proposal shall be submitted in writing, signed by an authorized individual of the professional services pro- vider. 2. The cost for the re- quired construction services shall accompany all bid propos- als. The proposals shall include a supported breakdown of all in- cluded costs. 3. Receipt and agreement with all exhibits incorporated in the bid documents shall be ac- knowledged. Bidders may only submit their bids on proposal forms provided by the city. Bids must be submit- ted in a sealed envelope plainly marked on its outside with the project title, City budget account number, and the bid opening date. Each bid must be accom- panied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or a bid bond in favor of the City of Red Bluff in an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. Such guaranty to be for- feited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract. Each sealed envelope containing a Proposal, must be plainly marked on the outside as PRO- POSAL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR SERVING THE CITY HALL BUILD- ING COMPLEX and the envelope should bear on the outside the name of the Bidder and his/her address. 1. The City will accept questions and/or comments in writing. For questions regarding this RFP, submit all inquiries via e-mail bhenz@ci.red-bluff.ca. RFP, inquiries e-mail to: bhenz@ci.red-bluff.ca. us no later than September 5, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Responses to the questions will be available upon request. BUSINESS LICENSE - REQUIRED - The contractor and each sub- contractor shall obtain a valid, current City of Red Bluff Busi- ness License on or before their commencement of work on the project. CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE - RE- QUIRED - Pursuant to the provi- sions of Section 3300 of the Pub- lic Contracts Code, the contrac- tor to whom a bid is awarded for this project shall possess, on or before the date of the award, a valid, current contractor's li- cense of the classification re- quired for the project. In addi- tion, each subcontractor shall possess a valid, current contrac- tor's license (C10 - Electrical) for their classification prior to com- mencement of their work on the project. The contractor and any subcon- tractor who is unlicensed shall be subject to all legal penalties imposed by law, including but not limited to, any appropriate disciplinary action by the Con- tractors' State License Board. Further, failure of the contractor to obtain proper and adequate licensing for an award of a con- tract shall constitute a failure to execute the contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the bidder's security. INSURANCE; BONDS: REQUIRED - The bidder to whom a contract is awarded will be required to furnish to the city evidence of insurance coverage(s), a per- formance bond, and a payment bond, if subcontracting any work, (per Section 3247 et seq. of the Civil Code) in full compli- ance with the provisions of the contract documents. NONCOLLUSION AFFIDAVIT - SUBMITTAL REQUIRED WITH BID - Each bidder shall file with their bid the attached bid the attached "NONCOLLUSION AFFIDAVIT TO BE EXECUTED BY BIDDER AND SUBMITTED WITH BID" pursuant to the requirements of Section 7106 of the Public Contracts Code. Failure to submit the affi- davit may be grounds for rejec- tion of a bidder's bid. OUT OF STATE VENDORS - Since the City is required to pay the California use tax on goods pur- chased from an out of state ven- dor, out of state vendors who do not pay California sales tax, di- rectly or subject to a California State Use Tax Permit, must in- clude the use tax in the bid to- tal. The use tax shall be calcu- lated based on the sales tax rate applicable in the City of Red Bluff at the time the bid is pre- pared. PAYMENT RETENTIONS; SUBSTI- TUTION OF SECURITIES - Five percent (5%) will be withheld from each progress payment made to the contractor for work performed and will be held until completion of the work, its ac- ceptance and the expiration of the period provided by law for filing liens by laborers or mate- rial suppliers. In accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, securities or an escrow agree- ment may be substituted for the monies which the City withholds. PREVAILING WAGES: PAYMENT REQUIRED - Prevailing (State-per Section 1771 et seq. Labor Code) (Federal) wages are required to be paid to members of each craft or classification perform- ing work on this project. A copy of the current (State) (Federal) Prevailing Wage Determination for this project is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, 555 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080; Telephone: (530) 527-2605; Fax: (530) 529-6878. 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Wednesday, August 20th Water Festival 6pm-8pm, Northside Park Thursday, August 21st Olive Festival Mixer 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, Bell-Carter Break Room Farmer's Market 5-7:30 pm, Northside Park Friday, August 22nd Olive Festival Parade Solano Street 6pm Bed Race Solano & 6th Streets following parade Saturday, August 23rd AlleventsatWoodsonCityPark(SouthandPeachStreets) unless otherwise noted 7-10 am Pancake Breakfast, Fire Department, 814 5th Ave. 9 am Fun Run/Walk 7-9 am Hot Air Balloon Rides, New Life Assembly parking lot 9 am-4 pm Arts, Crafts, Food Booths 10 am-2 pmLive Music 10 am Historic Olive Tour 11 pm Children's Activities 12 pm Historic Olive Tour 12 pm Olive Pit Spitting Contest and "Olive Olympics" 2 pm Cook–Off Judging 2 pm Historic Olive Tour 3 pm Raffle Drawing 3 pm Olive Drop Advertising published through an event co-sponsorship agreement with The Daily News Join us for a week of fun in The Olive City! 2 5 t h A n n u a l 2014 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 5 B