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Advice For Adult Children Of Aging Parents Who Need Help At Home
(BPT) - Helping a parent stay active and
healthy at home can be achieved with careful
planning. The rewards of personally caring
for, or managing the care of, a loved one
who needs help are innumerable. It’s an opportunity
to give back and to offer a return on
the loving investment they once made in us.
In-home care may be provided by loved
ones, family, friends, neighbors or professional
caregivers. It typically includes assistance
with activities of daily living - bathing,
dressing, toileting, eating and walking - as
well as companionship, medication reminders,
laundry, light housekeeping, errands,
shopping and transportation.
If your parent is under a doctor’s care
because of a recent illness or injury, home
healthcare companies can provide skilled
nursing services in their house, such as physical
therapy, wound care or speech therapy.
Whether caregiving services are provided
by a professional or family member, either
option can impact your family’s finances. An
eight-hour-a-day, five-day-a-week professional
caregiver costs about $40,000 a year, while
24/7 care can be as much as $150,000 a year.
If a parent depends on family for care, it can
take that caregiver away from his or her job
and earnings, affect business opportunities
and reduce future Social Security income.
Medicare, the federal government’s health
insurance program for people aged 65 and
over, covers some home health care if prescribed
by a doctor, but not home-delivered
meals, non-medical home care, or 24/7 care.
Medicaid, a joint federal and state program
Seniors
that helps with medical costs, has very low
asset and income restrictions.
Depending on where your parent lives,
they might qualify for a Medicaid waiver
that can help with in-home care costs. Doug
Lueder, owner of Prosper Home Care, an
independent home care agency based in Atlanta,
says, “The purpose of the (Medicaid)
waiver program is it can help individuals stay
at home in a healthy, safe environment for
the same amount of money or less than it
would cost for that person to be in a facility.
States would rather be able to keep people at
home, and in general statistics show people
are happier and they have better outcomes
at home.”
Another possible source of funds may be
your parents’ home. For many Americans,
the equity they have built up in their homes
is their single largest financial asset, typically
comprising more than half of their net worth.
With a reverse mortgage, borrowers have the
flexibility to use their loan proceeds however
they wish, including to pay for in-home care
or other medical expenses. As long as the
terms of the loan are met, the balance doesn’t
need to be repaid until the last surviving borrower
has passed away or permanently left
the home. To learn more about this option,
visit the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders
Association’s consumer education website
reversemortgage.org/adultchildren.
First steps are from the fact sheet Caregiving
101: On Being a Caregiver ©2016, published
with permission from Family Caregiver Alliance,
www.caregiver.org. •
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
Sealed proposals will be received by the City
Clerk of the City of Hawthorne, California at
the office of the City Clerk, located on the first
floor in City Hall, 4455 West 126th Street,
Hawthorne, California until 4:00 P.M., Tuesday,
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES
July10, 2018. Proposals will be publicly opened
and recorded on a Bid List at 4:15 P.M. of the
same day in the City Clerk’s Office. Bidders,
as well as the general public, are invited to
view the proceedings.
Proposals will be read at a meeting of the City
Council starting at 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, July
10, 2018 for the following:
Prairie Ave. Improvement Project
Phase I,(City Project # 13-04)
MTA S.B.M.R. Highway Program (MR
312.47 & P00F7101)
Federal Project # HSIPL 5253(020),
STPL and CDBG Funds
ITEM# ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT QUANTITY
1 Clearing and grubbing / BMP LS 1
2 Excavation (unclassified) CY 1,000
3
Remove and excavate existing curb and gutter and construct
new curb and gutter per SPPWC Std. 120-2 type A2-8(200)
over 6” CMB
LF 1,500
4
Remove existing sidewalk and construct new 4” thick PCC
sidewalk with 4” CMB
SF 6,500
5 Remove and excavate existing ADA curb ramp and construct
new 4” ADA ramp over 4” CMB per SPPWC Std. 111-4
SF 12,000
6 Curb drain EA 1
7 Traffic Signing, Striping, Markings and Pavement Markers LS 1
8
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
118th St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification.
LS 1
9
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
Broadway including labor, potholing, and materials complete
per Plan and Specification
LS 1
10
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and El
Segundo Blvd. including labor, potholing, and materials complete
per Plan and Specification
LS 1
11
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
132nd St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification
LS 1
12
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
135th St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification
LS 1
13
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
137th St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification
LS 1
14
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
139th St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification
LS 1
15
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
Rosecrans Ave. including labor, potholing, and materials complete
per Plan and Specification
LS 1
16
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
147th St. including labor, potholing, and materials complete per
Plan and Specification
LS 1
17
Traffic Signal construction at the intersection of Prairie and
Marine Ave. including labor, potholing, and materials complete
per Plan and Specification
LS 1
18 Surveying LS 1
19
Furnish and install 3” PVC conduit in addition to what is
called for in each TS plan lump sum item
LF 1,000
20 Traffic Signal Loop Detectors Type “E’ EA 200
21 Traffic Signal Bicycle Loop Detectors Type “D” EA 60
22
Preparation and implementation of Traffic Control, including
all temporary delineation during construction, arrow boards,
Message boards and necessary Signs and delineators.
LS 1
23
Remove existing concrete median and reconstruct 8” PCC
Pavement over 8” CMB per detail 1 on Sheet 14.
SF 1,500
24 Asphalt concrete (PG-64-16) per detail 2 on sheet 14. TONS 200
SCOPE OF WORK
The work consists of traffic signal upgrade,
trenching and installing conduits, construction
of curb and gutter, sidewalks, and
ADA ramps, striping and adjustment of
utilities and all other work necessary to
complete the improvements in accordance
with the Plans and Specifications. In
order to ensure the timely completion of
the project, the Contractor shall submit a
letter to the Engineer (within one day of the
execution of the contract) stating that all
Contractor furnished traffic signal materials
have been ordered. The letter shall contain
the names and addresses of the suppliers
and the estimated delivery dates.
TIME OF COMPLETION
Time of completion for this project will
be 95 working days. Project must be
completed by April 26, 2019.
ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE
The engineer’s estimate for this project
is $2,400,000.
PREVAILING WAGE STATEMENT
This contract will be funded in whole or in
part with federal housing and community
development funds. The Federal Labor
Standards Provisions, including prevailing
wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon
and Related Acts will be enforced. A
copy of the Federal Wage Decision applicable
to this project is included in the
Bid Document.
This is project is a public work in the
State of California, funded in whole or
in part with public funds. Therefore, the
higher of the two applicable prevailing
wage rates, federal or state, will be
enforced. The Contractor’s duty to pay
State prevailing wages can be found
under Labor Code Section 1770 et
seq. Labor Code Sections 1775 and
1777.7 outline the penalties for failure
to pay prevailing wages and to employ
apprentices, including forfeitures and
debarment. The State Wage Decision is
available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/
dlsr/ or by contacting the Awarding Body
for this contract.
CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS
Contractors bidding this project must
possess a valid State of California A and/
or C-10 (Electrical) Contractors’ License
and must meet minimum requirements set
forth in the Specifications. The Contractor
must be able to document five (5) years
of satisfactory experience on project of
similar complexity and dollar value.
MANDATORY PRE-BID JOB WALK
A mandatory pre-bid meeting/job walk
will be conducted at the Hawthorne
City Hall, Department of Public Works,
Engineering Division (second floor),
located at: 4455 West 126th Street,
Hawthorne, CA 90250 on Thursday,
June 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. All Bidders
shall sign in on the Sign-In sheet at the
job walk. All Bidders’ questions will be
answered at this time or by addenda. In
addition, Bidders will have the opportunity
to tour the proposed improvement and
have an opportunity to talk to the City’s
staff concerning any aspect of the job
or the site.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Proposals must be submitted on the
blank forms prepared and furnished for
that purpose, which may be obtained
at the office of the Hawthorne City Engineer.
Bidders may also obtain copies
of the Plans and Specifications for the
contemplated work. (See “NOTE” under
Project Information section.)
No bid will be considered unless it conforms
to the Proposal Requirements and Conditions.
The City Council of the City of Hawthorne, also
referred to as the City, reserves the right to reject
any and all proposals, waive any irregularity,
to accept any bid or portion thereof, and to
take all bids under advisement for a period of
ninety (90) calendar days after the bid opening
date. Bids must be returned in the special
envelopes provided, marked “SEALED BIDS”,
and addressed to the City Clerk.
Each proposal shall be accompanied by
one of the following forms of bidder’s
security: cash, cashier’s check, certified
check, or bidder’s bond, equal to ten
percent (10%) of the bid price.
A list of subcontractors shall be submitted
with the bid on the form provided by the City.
NONDISCRIMINATION
Any contract entered into pursuant to this notice
will incorporate the provisions of the State Labor
Code. Labor Code Section 1735 requires that
no discrimination be made in the employment
of persons upon public works because of the
race, religious creed, color, national origin,
ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition,
marital status, or sex of such persons, except
as provided in Government Code Section
12940. Affirmative action to ensure against
discrimination in employment practices on the
basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry,
sex, or religion will also be required.
PERFORMANCE RETENTIONS
The successful bidder will be required
to provide for performance security as
provided by law. Requirements for performance
retentions may be satisfied by
deposit or securities specified in Section
16430 of the Government Code and in
accordance with Section 22300 of the
Public Contract Code.
CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION
A contractor or subcontractor shall not be
qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal,
subject to the requirements of Section 4104
of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the
performance of any contract for public work,
unless currently registered and qualified to
perform public work pursuant to Labor Code
Section 1725.5. An unregistered contractor
may only submit a bid if authorized by Section
7029.1 of the Business and Professions
Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the
Public Contract Code, provided the contractor
is registered to perform public work at the time
the contract is awarded.
WAGES AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
This proposed Contract is under and subject
to Executive Order 11246, as amended,
of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal
Labor Provisions. The EEO requirements,
labor provisions, and wage rates are included
in the Specifications and Bid documents and
are available for inspection at the City Clerk’s
Office, City Hall, City of Hawthorne.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1773 of the Labor
Code of the State of California, the City Council
has obtained the general federal prevailing rate
of per diem wages in accordance with the law
to be paid for the construction of the above
entitled Works and Improvements and General
Prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work
in this locality for each craft. The schedule has
been obtained from the U.S. Department for
Housing and Urban Development for Community
Block Grant Programs of the type and
nature proposed by the City, and reference is
hereby made to copies thereof on file in the
Office of the City Engineer, which said copies
are available to any interested party upon
request. Further, a copy shall be posted at
the job site during the course of construction.
All Contractors submitting bids must conform
to current federal minimum prevailing wages.
In addition to the Contractor’s obligations as
to minimum wages rates, the Contractor shall
abide by all other provisions and requirements
stipulated in Sections 1770-1780, inclusive,
of the Labor Code of the State of California,
including, but not limited to, those dealing with
the employment of registered apprentices.
The responsibility of compliance with Section
1777.5 of the Labor Code shall be with the
prime contractor.
DBE REQUIREMENTS
The bidder shall make good faith efforts, as
defined in Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 26, and the State of California,
Department of Transportation Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Plan.
The City of Hawthorne established an AADPL
of 8.2%. The contractor or subcontractor shall
not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, or sex in the performance of
this contract. The contractor shall carry out
applicable requirements of 49 CFR, Part 26 in
the award and administration of DOT-assisted
contracts. Failure by the contractor to carry out
these requirements is a material breach of this
contract, which may result in the termination of
this contract or such other remedy, as recipient
deems appropriate.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Plans and Specifications are available for
purchase at Hawthorne City Hall, Department
of Public Works, Engineering Division (second
floor), located at: 4455 West 126th Street,
Hawthorne, CA 90250, (310) 349-2980.
NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS: THE
COST OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IS
$100.00 (non-refundable). AN ADDITIONAL
$25.00 WILL BE CHARGED IF MAILING
IS NECESSARY, OR $50.00 IF FEDERAL
EXPRESS MAILING OPTION IS REQUIRED.
(There will be no fee required for mailing if
prospective bidder prefers to have plans and
specifications sent and billed via Bidder’s
FED’EX account number.)
If you have any questions regarding this
project, please contact Alan Leung, Senior
Transportation Engineer, Department of Public
Works, at telephone number (310) 349-2997.
Hawthorne Press Tribune Pub. 5/31, 6/7/18
HH-26050