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Home My WebLink AboutContract 56608-FP1 City secretary 56608 -FP1 Contract No. FORTWORTH., Date Received Oct. 11, 2022 NOTICE OF PROJECT COMPLETION (Developer Projects) The Transportation and Public Works Department upon the recommendation of the Project Manager has accepted the following project as complete: Project Name: Highland Hills East Extension City Project No.: 103462 Improvement Type(s): ❑x Paving ❑ Drainage Ox Street Lights ❑ Traffic Signals Original Contract Price: $410,006.00 Amount of Approved Change Order(s): -$84,574.00 Revised Contract Amount: Total Cost of Work Complete: $325,432.00 Oct 5, 2022 Jacob Gatewood(Oct 5,2022 14:43 CDT) Contractor Date Project Management Title Conatser Construction TXLP Company Name Riley R ct6, 0 07:35 CDT) Oct , 2022 Project Inspector Date Patrick i dey(Oc ,202210:20 CDT) Oct6, 2022 Project Manager Date Dwc�vne Nol%�s on beta fof Oct 6, 2022 DmiavnP Hnllars nn hPhalf of(Oct 6 2022>>2i CDT) CFA Manager Date Z_a 146z� Oct 6, 2022 Interim TPW Director Date OctWilliam Johnson( t 6,202218:06 CDT) c 6, 2022 Asst. City Manager Date OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX Page 1 of 2 Notice of Project Completion Project Name: Highland Hills East Extension City Project No.: 103462 City's Attachments Final Pay Estimate ❑x Change Order(s): ❑x Yes ❑ N/A Contractor's Attachments Affidavit of Bills Paid Consent of Surety Statement of Contract Time Contract Time 80 WD Work Complete Date Work Start Date: 6/10/2021 09/13/2022 Days Charged: 161 Completed number of Soil Lab Test: 116 Completed number of Water Test: 2 Page 2 of 2 FORT WORTH CITY OF FORT WORTH FINAL PAYMENT REQUEST Contract Name HIGHLAND HILLS EAST EXTENSION Contract Limits Project Type PAVING&STREET LIGHTS City Project Numbers 103462 DOE Number 3462 Estimate Number 1 Payment Number I For Period Ending 9/27/2022 WD City Secretary Contract Number Contract Time 8WD Contract Date 11/22/2021 Days Charged to Date 161 Project Manager NA Contract is 100.00 Complete Contractor CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TxLP 5327 WICHITA ST FORT WORTH, TX 76119 Inspectors GLOVER,M / ARNHART,M Wednesday,October 5,2022 Page 1 of 4 City Project Numbers 103462 DOE Number 3462 Contract Name HIGHLAND HILLS EAST EXTENSION Estimate Number I Contract Limits Payment Number 1 Project Type PAVING&STREET LIGHTS For Period Ending 9/27/2022 Project Funding UNIT IV:PAVING IMPROVEMENTS Item Description of Items Estimated Unit Unit Cost Estimated Completed Completed No. Quanity Total Quanity Total --------------------------------------- 1 REMOVE ASPHALT PVMT 517 SY $12.00 $6,204.00 517 $6,204.00 2 HYDRATED LIME 32 TN $185.00 $5,920.00 32 $5,920.00 3 8'LIME TREATMENT 2016 SY $6.00 $12,096.00 2016 $12,096.00 4 8"CONC PVMT 1867 SY $64.00 $119,488.00 1867 $119,488.00 5 2"ASPHALT PVMT TYPE D 939 SY $18.00 $16,902.00 939 $16,902.00 6 6"ASPHALT BASE TYPE B 980 SY $40.00 $39,200.00 980 $39,200.00 7 4"CONC SIDEWALK 5216 SF $4.50 $23,472.00 5216 $23,472.00 8 BLOCK SOD PLACEMENT 751 SY $8.00 $6,008.00 751 $6,008.00 9 TRAFFIC CONTROL 1 MO $2,500.00 $2,500.00 1 $2,500.00 10 SWPPP>1 ACRE 1 LS $7,500.00 $7,500.00 1 $7,500.00 11 END OF ROAD BARRICADE 1 EA $1,500.00 $1,500.00 1 $1,500.00 12 4"SLD PVMT MARKING HAS(Y) 494 LF $4.00 $1,976.00 494 $1,976.00 13 RAISED MARKER TY W 12 EA $6.00 $72.00 12 $72.00 15 BARRIER FREE RAMPM(PI) 1 EA $1,800.00 $1,800.00 1 $1,800.00 16 TURF REINFORCEMENT MAT 581 SY $24.00 $13,944.00 581 $13,944.00 -------------------------------------- Sub-Total of Previous Unit $258,582.00 $258,582.00 UNIT V:STREET LIGHTING Item Description of Items Estimated Unit Unit Cost Estimated Completed Completed No. Quanity Total Quanity Total --------------------------------------- I RDWY ILLUM FOUNDATION TY 10 3 EA $1,600.00 $4,800.00 3 $4,800.00 2 RDWY ILLUM ASSMBLY SPECIAL 3 EA $10,000.00 $30,000.00 3 $30,000.00 3 LED LIGHTING FIXTURE 3 EA $4,000.00 $12,000.00 3 $12,000.00 4 NO 6 INSULATED ELEC CONDR 1425 LF $8.00 $11,400.00 1425 $11,400.00 5 2"CONDT PVC SCH 80(T) 475 LF $14.00 $6,650.00 475 $6,650.00 6 GROUND BOX TYPE B 2 EA $1,000.00 $2,000.00 2 $2,000.00 -------------------------------------- Sub-Total of Previous Unit $66,850.00 $66,850.00 -------------------------------------- Wednesday,October 5,2022 Page 2 of 4 City Project Numbers 103462 DOE Number 3462 Contract Name HIGHLAND HILLS EAST EXTENSION Estimate Number I Contract Limits Payment Number 1 Project Type PAVING&STREET LIGHTS For Period Ending 9/27/2022 Project Funding Contract Information Summary Original Contract Amount $410,006.00 Chanj4e Orders Change Order Number 1 ($84,574.00) Total Contract Price $325,432.00 Total Cost of Work Completed $325,432.00 Less %Retained $0.00 Net Earned $325,432.00 Earned This Period $325,432.00 Retainage This Period $0.00 Less Liquidated Damages Days @ /Day $0.00 LessPavement Deficiency $0.00 Less Penalty $0.00 Less Previous Payment $0.00 Plus Material on Hand Less 15% $0.00 Balance Due This Payment $325,432.00 Wednesday,October 5,2022 Page 3 of 4 City Project Numbers 103462 DOE Number 3462 Contract Name HIGHLAND HILLS EAST EXTENSION Estimate Number 1 Contract Limits Payment Number 1 Project Type PAVING&STREET LIGHTS For Period Ending 9/27/2022 Project Funding Project Manager NA City Secretary Contract Number Inspectors GLOVER,M / ARNHART,M Contract Date 11/22/2021 Contractor CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TxLP Contract Time 80 WD 5327 WICHITA ST Days Charged to Date 161 WD FORT WORTH, TX 76119 Contract is .000000 Complete CITY OF FORT WORTH SUMMARY OF CHARGES Line Fund Account Center Amount Gross Retainage Net Funded --------------------------------------- Total Cost of Work Completed $325,432.00 Less %Retained $0.00 Net Earned $325,432.00 Earned This Period $325,432.00 Retainage This Period $0.00 Less Liquidated Damages 0 Days @ $0.00 /Day $0.00 LessPavement Deficiency $0.00 Less Penalty $0.00 Less Previous Payment $0.00 Plus Material on Hand Less 15% $0.00 Balance Due This Payment $325,432.00 Wednesday,October 5,2022 Page 4 of 4 DEVELOPER-AWARDED-PROJECT CHANGE ORDER PROJECT NAME: Paving,Water,Sanitary Sewer&Slreellight Improvements to Serve Highland Hills East CHANGE CONTRACT: A-Paving,Water Sanitary Sewer&Streelllght Improvements ORDER No: CFA# 21-0124 CITY PARTICIPATION: NA CITY PROJECT# 103462 DOE# WATER PROJECT# Al SEWER PROJECT# FILE# K-2844 INSPECTOR: Phone No: PROJECT MANAGER: Pat Buckley Phone No: 817-392-2443 CONTRACT UNIT WATER SEWER PAVING DRAINAGE STREETLIGHTS CONTRACT Developer Developer Developer I$v oper Developer DAYS Cost City Cost Cost City Cost Cost City Cost City Cost Cost City Cost ORIGINAL CONTRACT $73,810.00 $280.546.00 $307,056.00 0.00 $102,950.00 EXTRAS TO DATE $0.00 CREDITS TO DATE $0.00 CONTRACTTODATE $73,810.00 $0.00 $280,546.00 $0,00 $307,056.00 $0.000.00 $0.00 $102,950.00 40.00 80 AMOUNT OF PROP.CHANGE ORDER $ 20,000.00 $ 1,470.00 $ (48,474.00) $ (36,100.00) REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT $402,810.00 $0,00 $282,016.00 $0.00 $268,582.00 1 $0,00 $0.00 $0.00 $66,650.00 1 $0.00 80 TOTAL REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT PER UNIT $102,810.00 $282,016.00 $258,582.00 $0.00 $66,850.00 REVISED COST SHARE Dev.Cost: $710,258.00 Icily Cost: $0.00 TOTAL REVISED CONTRACT $710,258.00 Revised:10-12-2011 Page 1 You are directed to make the following changes In the contract documents: CITY BID ITEM PAY ITEM 6 11 QUANTITY UNIT ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE TOTAL 1 9999.0000' 1 EA 6"Water Motor&Vault $26500.OD S 26,600,0e 2 0241,111001 1 FA 2"Irrigation Water Meter&Molar Box $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500,6e 3 333IA201 44 LF 10"Sower Pipe T$ 67.50 S 2,070.00 4 241.2105 1 FA 10"SawerAbandonment Plu 3 i,00D.00 $ 1,000.00 5 9999.0003 1 FA Connect to Ex.4'Diameter SSMH $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 6 3331.4212 -226 LF 12'DIP Sevror Pipe U$104.00 $ S (27,900.00) 7 3331.4201 226 LF 12"Sewer Pi a DR14 •4 S 23,406.063213.0506 1 FA 3213.0508 Bander Free Rem ,T s P-1 $ 1,800.06 9 3123.0301 714 SF 4"oonc.Sidewalk S (3,213,00) 10 3137.0104 601 SY PAetllum Slone RI re -D $ (61,005.00) 11 9999.0000' 681 SY Turt RinlorcemenlMat S 13,a44.o6 12 3341.1400 2850 LF N0.61nsulaled Elec.Conductor S (22,600.00) 13 2605.3015 -960 LF 2"Condl PVC SG180 T S (40,so0.00) TOTAL S 64,104,00 REASONS FOR CHANGE ORDER 1 Coordination Ivith Lot 4,Block 2 Consulting Engtneerto provide services fordavelopment and reduce duplicate%York behveen projects. Change corresponds to Revision No.i as shown on Sheets 6,f2,18&21. 2 Replacement of alone rip-rap 1viith tulfreleforcement of end ofculde-sac. 3 Correction ofelecldcal components quent8es 4 City Allow change o1 DIP to DR 14 due to supply shortages NO CITY FUNDS INVOLVED IN THIS CONTRACT.DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 100%OF THE CHANGE ORDER COST AND NO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY WILL BE SOUGHT BY THE DEVELOPER, RECOMMENDED: APPROVED: APPROVED: Dunaway Associates nq��'' //�' Walsh Ranches UmiledParinership ConatsorCoustnrction,LP By: �IbuK/�. IYls.Gd By �� By: i Nam,: Jeremy Windell, PE Namo:R an B,Dlc crson Nama: D�M1 tN rtlo:Project Engineer Title:Vice President,Iva"North Star Company, Title: 1r117Ajhe,Efr— its General Partner Revised:l0.12-20i 1 Page 2 FORT WORTHO TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS September 26, 2016 Conaster Construction TX.LP. 5327 Wichita St. Fort Worth,TX. 76119 RE: Acceptance Letter Project Name: Highland Hills East Extension Project Type: Paving,Water,Sanitary Sewer, Street Lights City Project No.: 103462 To Whom It May Concern: On September 22, 2022 a final inspection was made on the subject project. There were punch list items identified at that time. The punch list items were completed on September 26, 2022. The final inspection and the corrected punch list items indicate that the work meets the City of Fort Worth specifications and is therefore accepted by the City. The warranty period will start on September 26, 2022, which is the date of the punch list completion and will extend of two (2)years in accordance with the Contract Documents. If you have any questions concerning this letter of acceptance, please feel free to contact me at Patrick Buckley@fortworthtexas.gov. Sincerely, Patrick i dey(OctA,2022 10:20 CDT) Patrick Buckley, Project Manager Cc: Riley Roberson, Inspector Mike Glover, Inspection Supervisor Daniel Roy, Senior Inspector Victor Tornero, Program Manager Jeremy Windell, Consultant Conatser Construction, Contractor Walsh Holdings LLC, Developer File E-Mail: TPW_Acceptance@fortworthtexas.gov Rev.8/20/19 AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT Before me, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in the state and county aforesaid, on this day personally appeared Brock Huggins, President of Conatser Management Group, Inc., general partner of Conatser Construction TX. LP, known to me to be a credible person, who being by me duly sworn, upon his oath deposed and said: That all persons, firms, associations, corporations or other organizations furnishing labor and/or materials have been paid in full; That the wage scale established by the City Council in the City of Fort Worth, has been paid in full; and That there are no claims pending for personal injury and/or property damages; On Contract described as: HIGHLAND HILLS EAST WATER, SANITARY SEWER, PAVING, & STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS DOE#: N/A CFA PRJ#: 21-0124 CITY PROJECT #: 103462 CITY OF FORT WORTH STATE OF TEXAS CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX,LP Brock Huggin Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15TH day of September, 2022. •-�eaY Pik•. KATHERINE ROSE NOTARY PUBLIC Notary Public in Tarrant County, Texas *= * Ip#133467933 . . 'y` State of Texas . oFP. Comm.Exp.11-30-2025 CONSENT OF OWNER ❑ SURETY COMPANY ARCHITECT ❑ TO FINAL PAYMENT SURETY CONTRACTOR ❑❑ Conforms with the American Institute of OTHER Architects,AIA Document G707 Bond No 0240574 PROJECT: (name, addresS)Highland Hills East Extension Fort Worth, TX TO (Owner) �— IWALSH HOLDINGS,LLC AND THE CITY OF FORT ARCHITECT'S PROJECT NO: CFA No.21-0124 WORTH CONTRACT FOR: 155 Walsh Dr. Water,Sanitary Sewer, Paving, and Street Lighting for Highland Hills East Extension Aledo Tx 76008 f CONTRACT DATE: CONTRACTOR: CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, L.P. In accordance with the provisions of the Contract between the Owner and the Contractor as indicated above,the (here insert name and address of Surety Company) BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY 475 Steamboat Road Greenwich CT 06830 , SURETY COMPANY on bond of (here insert name and address of Contractor) CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, L.P. 5327 Wichita St. Fort Worth TX 76119-6035 , CONTRACTOR, hereby approves of the final payment to the Contractor, and agrees that final payment to the Contractor shall not relieve the Surety Company of any of its obligations to (here insert name and address of Ownerl WALSH HOLDINGS, LLC AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 155 Walsh Dr. Aledo TX 76008 , OWNER, as set forth in the said Surety Company's bond, IN WITNESS,WHEREOF, the Surety Company has hereunto set its hand this 14th day of September,2022 BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY Surety Company Attest: -� _ ` (Seal): Signature of Authorized Representative Robbi Mgrale5 Attorne,-in-Fact Title NOTE: This form is to be used as a companion document to AIA DOCUMENT G706, CONTRACTOR's AFFIDAVIT OF PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND CLAIMS, Current Edition ONE PAGE No.BI-7280k-el ~' POWER OF ATTORNEY BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY WILMINGTON,DELAWARE NOTICE: The warning found elsewhere in this Power of Attorney affects the validity thereof. Please review carefully. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,having its principal office in Greenwich,CT,has made,constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint: Ricardo J. Reyna;Don E. Cornell, Sophinie Hunter; Robbi Morales, Kelly A. Westbrook; Tina McEwan; Joshua Saunders; Tonie Petranek; or Mikaela Peppers of Aon Risk Services Southwest,Inc. of Dallas, TX its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, to sign its name as surety only as delineated below and to execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver any and all bonds and undertakings, with the exception of Financial Guaranty Insurance, providing that no single obligation shall exceed Fifty Million and 00/100 U.S. Dollars (U.S.$50,000,000.00), to the same extent as if such bonds had been duly executed and acknowledged by the regularly elected officers of the Company at its principal office in their own proper persons. This Power of Attorney shall be construed and enforced in accordance with,and governed by,the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. This Power of Attorney is granted pursuant to the following resolutions which were duly and validly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on January 25,2010: RESOLVED, that, with respect to the Surety business written by Berkley Surety, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company, in conjunction with the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary are hereby authorized to execute powers of attorney authorizing and qualifying the attorney-in-fact named therein to execute bonds, undertakings, recognizances, or other suretyship obligations on behalf of the Company, and to affix the corporate seal of the Company to powers of attorney executed pursuant hereto; and said officers may remove any such attorney-in-fact and revoke any power of attorney previously granted;and further RESOLVED, that such power of attorney limits the acts of those named therein to the bonds, undertakings, recognizances, or other suretyship obligations specifically named therein, and they have no authority to bind the Company except in the manner and to the extent therein stated;and further RESOLVED, that such power of attorney revokes all previous powers issued on behalf of the attorney-in-fact named; and further RESOLVED, that the signature of any authorized officer and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking,recognizance, or other suretyship obligation of the Company;and such signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed. The Company may continue to use for the purposes herein stated the facsimile signature of any person or persons who shall have been such officer or officers of the Company,notwithstanding the fact that they may have ceased to be such at the time when such instruments shall be issued. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Company has caused these presents to.be signed and attested by its appropriate officers and its corporate seal hereunto affixed this11 th day of May 12022 . -� Attest Berk1 Insurance Company r I'- f'"PDRq�� °3y By Ir ederman ` le after of APB ' Executive Vice President&Secretary Se C, resident STATE OF CONNECTICUT) ) ss: COUNTY OF FAIRMLD ) Sworn to before me, a Notary Public in the State of Connecticut,this 11th day of May 2022 ,by Ira S.Lederman and Jeffrey M. Hamer who are sworn to me to be the Executive Vice President Secretary, and Senior Vice President, respectively,of Berkley Insurance Company. AKEN NNOITARY PURI IC CONNECTICUT MY COMMISSION 3�oN�4PIn� . otary Public,State of Connecticut CERTIFXCATE 1,the undersigned,Assistant Secretary of BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY,DO BEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true,correct and complete copy of the original Power of Attorney,that said Power of Attorney has not been revoked or rescinded and-Ovat the authority of the Attorney-in-Fact set forth therein, who executed the bond or undertaking to which this Power of A'mO•;e�Oached,is in fall force and effect as of this date. order my hand and seal of the Company,this 14th day of Se to r 2022 1975 � 1A11° Vincent P.Forte AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT Before me, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in the state and county aforesaid, on this day personally appeared Brock Huggins, President of Conatser Management Group, Inc., general partner of Conatser Construction TX. LP, known to me to be a credible person, who being by me duly sworn, upon his oath deposed and said: That all persons, firms, associations, corporations or other organizations furnishing labor and/or materials have been paid in full; That the wage scale established by the City Council in the City of Fort Worth, has been paid in full; and That there are no claims pending for personal injury and/or property damages; On Contract described as: HIGHLAND HILLS EAST WATER, SANITARY SEWER, PAVING, & STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS DOE#: N/A CFA PRJ#: 21-0124 CITY PROJECT #: 103462 CITY OF FORT WORTH STATE OF TEXAS CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX,LP Brock Huggin Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15TH day of September, 2022. •-�eaY Pik•. KATHERINE ROSE NOTARY PUBLIC Notary Public in Tarrant County, Texas *= * Ip#133467933 . . 'y` State of Texas . oFP. Comm.Exp.11-30-2025 CONSENT OF OWNER ❑ SURETY COMPANY ARCHITECT ❑ TO FINAL PAYMENT SURETY CONTRACTOR ❑❑ Conforms with the American Institute of OTHER Architects,AIA Document G707 Bond No 0240574 PROJECT: (name, addresS)Highland Hills East Extension Fort Worth, TX TO (Owner) �— IWALSH HOLDINGS,LLC AND THE CITY OF FORT ARCHITECT'S PROJECT NO: CFA No.21-0124 WORTH CONTRACT FOR: 155 Walsh Dr. Water,Sanitary Sewer, Paving, and Street Lighting for Highland Hills East Extension Aledo Tx 76008 f CONTRACT DATE: CONTRACTOR: CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, L.P. In accordance with the provisions of the Contract between the Owner and the Contractor as indicated above,the (here insert name and address of Surety Company) BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY 475 Steamboat Road Greenwich CT 06830 , SURETY COMPANY on bond of (here insert name and address of Contractor) CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, L.P. 5327 Wichita St. Fort Worth TX 76119-6035 , CONTRACTOR, hereby approves of the final payment to the Contractor, and agrees that final payment to the Contractor shall not relieve the Surety Company of any of its obligations to (here insert name and address of Ownerl WALSH HOLDINGS, LLC AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 155 Walsh Dr. Aledo TX 76008 , OWNER, as set forth in the said Surety Company's bond, IN WITNESS,WHEREOF, the Surety Company has hereunto set its hand this 14th day of September,2022 BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY Surety Company Attest: -� _ ` (Seal): Signature of Authorized Representative Robbi Mgrale5 Attorne,-in-Fact Title NOTE: This form is to be used as a companion document to AIA DOCUMENT G706, CONTRACTOR's AFFIDAVIT OF PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND CLAIMS, Current Edition ONE PAGE No.BI-7280k-el ~' POWER OF ATTORNEY BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY WILMINGTON,DELAWARE NOTICE: The warning found elsewhere in this Power of Attorney affects the validity thereof. Please review carefully. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY (the "Company"), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,having its principal office in Greenwich,CT,has made,constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint: Ricardo J. Reyna;Don E. Cornell, Sophinie Hunter; Robbi Morales, Kelly A. Westbrook; Tina McEwan; Joshua Saunders; Tonie Petranek; or Mikaela Peppers of Aon Risk Services Southwest,Inc. of Dallas, TX its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, to sign its name as surety only as delineated below and to execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver any and all bonds and undertakings, with the exception of Financial Guaranty Insurance, providing that no single obligation shall exceed Fifty Million and 00/100 U.S. Dollars (U.S.$50,000,000.00), to the same extent as if such bonds had been duly executed and acknowledged by the regularly elected officers of the Company at its principal office in their own proper persons. This Power of Attorney shall be construed and enforced in accordance with,and governed by,the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. This Power of Attorney is granted pursuant to the following resolutions which were duly and validly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on January 25,2010: RESOLVED, that, with respect to the Surety business written by Berkley Surety, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company, in conjunction with the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary are hereby authorized to execute powers of attorney authorizing and qualifying the attorney-in-fact named therein to execute bonds, undertakings, recognizances, or other suretyship obligations on behalf of the Company, and to affix the corporate seal of the Company to powers of attorney executed pursuant hereto; and said officers may remove any such attorney-in-fact and revoke any power of attorney previously granted;and further RESOLVED, that such power of attorney limits the acts of those named therein to the bonds, undertakings, recognizances, or other suretyship obligations specifically named therein, and they have no authority to bind the Company except in the manner and to the extent therein stated;and further RESOLVED, that such power of attorney revokes all previous powers issued on behalf of the attorney-in-fact named; and further RESOLVED, that the signature of any authorized officer and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking,recognizance, or other suretyship obligation of the Company;and such signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed. The Company may continue to use for the purposes herein stated the facsimile signature of any person or persons who shall have been such officer or officers of the Company,notwithstanding the fact that they may have ceased to be such at the time when such instruments shall be issued. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Company has caused these presents to.be signed and attested by its appropriate officers and its corporate seal hereunto affixed this11 th day of May 12022 . -� Attest Berk1 Insurance Company r I'- f'"PDRq�� °3y By Ir ederman ` le after of APB ' Executive Vice President&Secretary Se C, resident STATE OF CONNECTICUT) ) ss: COUNTY OF FAIRMLD ) Sworn to before me, a Notary Public in the State of Connecticut,this 11th day of May 2022 ,by Ira S.Lederman and Jeffrey M. Hamer who are sworn to me to be the Executive Vice President Secretary, and Senior Vice President, respectively,of Berkley Insurance Company. AKEN NNOITARY PURI IC CONNECTICUT MY COMMISSION 3�oN�4PIn� . otary Public,State of Connecticut CERTIFXCATE 1,the undersigned,Assistant Secretary of BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY,DO BEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true,correct and complete copy of the original Power of Attorney,that said Power of Attorney has not been revoked or rescinded and-Ovat the authority of the Attorney-in-Fact set forth therein, who executed the bond or undertaking to which this Power of A'mO•;e�Oached,is in fall force and effect as of this date. order my hand and seal of the Company,this 14th day of Se to r 2022 1975 � 1A11° Vincent P.Forte