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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 57946-FP1FORT WORTH. -FP1 City Secretary Contract No. 57946 Date Received 06/23/2023 AT 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: Northpointe, Phase 10 Collector City Project No: 103720 Improvement Type(s): Water 0 Original Contract Price: Amount of Approved Change Order(s): Revised Contract Amount: Total Cost of Work Complete: JG (Jun 19, 2023 15:59 CDT) Contractor Project manager Title Conatser Construction Company Name Fabian Diaz (Jun 20. 202307-IR CDTI Project Inspector Cj,, Ad,., Project Manager ReA Ia a Owen (Jun 23. 202314:45 CDT) CFA Manager Lauren Prieur (Jun 23, 2023 14:47 CDT) TPW Director William Johnso�Ju 3. 202314:47 CDT) Asst. City Manager Sewer 0 $274,653.00 $274,653.00 Jun 19, 2023 Date Jun 20, 2023 Date Jun 23, 2023 Date Jun 23, 2023 Date Jun 23, 2023 Date Jun 23, 2023 Date OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY Page 1 of 2 FT. WORTH, TX Notice of Project Completion Project Name: Northpointe, Phase 10 Collector City Project No.: 103720 City's Attachments Final Pay Estimate ❑x Change Order(s): ❑ Yes ❑x N/A Pipe Report: x❑ Yes ❑ N/A Contractor's Attachments Affidavit of Bills Paid Consent of Surety I Statement of Contract Time Contract Time 75 WD Days Charged: 164 Work Start Date: 9/12/2022 Work Complete Date: 6/5/2023 Soil Lab Number of Tests: 126 Water Number of Tests: 10 Page 2of2 FORT WORT 11 CITY OF FORT WORTH FINAL PAYMENT REQUEST Contract Name NORTHPOINTE, PHASE 10 COLLECTOR Contract Limits Project Type WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS City Project Numbers 103720 DOE Number 7200 Estimate Number 1 Payment Number 1 City Secretary Contract Number Contract Date 9/12/2022 For Period Ending 6/15/2023 AID Project Manager NA Contractor CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TxLP 5327 WICHITA ST FORT WORTH, TX 76119 Inspectors D. WATSON / F.DIAZ Contract Time 7WD Days Charged to Date 165 Contract is 100.00 Complete Thursday, June 15, 2023 Page 1 of 4 City Project Numbers 103720 Contract Name NORTHPOINTE, PHASE 10 COLLECTOR Contract Limits Project Type WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS Project Funding UNIT I: WATER IMPROVEMENTS DOE Number 7200 Estimate Number 1 Payment Number 1 For Period Ending 6/15/2023 Item Description of Items Estimated Unit Unit Cost Estimated Completed Completed No. Quanity Total Quanity Total 1 8" Water Pipe 2635 LF $44.00 $115,940.00 2635 $115,940.00 2 Fire Hydrant Assembly w/ 6" Gate Valve & Box 7 EA $4,400.00 $30,800.00 7 $30,800.00 3 8" Gate Valve 13 EA $1,350.00 $17,550.00 13 $17,550.00 4 Ductile Iron Water Fittings w/ Restraint 1.18 TN $5,000.00 $5,900.00 1.18 $5,900.00 5 Connection to Existing Water Main 3 EA $1,000.00 $3,000.00 3 $3,000.00 6 4"-l2" Water Abandonment Plug 5 EA $1,000.00 $5,000.00 5 $5,000.00 7 -------------------------------------- Trench Safety 2635 LF $2.00 $5,270.00 2635 $5,270.00 ------------- Sub-Total of Previous Unit $183,460.00 $183,460.00 UNIT M SEWER IMPROVEMENTS Item Description of Items Estimated Unit Unit Cost Estimated Completed Completed No. Quanity Total Quanity Total 1 8" Sewer Pipe 585 LF $64.00 $37,440.00 585 $37,440.00 2 8" Sewer Pipe, CSS Backfill 80 LF $84.00 $6,720.00 80 $6,720.00 3 8" Sewer Pipe, CLSM Backfill 40 LF $94.00 $3,760.00 40 $3,760.00 4 4'Manhole 4 EA $4,200.00 $16,800.00 4 $16,800.00 5 Epoxy Manhole Liner 34.2 VF $415.00 $14,193.00 34.2 $14,193.00 6 Connect to Ex Manhole 1 EA $1,500.00 $1,500.00 1 $1,500.00 7 Manhole Adjustment Major 1 EA $2,500.00 $2,500.00 1 $2,500.00 8 Concrete Collar 1 EA $1,000.00 $1,000.00 1 $1,000.00 9 8" Sewer Abandonment Plug 2 EA $1,000.00 $2,000.00 2 $2,000.00 10 Trench Safety 585 LF $4.00 $2,340.00 585 $2,340.00 11 Manhole Vacuum Testing 4 EA $150.00 $600.00 4 $600.00 12 Post -CCTV Inspection 585 LF $4.00 $2,340.00 585 $2,340.00 Sub -Total of Previous Unit $91,193.00 $91,193.00 Thursday, June 15, 2023 Page 2 of 4 City Project Numbers 103720 Contract Name NORTHPOINTE, PHASE 10 COLLECTOR Contract Limits Project Type WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS Project Funding Contract Information Summary Original Contract Amount Change Orders Total Contract Price DOE Number 7200 Estimate Number 1 Payment Number 1 For Period Ending 6/15/2023 $274,653.00 $274,653.00 Total Cost of Work Completed $274,653.00 Less % Retained $0.00 Net Earned $274,653.00 Earned This Period $274,653.00 Retainage This Period $0.00 Less Liquidated Damages Days @ / Day LessPavement Deficiency Less Penalty Less Previous Payment Plus Material on Hand Less 15% Balance Due This Payment $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $274,653.00 Thursday, June 15, 2023 Page 3 of 4 City Project Numbers 103720 Contract Name NORTHPOINTE, PHASE 10 COLLECTOR Contract Limits Project Type WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS Project Funding Project Manager NA Inspectors D. WATSON / F.DIAZ Contractor CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TxLP 5327 WICHITA ST FORT WORTH, TX 76119 DOE Number 7200 Estimate Number I Payment Number 1 For Period Ending 6/15/2023 City Secretary Contract Number Contract Date 9/12/2022 Contract Time 75 WD Days Charged to Date 165 WD 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 $274,653.00 Less % Retained $0.00 Net Earned $274,653.00 Earned This Period $274,653.00 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 $274,653.00 Thursday, June 15, 2023 Page 4 of 4 FORTWORTH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS PIPE REPORT FOR: PROJECT NAME: Northpointe Phs10 Collector CITY PROJECT NUMBER: 103720 1 WATER PIPE LAID SIZE TYPE OF PIPE 8" Water Pipe 8" PVC LF 2635 FIRE HYDRANTS: 7 VALVES (16" OR LARGER) PIPE ABANDONED SIZE TYPE OF PIPE LF DENSITIES: All Densities Passed NEW SERVICES: 0 I SEWER PIPE LAID SIZE TYPE OF PIPE LF 8" Sewer Pipe 8" PVC 705 PIPE ABANDONED SIZE TYPE OF PIPE LF DENSITIES: All Densities Passed NEW SERVICES: 0 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS The City of Fort Worth • 1000 Throckmorton Street • Fort Worth, TX 76012-6311 FORTWORTH. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS June 15, 2023 Conatser Construction TX, LP 5327 Wichita Street Fort Worth, TX 76119 RE: Acceptance Letter Project Name: Northpointe Ph 10 Collector Project Type: Water,Sewer,Storm Drain, Paving, Streetlights City Project No.: 103720 To Whom It May Concern: On June 13, 2023 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 June 15, 2023. 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 June 15, 2023, 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 817- 727-5702. Sincerely, Andrew Goodman, Project Manager Cc: Fabian Diaz, Inspector Donald Watson, Inspection Supervisor Oscar Aguillon, Senior Inspector Victor V. Tornoro Jr, Program Manager Kimley Horn Engineering, Consultant Conatser Construction Tx, LP, Contractor Lennar Homes of Texas Land & Construction, Ltd, 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: NORTHPOINTE PH. 10C WATER, SANITARY SEWER, DRAINAGE, PAVING, & STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS CFA PRJ #: 22-0017 CITY PROJECT #:103720 CITY OF FORT WORTH STATE OF TEXAS CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, LP A C J ' Brock Huggi s Subscribed and sworn to before me this 191h day of June, 2023. tyay Pie.. KATHERINE ROSE NQTARYP�UBLic Notary Public in Tarrant County Texas e* * ID# 1334T7933 oPq°? S 1e of @xaS Comm.txp.11-30-2025 CONSENT OF SURETY COMPANY TO FINAL PAYMENT Conforms with the American Institute of Architects, AIA Document G707 PROJECT: (name, address)Northpointe, Phase 10 Collector Fort Worth, TX TO (Owner) OWNER ❑ ARCHITECT ❑ CONTRACTOR ❑ SURETY ❑ OTHER Bond No 0243971 CITY OF FORT WORTH AND LENNAR HOMES OF -I ARCHITECT'S PROJECT NO: CFA No. 22-0017 TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION, LTD. CONTRACT FOR: 1707 Market Place Blvd., Suite 100 Water, Sewer, Paving Drainage, & Street Light Improvements for Northpointe, Phase 0 Collector Irving TX 75063 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 Owner) CITY OF FORT WORTH AND LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION, LTD. 1707 Market Place Blvd., Suite 100 Irving TX 75063 as set forth in the said Surety Company's bond. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, the Surety Company has hereunto set its hand this Attest: L � (Seal): 16th day of June, 2023 BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY Surety Company Signature of Authorized Representative Robbi Morales Title , OWNER, Attorney -in -Fact 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 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, Tuui McE►van; Joshua Saunders; Tonie Petranek; or Mikaela Peppers.of Am Risk Services Southwest, Inc. of Dallas, TX its trueand 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 00/1.00 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 WIT MSS WIMREO}+, the Company has caused these presents to, be signed andattested by its appropriate officers aiid its corporate. seal hereunto affixed this'day ofu �rabrl ot. Attest Berk] Insurance Company (Seal) 13y �` By J N ►"� Irk.: ederttlat� Je rter Executive Vice President R Secretary 4. Se i ident WA,RNI:NG: TIUS-POWER..,IN ALTJD t -NOT PRRgTED QN BLuE , Ta>.,Ii<LEY" SECiTRI.TY PAPE.IL STATE OF CONNECTIC©T ) ) ss: COUNTY OF FAERFIELD } Swom to before me, a Notary Public in the State of Connecticut, this L day ofMet,,,, a0. by Ira S. Lederman and Jeffrey M. Hafter who are :sworn to rue to be the. Executive Vice Pr2otagate tary, and Senior Z�irz President, respectively, of Berkley fnsurance.Corupany. MARIA C �'nR K cOWIEcncur C„ �K�•t � 141M GOAti.YSSON EXPIRES of ConnecticmAIWL30.2024 CERTMICATE: T, the undersigned;.Assistatit Secretary of BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, DO HEREBY CERTEFY that. the foreggoing is a true, correct and complete copy of the prrginal.Power of Attorney; that said Power of Attorney has riot been revoked or rescinded and !bat ttie authority of the Attorney in-i:act .set fords therein, who executed .the` bond or undertalaug to which. this Power of Attorney is attached,-is.:in full force and -effect as of this date. �` 4 Given under.my']iand.and seal of the Company, this 16 th day of June 2023 - (Scat} w 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: NORTHPOINTE PH. 10C WATER, SANITARY SEWER, DRAINAGE, PAVING, & STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS CFA PRJ #: 22-0017 CITY PROJECT #:103720 CITY OF FORT WORTH STATE OF TEXAS CONATSER CONSTRUCTION TX, LP A C J ' Brock Huggi s Subscribed and sworn to before me this 191h day of June, 2023. tyay Pie.. KATHERINE ROSE NQTARYP�UBLic Notary Public in Tarrant County Texas e* * ID# 1334T7933 oPq°? S 1e of @xaS Comm.txp.11-30-2025 CONSENT OF SURETY COMPANY TO FINAL PAYMENT Conforms with the American Institute of Architects, AIA Document G707 PROJECT: (name, address)Northpointe, Phase 10 Collector Fort Worth, TX TO (Owner) OWNER ❑ ARCHITECT ❑ CONTRACTOR ❑ SURETY ❑ OTHER Bond No 0243971 CITY OF FORT WORTH AND LENNAR HOMES OF -I ARCHITECT'S PROJECT NO: CFA No. 22-0017 TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION, LTD. CONTRACT FOR: 1707 Market Place Blvd., Suite 100 Water, Sewer, Paving Drainage, & Street Light Improvements for Northpointe, Phase 0 Collector Irving TX 75063 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 Owner) CITY OF FORT WORTH AND LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION, LTD. 1707 Market Place Blvd., Suite 100 Irving TX 75063 as set forth in the said Surety Company's bond. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, the Surety Company has hereunto set its hand this Attest: L � (Seal): 16th day of June, 2023 BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY Surety Company Signature of Authorized Representative Robbi Morales Title , OWNER, Attorney -in -Fact 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 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, Tuui McE►van; Joshua Saunders; Tonie Petranek; or Mikaela Peppers.of Am Risk Services Southwest, Inc. of Dallas, TX its trueand 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 00/1.00 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 WIT MSS WIMREO}+, the Company has caused these presents to, be signed andattested by its appropriate officers aiid its corporate. seal hereunto affixed this'day ofu �rabrl ot. Attest Berk] Insurance Company (Seal) 13y �` By J N ►"� Irk.: ederttlat� Je rter Executive Vice President R Secretary 4. Se i ident WA,RNI:NG: TIUS-POWER..,IN ALTJD t -NOT PRRgTED QN BLuE , Ta>.,Ii<LEY" SECiTRI.TY PAPE.IL STATE OF CONNECTIC©T ) ) ss: COUNTY OF FAERFIELD } Swom to before me, a Notary Public in the State of Connecticut, this L day ofMet,,,, a0. by Ira S. Lederman and Jeffrey M. Hafter who are :sworn to rue to be the. Executive Vice Pr2otagate tary, and Senior Z�irz President, respectively, of Berkley fnsurance.Corupany. MARIA C �'nR K cOWIEcncur C„ �K�•t � 141M GOAti.YSSON EXPIRES of ConnecticmAIWL30.2024 CERTMICATE: T, the undersigned;.Assistatit Secretary of BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, DO HEREBY CERTEFY that. the foreggoing is a true, correct and complete copy of the prrginal.Power of Attorney; that said Power of Attorney has riot been revoked or rescinded and !bat ttie authority of the Attorney in-i:act .set fords therein, who executed .the` bond or undertalaug to which. this Power of Attorney is attached,-is.:in full force and -effect as of this date. �` 4 Given under.my']iand.and seal of the Company, this 16 th day of June 2023 - (Scat} w Vincent P. Forte