Memorandum
Date: July 21, 2026
To: The Honorable Brad Rasmussen, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Lars Ewing, Public Works Director
Subject: Approve Supplemental Services Agreement Number Two with Roach and Cambell for Final Design and Construction Document Preparation for Cobb Community Park in the amount of $351,400
Executive Summary:
As your Board is aware, the County has been progressively working toward the development of a future community park in Cobb. To date, work has included public outreach planning efforts, acquisition of property funded partially through a State Habitat Conservation Fund acquisition grant, preparation of a conceptual park master plan and preliminary technical studies, and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and Lake County General Plan which resulted in a CEQA Notice of Determination and GPC conformity finding.
This collective work served as the basis for the County's application to the National Parks Service (NPS) Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant program. The County recently received a preliminary notice of award for $1.46 million of LWCF funding for the project, which is anticipated to reimburse up to 50 percent of eligible project costs. The award remains contingent upon the successful completion of required federal environmental compliance and permitting, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, and final approval by NPS and other applicable federal agencies.
With the project now advanced beyond planning and local environmental review, the remaining work consists primarily of preparing final design and construction documents and completing the federal requirements necessary to secure the LWCF funding and move the project into construction. To that end, staff negotiated a scope of work with Roach & Campbell Landscape Architects, who developed the concept plan and has extensive familiarity with the project. The agreement scope of work includes design de...
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