Memorandum
Date: May 7, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Stephen L. Carter, Jr., Assistant County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer
Terre Logsdon, Chief Climate Resiliency Officer
Subject: Consideration of an Agreement for Tree Survey Services Between the County of Lake and Tetra Tech, Inc., in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $201,359.72
Executive Summary:
Your Board has declared Pervasive Tree Mortality a Local Emergency (Resolution No. 2022-61, Adopted May 3, 2024), and among your 2024 Legislative Priorities (established during your January 23, 2024, Governance Workshop).
Further, now-State Senate President pro Tempore, Mike McGuire, and the California State Legislature have signaled strong support for Lake County moving forward with Tree Mortality mitigation, providing a $1M FY2023 Budget Allocation (AB 102) to support hazardous tree removal.
Your Board will additionally recall, Lake County's application for California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) support to mitigate Tree Mortality affecting County roadways and evacuation routes included a request to waive the local match (25%) requirement. In the months since our initial submittal, CalOES staff advised, in the current adverse budgetary climate, a pre-assessment must be conducted to determine whether Tree Mortality in Lake County is eligible for Private Property Debris (Tree) Removal (PPDR). Data gathered from that assessment is expected to inform CalOES' determinations on PPDR eligibility and, ultimately, our request to waive the local match requirement.
Initial estimates suggest upward of 80% of the approximately 20,000 dead and dying trees that could potentially threaten County roadways are rooted in Private Property. In some high priority areas, that number could be north of 90%. Fully mitigating the Tree Mortality emergency may cost more than $100M. Therefor...
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