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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Lars Ewing, Public Services Director
DATE: August 22, 2017
SUBJECT: Consideration of Amendment Two to the Contract between the County of Lake and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians for Tribal Cultural Monitoring in an amount not to exceed $250,000; and authorize the Chair to sign.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Following the Valley Fire the County entered into a contract with the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians (Tribe) for tribal cultural monitoring services required as an environmental permitting condition of the County’s fire recovery projects. The Tribe was specifically identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Environmental and Historic Preservation Office as the only entity suitable to perform the services. The Public Works Director executed the contract on December 12, 2015 under authority granted to department heads by the Board of Supervisors following the Valley Fire. The contract was subsequently ratified by the Board on May 10, 2016. Amendment One, also executed on May 10, 2016, established a not-to-exceed amount of $205,000 based on the estimated level of effort necessary to complete the hazard tree monitoring work.
Amendment Two proposes to increase the not-to-exceed amount to $250,000 in order to sufficiently cover monitoring costs associated with Public Works Department projects for road sign and guardrail replacements. Reimbursement for all projects is anticipated to come from the FEMA Public Assistance and California Disaster Assistance Act programs.
Staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve Amendment Two to the Contract between the County of Lake and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians for Tribal Cultural Monitoring.
FISCAL IMPACT: __ None _X_ Budgeted __Non-Budgeted
Estimated Cost: $250,000.00
Amount Budgeted: $250,000.00
Additional Requested:
Annual Cost (if planned for future years):
FISCAL IMPACT (Narrative): N/A
STAFFING IMPACT (if applicable): None
Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the approval of Amendment Two to the Contract between the County of Lake and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians for Tribal Cultural Monitoring in an amount not to exceed $250,000; and authorize the Chair to sign.