File #: 16-1079    Version:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 10/13/2016 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/27/2017 Final action: 6/27/2017
Title: Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 1 to Agreement for Services 323-S1711 with Black Fox Timber Management Group, Inc., for the provision of tree mortality project coordination services, extending the term of the contract until December 31, 2018 upon final execution, with no other changes to the contract. FUNDING: California Disaster Assistance Act Funds (75%) and General Fund (25%).
Attachments: 1. 3A - Black Fox Approved Contract Routing Sheet 6-27-17, 2. 3B - Black Fox First Amend 6-27-17, 3. Executed 1st Amd. to Agreement 323-S1711, 4. 2A - Black Fox Timber Management Contract - Blue Route - Tree Mortality 11-15-16, 5. 2B - Black Fox Timber Management Contract - Tree Moratlity 11-15-16, 6. 2C - Black Fox Timber Management Contract Exhibit A - Tree Mortality 11-15-16, 7. 2D - Black Fox Timber Management Contract Exhibit B - Tree Mortality 11-15-16, 8. 2E - Black Fox Timber Management Contract Exhibit C - Tree Mortality, 9. Executed Agreement 323-S1711 11-15-16
Related files: 18-0304, 18-0153, 19-1398, 18-0729, 19-1003, 18-0076, 19-1197
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Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 1 to Agreement for Services 323-S1711 with Black Fox Timber Management Group, Inc., for the provision of tree mortality project coordination services, extending the term of the contract until December 31, 2018 upon final execution, with no other changes to the contract.

FUNDING: California Disaster Assistance Act Funds (75%) and General Fund (25%).
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 1 to Agreement for Services 323-S1711 with Black Fox Timber Management Group, Inc., for the provision of tree mortality project coordination services, extending the term of the contract until December 31, 2018 upon final execution, with no other changes to the contract.

DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On October 30, 2015, Governor Brown proclaimed a State of Emergency due to unprecedented tree mortality caused by conditions of extreme drought and drought-related bark beetle infestations. The Governor's Emergency Proclamation contains 18 distinct actions that direct state agencies, utilities and local governments to remove dead or dying trees in high hazard areas across the entire State of California.

On March 28, 2016, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency due to pervasive tree mortality in El Dorado County.

Data collected by State and federal agencies demonstrates that drought conditions and bark beetle infestation have killed over 102 million trees in the State of California, and that tens of millions more are likely to die over the next five to six years. Surveys conducted by the U.S. Forest Service in May estimate that new tree mortality (between October 2015 and May 2016) in El Dorado County has affected an estimated 512,000 conifer trees. Many of these trees are located in the ...

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