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Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, Chief Administrative Office, and the Environmental Management Department, recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Urgency Ordinance 5169 entitled “Mosquito Fire Consolidated Debris Removal Program,” adding Chapter 8.11 to Title 8 of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code to establish requirements for the Mosquito Fire Consolidated Debris Removal Program;
2) Find the urgency ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to statutory exemption Public Resource Code Section 21080(b)(3) (projects to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared disaster); Section 21080(b)(4) (actions necessary to mitigate an emergency); and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) (maintaining, repairing, restoring, demolishing, or replacing property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster) (4/5 vote required);
3) Authorize the CAO to execute a financial cooperative agreement between the County of El Dorado and the County of Placer, subject to Risk Management and County Counsel concurrence, for a multi-jurisdictional debris removal program that preserves the ability to seek reimbursement under state and federal assistance requirements, in an amount not to exceed $5 million and a term not to exceed one year;
4) Find in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4(1) the cooperative agreement with Placer County is exempt from the competitive bidding process because the agreement is necessary to acquire services to address a local emergency and Placer County will provide services through contracts that are awarded through a competitive bidding process and find in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(E) that it is appropriate to contract with Placer County for this program as the cooperative agreement is with or among governmental agencies; and
5) Approve a budget transfer app...
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