File #: 24-00775    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/3/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 7/16/2024 Final action: 7/16/2024
Title: Consider recommendations regarding approval of a contract for Sanitation Services to resolve encampments in Santa Barbara County Using American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Funds, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a service contract with South Coast Funding Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as QwikResponse Restoration and Construction (QwikResponse) in the amount not to exceed $500,000.00 (Agreement). This Agreement will provide sanitation services in connection with homeless encampment resolution throughout the County for a period of approximately two years beginning July 16, 2024, and ending June 30, 2026; and b) Determine that the above recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), as the contemplated activities consist of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not...
Sponsors: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Sanitation Agreement QwikResponse Final Signed, 3. Executed Agreement, 4. Minute Order

Title

Consider recommendations regarding approval of a contract for Sanitation Services to resolve encampments in Santa Barbara County Using American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Funds, as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a service contract with South Coast Funding Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as QwikResponse Restoration and Construction (QwikResponse) in the amount not to exceed $500,000.00 (Agreement). This Agreement will provide sanitation services in connection with homeless encampment resolution throughout the County for a period of approximately two years beginning July 16, 2024, and ending June 30, 2026; and

 

b) Determine that the above recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), as the contemplated activities consist of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, and direct staff to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption on that basis.