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Consider recommendations regarding the ratification and approval of emergency contracts in response to arson and water damage to the Santa Maria Courts Department 8; County Project No. 22042, Fifth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and ratify a General Services emergency contract in the amount of $200,000.00 with John K. Takata Corporation, DBA Restoration Management Company (Emergency Purchase Order), entered into by the Purchasing Agent under County Code Section 2-43, upon a finding that this Emergency Purchase Order was required for the health, safety, and welfare of the people or for the protection of property and that there was a present, immediate and existing emergency which could not reasonably have been foreseen;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an emergency construction contract in the amount of $621,504.00 with John K. Takata Corporation, DBA Restoration Management Company, 4142 Point Eden Way, Hayward California, 94545, for the Santa Maria Courts Department 8 Emergency Repair Project, County Project No. 22042 (Emergency Construction Contract);
c) Authorize the Director of General Services or designee to approve change orders to the Emergency Construction Contract in an aggregate amount not to exceed $43,575.20, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
d) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009271; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions are statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15359, as a project necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency that does not have a low probability of occurrence, and to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of vandalization, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors on that basis.