LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Friday morning to discuss an agreement for dealing with hazard trees in the valley fire area.
The board will meet beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
Public Works Director Scott Le Leon is asking the board to award a contract in the amount of $17,385,000 for Valley Fire hazard tree mitigation services to AshBritt Inc. of Deerfield Beach, Fla.
De Leon's written report to the board explains that on Nov. 6 the Department of Public Works solicited a request for proposals for services to mitigate trees damaged by the Valley fire that present a hazard to the general public. The mitigation work is to include county-maintained roads and parks.
He said five proposals were received in response to the request for proposals, and an evaluation committee concluded AshBritt is the most qualified of the five proposers.
The project will be funded from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance program, the Federal highway Administration Emergency Relief program, the California Disaster Assistance Act and local funding, De Leon reported.
“The specific source of funding and proportionate share of the various agencies is dependent upon the functional classification of the road where the trees are being mitigated, as well as the specific type of work being performed,” he said in his written report.
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Supervisors to hold special Friday meeting to discuss Valley fire tree agreement
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