DATE: November 6, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Declaration of Emergency Regarding the Flooding Incident at the
Brix-Mercer Building
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt Resolution acknowledging the emergency nature of the flooding incident at the Brix-Mercer Building; make a finding pursuant to County Administrative Policy 34 that unusual and extraordinary circumstances exist such that it is in the best interest of the County to suspend competitive bidding for, and ratify, all agreements, contracts, and other documents that the Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer (Director/CIO) approved and entered into for services, equipment, and supplies for the remediation and restoration of the Brix-Mercer Building.
2. Make a finding pursuant to County Administrative Policy 34 that unusual and extraordinary circumstances exist such that it is in the best interest of the County to suspend competitive bidding for, and authorize the Director/CIO to negotiate, approve, and execute all other agreements, contracts, and other documents necessary for the remediation and restoration of the Brix-Mercer Building , upon terms that he deems necessary and in the County's best interest, subject to approval as to legal form by County Counsel and as to accounting form by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector.
3. Authorize the Director/CIO to negotiate, approve, and execute a short term lease or leases (each lease not longer than 18 months; all leased spaces, combined, not to exceed 58,000 square feet in the aggregate; and all leases, combined, having rental payments not to exceed $1,200,000 in the aggregate), upon terms that he deems necessary and in the County's best interest, for alternate office and clinic spaces for up to 200 Department of Public Health employees who have been displaced from the Brix-Mercer Building, subject to approval as to legal form...
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