RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Michael Baker International in an amount not to exceed $570,000 for flood safety services for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$570,000 will be received through a grant from the Department of Water Resources to implement new flood safety plans.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Cost County Public Works applied to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for a grant for the planning and implementations of the Contra Costa County Flood Emergency Response Program. DWR funded $570,000 for Contra Costa County’s Delta Flood Readiness activities. The Office of Emergency Services is a sub grantee of this DWR grant. Flood is ranked number 4 in the county’s natural hazards local mitigation plan and therefore will greatly benefit from the grant projects as follows:
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