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C. 56

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	August 11, 2020

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Costa

County

Subject:

Response to Civil Grand Jury Rerpot No. 2005 - "Public Safety Power Shutoff"

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/11/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Paul Reyes, 925-335-1096

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 11, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the Board of Supervisor's response to the Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2005, "Public Safety Power Shutoff" and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to forward the response to the Superior Court immediately following Board action.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact. This is an informational report.

BACKGROUND:

On May 21, 2020 the 2019/20 Civil Grand Jury filed the above-referenced report regarding Public Safety Power Shutoffs . The report was referred to the County Administrator by the Board of Supervisors for response no later than August 19, 2020. The County Administrator has prepared a response for consideration by the Board of Supervisors, which clearly specifies:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Whether a finding or recommendation is accepted or will be implemented;

If a recommendation is accepted, a statement as to who will be responsible for implementation and by what definite target date;

A delineation of the constraints if a recommendation is accepted but cannot be implemented within a six-month period; and

The reason for not accepting or adopting a finding or recommendation.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

In order to comply with statutory requirements, the Board of Supervisors must provide a response to the Superior Court within ninety days of submission of the report.