TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office Choose an item.
MEETING DATE: August 20, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Steve Dunnicliff
PHONE:
463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Doug Anderson
PHONE:
234-6054
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Authorization for the Facilities & Fleet Division Manager to Establish a Capital Improvement Project in the Amount of $80,000 for Emergency Water Damage Repairs at the Department of Transportation Soils Lab and Breakroom
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Authorize the Facilities and Fleet Division Manager to establish a Capital Improvement project in the amount of $80,000 for Emergency Water Damage Repairs at the Department of Transportation Soils Lab and Breakroom.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Approval of the 2019-2020 Capital Improvement Budget including allocation of $100,000 for Unanticipated Projects
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Sometime in the early morning hours of Friday, July 26th, a water filter cartridge burst and leaked water throughout the second floor break room in the Department of Transportation building at 340 Lake Mendocino Drive. The water traveled into the adjacent storage room as well as through the floor to the soils lab and office below. Response to this water damage was declared an emergency; Facilities and Risk Management personnel assessed the damage and filed an insurance claim. In cooperation with the insurance adjuster, the County will removed damaged and hazardous materials and re-construct the rooms in like kind and quality. Material samples collected have identified the presence of asbestos containing materials in the drywall joint compound and flooring requiring abatement procedures and protocols.
Annual Budgeting for the Capital Improvement Fund includes allocations for maintenance and upkeep projects that are not know when the budget is created. In this fiscal year these have been divided into general cate...
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