To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Humboldt and the Redwood Coast Energy Authority for the Provisions of Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Construction of ADA Modifications at the California Redwood Coast - Humboldt County Airport.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1) Authorize the Board Chair to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the County of Humboldt and Redwood Coast Energy Authority for the provisions of installation of electric vehicle charging stations and construction of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) modifications at California Redwood Coast - Humboldt County Airport.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
ADA Compliance ISF (3552)
DISCUSSION:
On Mar. 19, 2019, your Board, authorized the Director of Aviation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Humboldt (county), Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA), Humboldt State University Foundation and Schatz Energy Research to develop, design, install and operate a renewable energy microgrid facility at the California Redwood Coast - Humboldt County Airport (ACV). One of the project benefits identified for the Microgrid Project is the construction of four Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) at the airport terminal parking lot which will serve to attract customers, improve the service level that customers receive, and decrease the airport's environmental footprint.
As part of the county's ADA Compliance Project, ACV was surveyed for ADA access barriers by a Certified Access Specialist. Several access deficiencies were noted in the terminal parking lot as well as the pedestrian path of travel (POT) linking the parking lot to the passenger terminal entrance.
California Building Code 11B-202.4, requires that twenty percent of a project's valuation threshold be allocated towards path of travel acce...
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