To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Memorandum of Agreement with the Yurok Tribe Regarding Assistance with Planning, Designing and Implementing Improvements to Bald Hills Road (F4R300) and Lower Cappell Road (7Q302)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached memorandum of agreement with the Yurok Tribe regarding assistance with planning, designing and implementing certain improvements to Bald Hills Road (F4R300) and Lower Cappell Road (7Q302);
2. Authorize the Public Works Director, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the attached memorandum of agreement with the Yurok Tribe, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one fully executed copy of the attached memorandum of agreement with the Yurok Tribe to the Department of Public Works - Roads Division for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Yurok Tribe, County Road Fund (1200)
DISCUSSION:
Bald Hills Road (F4R300) connects the upper and lower portions of the Yurok Reservation and serves as an access road to Redwood National and State Parks and Six Rivers National Forest. Bald Hills Road (F4R300) also serves as an alternate route to the eastern portion of Humboldt County when State Highway 299 between Arcata and Willow Creek is closed. Lower Cappell Road (7Q302) is an access point to the Yurok Reservation and connects Cappell Road to State Highway 169.
The Yurok Tribe and the Humboldt County Public Works Department (Public Works) have a history of collaborating in order to improve roads which serve to access the Yurok Reservation or are within its boundaries. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the attached memorandum of agreement, the Yurok Tribe will provide funding, in an amount up to $906,058, to ...
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