To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:title
Bid Authorization for Fortuna Library Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project, Project Number 2024-601end
RECOMMENDATION(S):Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and approve the attached plans and specifications for the Fortuna Library Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project, Project Number 2024-601; and
2. Authorize the Clerk of the Board to advertise the Fortuna Library Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project, Project Number 2024-601, pursuant to Section 22037 of the California Public Contract Code, with bids to be opened on July 24, 2025.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1009 - Expand county infrastructure resilience
DISCUSSION:
On September 7, 2016, the County of Humboldt entered into a Consent Decree with the United States Department of Justice that required the commencement of the Humboldt County Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project. The purpose of the Humboldt County Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project is to bring all facilities owned and/or leased by the County of Humboldt that provide programs, services and activities to the public into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The Fortuna Library Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Project is part of this compliance effort.
In early 2022, county staff collaborated with the City of Fortuna to prepare and submit an application to the California State Library Building Forward Infrastructure Grant Program. On October 19, 2022, the City of Fortuna was awarded a grant in the amount of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eighty-Three Dollars ($219,083.00). The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors ("Board") subsequent...
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