To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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County of Humboldt Extraction Review Team (CHERT) Appointment of New Consultants
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Appoint Geoff Hales, John Bair and Andrew Stubblefield to CHERT; and
2. Enter into contracts with each appointee pursuant to procedures for appointment, duties and compensation mechanism for CHERT members, Chapter 2 to Division 9 of Title III of the Humboldt County Code.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Planning CHERT Fees (608012)
DISCUSSION:
The County of Humboldt Extraction Review Team (CHERT) provides recommendations for extraction quantities, extraction methods, disturbance minimization measures, and mitigations that tier to the Mad River and Eel/Van Duzen Rivers and PEIRs' general project design features and mitigation measures. CHERT is also concerned with possible adverse impacts to infrastructure such as levees, bridges, and the water district facilities. The US Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Fish and Wildlife also utilize the CHERT review process for assessing gravel extraction effects including impacts to listed salmonids and designated critical habitat.
CHERT was formed by Resolution of the Board on May 14, 1996. On May 14, 1996, the Board appointed five scientists to CHERT. The county has since codified the method to fill vacancies on CHERT. To this end, on Dec. 11, 2018 your board adopted an ordinance adding Chapter 2 of Division 9 of Title III of the Humboldt County Code. Since then, two CHERT members have resigned, and one has died. The county is in need to fill three vacancies on CHERT.
The Planning and Building Department circulated a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking nominations for additional consultants to fill CHERT vacancies. The RFQ nomination period was open from Aug. 8, 2022, to Sept. 9, 2022. The department received four responses to the RFQ...
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