HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04211987 - 1.6 (2) TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE'. April 14, 1987
County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Senate Bill 516 (Bergeson)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for SB 516 by Senator Bergeson which
would declare the intent of the Legislature that the State
Department of Transportation contract for specified professional
services whenever the department is inadequately staffed to
satisfactorily carry out its development program in a timely and
effective manner.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to
contract with qualified 'architects and engineers for the
performance of work when it is determined by the Director of
Transportation, with the approval of the Director of Finance,
that obtainable staff is unable to perform the particular work
within the time that public interest requires the work, to be
done. Under existing law, „specified conditions are required to
exist in order for a state agency to have personal services
performed under contract.
Senator .Marian Bergeson has introduced SB 516 which, in addition,
declares the Legislature' s 'intent that the department contract
for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners,
environmental specialists, right-of-way agents, and materials
testing specialists, in order to provide professional and
technical project development services to the department whenever
the department is inadequately staffed to satisfactorily carry
out its project development program in a timely and effective
manner.
At the present time, CALTRANS does not have sufficient staff to
provide these specialized professional services for such projects
as the Interstate 680/Highway 24 interchange. Unless the State
can contract for some of these professional services, projects
such as the 680/24 interchange will fall further and further
behind schedule. It is, therefore, recommended that the Board of
Supervisors support SB 516.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
S 1 GNATURE S : "�-
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 21 , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT Z - AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator APR 21 1987
CC: Public Works Director ATTESTED
Transportation Planning PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Jackson/Bari sh & Associates SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
D. J. Smith Associates
Senator Marian Bergeson BY ,DEPUTY
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