Consider recommendations regarding the Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response Actions from Impacts on Flooding and Storms and Conclude Emergency Actions for the Transportation Division, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency actions taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and California Public Contract Code section 22050 related to emergency operations responding to flooding, storms, debris removal and transportation projects following the recent late December 2025 and early January 2026 (25STM3) storm events and the necessity of the action and the reasons the emergency will not permit delay resulting from competitive solicitation of bids; b) Determine that the emergency actions ordered by the Public Works Director in response to the late December 2025 and early January 2026 (25STM3) storm events are concluded as of today’s date pursuant to California Public Contract Code section 22050(c)(3); and c) Determine that these emergency actions were found by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(d) and Section 15301(c) on January 13, 2026. A Notice of Exemption was filed on this basis on January 7, 2026, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.

Committee

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Introduced

June 12, 2026

On agenda

June 23, 2026

Passed

June 23, 2026

Where it was heard

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Jun 23, 2026 Acted on as follows: Pass

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