Sonoma County Public Notice - Emergency Road Repair - Memory Lane

Press release from the Sonoma County Government:

February 26, 2021

Re: Public Contract Code § 22031(b)(1); Emergency Road Repair by Informally Bid Contract

"Whereas, Public Contract Code section 22031(b)(1) authorizes a county road commissioner to utilize the procedures set forth in Article 25 (commencing with Section 20390) of Chapter 1 of the Public Contract Code, as an alternative to the procedures set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, to perform emergency work; and

Whereas, Public Contract Code Section 20395(e) authorizes emergency road repair by purchasing the material and letting a contract for the work or by letting a contract covering both work and material without advertising for bids when the estimated cost of emergency work necessitated by the imminence or occurrence of a landslide, flood, storm damage, or other emergency exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and the public interest and necessity demand immediate action to safeguard life, health, or property; and

Whereas, Sonoma County Code section 2-357 authorizes the Sonoma County road commissioner to utilize the procedures set forth in Article 25 (commencing with Section 20390) of Chapter 1 of the Public Contract Code, as an alternative to the procedures set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act; and

Whereas, Sonoma County Code section 2-28 transferred all duties of the road commissioner to the Director of Transportation and Public Works:

I hereby declare as the Director of Transportation and Public Works, that as an alternative to the procedures set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, I intend to utilize the procedures set forth under Section 20395(e) of Public Contract Code in connection with the following work: Emergency Repairs of Memory Lane from Post Mile 10.05-10.07.

I further declare that the public interest and necessity demand immediate action to safeguard life, health, or property."

Johannes. J. Hoevertsz
Road Commissioner
Director, Transportation and Public Works

This press release was produced by the Sonoma County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.