DATE:
??April 22, 2025?
02
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ESTABLISH APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZE ADVERTISEMENT AND AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR SAN PASQUAL FIRE STATION 84 LIVING QUARTERS PROJECT AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: 2)
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OVERVIEW
The San Diego County Fire Protection District (SDCFPD) provides around-the-clock fire protection and emergency medical services to approximately 100,000 residents across 1.5 million acres of unincorporated San Diego County. The SDCFPD includes several isolated and minimally populated communities. One of those communities includes San Pasqual in unincorporated northeastern Escondido. Through a partnership with the City of San Diego's Fire-Rescue Department (City Fire-Rescue), the County maintains the station and City Fire-Rescue provides staffing, vehicles, and equipment to serve County residents in San Pasqual and adjacent City of San Diego communities.
The current station has an apparatus bay and a small three-bedroom modular home for firefighters to reside while on shift. City Fire-Rescue has notified County Fire staff of the potential to increase their staffing from two to four firefighters at the San Pasqual station. However, to meet the existing bargaining unit agreement, each firefighter is required to have their own sleeping room. To accommodate this change, a larger modular home with four bedrooms and two bathrooms would need to be installed. The total estimated cost of the project is approximately $865,000 with construction expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2025-26. Once the project is completed, County residents will receive additional firefighting and advanced life support resources at no ongoing cost to SDCFPD.
Today's request seeks to find the project is exempt from CEQA, establish appropriations for the project, authorize the Director of Purchasing and Contracting to advertise and award a construction contract for the modular home project, and authorize the Director, D...
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