The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has continued an emergency declaration for the CSA No. 6 Jones Valley water system and authorized repairs without competitive bidding after a raw-water pump system failed Sept. 28.
Under the Oct. 27 resolution, the county may repair, replace, restore or relocate pumps and related infrastructure, and procure the equipment, services and supplies needed to address inadequate or intermittent potable-water and fire-suppression supplies. The resolution says CSA No. 6 serves approximately 500 households in Jones Valley and has no alternate source for drinking water and fire suppression.
The resolution authorizes the Shasta County Public Works director to order related work and enter into and sign emergency contracts. If CSA No. 6 does not have enough money to pay the emergency repair costs, the county General Fund may provide a loan. The resolution says the loan generally must be repaid within the same fiscal year, unless the Board of Supervisors changes the repayment terms as allowed by law.
The county also declared the emergency project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the emergency-project provisions of the state CEQA guidelines. The board is to review the need for continuing emergency work at its next regularly scheduled meeting and at least every 14 days afterward until further review is no longer required.
The resolution does not identify the expected repair cost, contractor, detailed repair scope or completion date. It also does not state whether potable-water and fire-suppression service has been restored.
