To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Response to Civil Grand Jury Report 2403, “Construction-Related Accessibility Standards and the Department of Conservation and Development”
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT report prepared by the Department of Conservation and Development as the Board of Supervisors' response to Contra Costa Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2403, entitled “Construction-Related Accessibility Standards and the Department of Conservation and Development”, and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to transmit the Board's response to the Superior Court no later than September 12, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The 2023/24 Civil Grand Jury filed the above-referenced report dated June 11, 2024 (see Attachment), which was addressed to and received by the Board of Supervisors, and on July 9, 2024 referred to the County Administrator and the Department of Conservation and Development Director, who prepared the attached response (see Attachment), which specifies:
• Whether the finding or recommendation is accepted or will be implemented;
• If a recommendation is accepted, a statement as to who will be responsible for implementation and a definite target date;
• Delineation of the constraints if a recommendation is accepted but cannot be implemented within a six-month period; and
• The reason for not accepting or adopting a finding or recommendation.
The Department of Conservation and Development is appreciative of the Grand Jury’s examination of construction-related accessibility standards and for the opportunity to address the report findings and recommendations. The report contains 13 findings and 7 recommendations. In the attached proposed response, the County agrees with 9 of the findings, disagrees with 2 findings, partially disagrees with 1 finding, and was not able to respond to one finding. In the proposed response, the County reports that DCD has implemented 3 of the recommendations and will not implement 4 of the recommendations because they are not warranted.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The deadline for filing the County’s response to the Superior Court is September 12, 2024.