REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
October 21, 2025
FROM
DON DAY, Director, Project and Facilities Management Department
LYNN FYHRLUND, Director, Innovation and Technology Department
SUBJECT
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Termination of Emergency Related to Remediation Necessary to Replace the Bertha Peak Power Lines and Poles in Big Bear
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Terminate the finding, first made by the Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2024, that there was substantial evidence that the damaged power line that provides power to the Bertha Peak Communication site created an emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22050 requiring immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property, and essential public services, necessitating an urgent project to replace power lines and poles at the Bertha Peak Communications site in Big Bear, to allow uninterrupted public safety emergency communication services, pursuant to Public Contract Code sections 22035 and 22050 (Four votes required).
(Presenter: Don Day, Director, 387-5000)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The action to terminate this emergency will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The Innovation and Technology Department (ITD) Bertha Peak Power Pole Replacement Project (WBSE 10.10.1271) (Project), in the amount of $2,915,718, is funded by the 800 MHz Replacement Project (WBSE 10.10.0009) and is included in the 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Bertha Peak radio site, owned by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and leased by San Bernardino County (County), provides public safety emergency communication services to the Big Bear and Baldw...
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