Agenda Item   

AGENDA STAFF REPORT

 

                                                                                                                        ASR Control  18-000773

 

MEETING DATE:

10/16/18

legal entity taking action:

Board of Supervisors

board of supervisors district(s):

All Districts

SUBMITTING Agency/Department:

OC Public Works   (Approved)

Department contact person(s):

Vicki Quiram (714) 667-3255 

 

 

Julie Lyons (714) 667-9701

 

 

Subject:  Authorize Donation of Books to Local Libraries or other Entities

 

      ceo CONCUR

County Counsel Review

Clerk of the Board

Concur

No Legal Objection

Consent Calendar

 

 

3 Votes Board Majority

 

 

 

    Budgeted: N/A

Current Year Cost: N/A

Annual Cost: N/A

 

 

 

    Staffing Impact:

No

# of Positions:

Sole Source: N/A

    Current Fiscal Year Revenue: N/A

  Funding Source: N/A

County Audit in last 3 years: No

 

 

    Prior Board Action: N/A

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):

 

 

1.

Find that the donation of used books will serve a public purpose of the County of Orange in accordance with Government Code Section 25372 by assisting Orange County residents and reducing solid waste going to landfills.

 

2.

Authorize OC Public Works to donate used books to local libraries and other entities.

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

The requested action authorize the donation of used books to local libraries or other entities and will reduce solid waste from being sent to landfills; in addition, any books and publications not donated will be destroyed according to established County Executive Office Surplus Program guidelines.

 

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

For appropriate document management and due to the future relocation of OC Public Works to Building 16, OC Public Works needs to reduce the inventory of County of Orange (County) owned library books and publications. Working with the County Executive Office (CEO) Surplus Coordinator, OC Public Works notified the County Archivist, OC Public Libraries, other County agencies and various city and college libraries that books and publications are available for donation. The books and publications available for donation are listed on Attachment A. The remaining items not claimed, will be processed in accordance with the CEO Surplus Program guidelines, which include recycling of the books and publications. There is no cost to the County for donation of books and publications.

 

Compliance with CEQA: This action is not a project within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and is therefore not subject to CEQA, since it does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The approval of this agenda item does not commit the County to a definite course of action in regard to a project since the action authorized is for OC Public Libraries to donate used books to local libraries and other entities. This proposed activity is therefore not subject to CEQA. Any future action connected to this approval that constitutes a project will be reviewed for compliance with CEQA.

 

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

STAFFING IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

ATTACHMENT(S):

 

Attachment A - Donation Listing
Attachment B - Government Code Section 25372