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Board approves waiver, staff says Environmental Science Associates will review America's Cup CEQA scope
Summary
The Board approved an ordinance waiving competitive bidding to allow Environmental Science Associates to add America's Cup analysis to an existing CEQA contract; supervisors pressed port staff on local-hiring and environmental commitments and received assurances of LBE participation levels.
The Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance waiving competitive-bidding rules to allow the Port of San Francisco to expand an existing contract with Environmental Science Associates (ESA) to cover California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of the 34th America's Cup event.
Supervisor David Campos asked port staff about the local-hiring and local-business participation components of the proposed contract. Brad Benson, Special Projects Manager for the Port of San…
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