Indio Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with Bay City Equipment Industries Inc for Emergency Generator Rental Service
Summary
SCH Number
2025120707
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Indio Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with Bay City Equipment Industries Inc for Emergency Generator Rental Service
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/17/2025
Document Description
On November 15, 2025, Facilities Management was notified that the generator supporting the Indio Emergency Operating Center (EOC) located at 82695 Dr. Carreon Blvd in Indio, was no longer operational. The EOC serves as the only emergency operations center in the County’s Eastern Region and must remain fully functional at all times to support emergency coordination and public safety. To maintain continuity of operations, a temporary 500KW portable generator was urgently required by Bay City Electric. The rental generator remained in continuous use while the County’s equipment underwent repair and testing to restore full operational capability.
Facilities management recommends that the Board of Supervisors (Board) ratify and approve the amendment to the approved sole source agreement for Bay City Equipment Industries Inc. to increase the amount by $66,437.89 for expenses incurred during fiscal year 2024/25 and $6,930.84 for fiscal year 2025/26 for continued temporary generator rental through December 31, 2025. The PSA for emergency generator rental at the Indio EOC is defined as the proposed project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The operation of the site will continue to provide public services at the existing facility and will not result in a significant expansion of existing use. No additional direct or indirect physical environmental impacts are anticipated.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sullivan
Agency Name
Riverside County
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner/Facilities Operations Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Indio
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
82695 Dr. Carreon Boulevard, west of Oasis Street
Zip
92201
Parcel #
614-150-034
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1 Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This Class 1 categorical exemption includes the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures or facilities, provided the exemption only involves negligible or no expansion of the previous site’s use. The PSA for emergency generator rental at the Indio EOC is needed to maintain public services in the event of a loss of power at the existing facility. The emergency backup power systems would operate only in emergencies or for periodic testing to ensure the systems are working properly. The generator rental at the Indio EOC would not expand the capacity of the sites and would result in the continuation of public services; therefore, the project is exempt as the improvements meet the scope and intent of the Categorical Exemption identified in Section 15301, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions of the CEQA Guidelines.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061 (b)(3) Common Sense
Reasons for Exemption
In accordance with CEQA, the use of the Common Sense Exemption is based on the “general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.” State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b) (3). The use of this exemption is appropriate if “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Ibid. This determination is an issue of fact and if sufficient evidence exists in the record that the activity cannot have a significant effect on the environment, then the exemption applies and no further evaluation under CEQA is required. See No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (1974) 13 Cal. 3d 68. The ruling in this case stated that if a project falls within a category exempt by administrative regulation or 'it can be seen with certainty that the activity in question will not have a significant effect on the environment', no further agency evaluation is required. With certainty, there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The PSA for emergency generator rental at the Indio EOC is a redundancy mechanism to ensure uninterrupted power and will not result in any direct or indirect physical environmental impacts.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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