Ventura Port District: dredging contracts.

Existing law governing contracts for port districts requires that contracts for new construction work exceeding $10,000, or the purchase of supplies exceeding $25,000, or projects involving building maintenance and improvements exceeding $10,000, be let by the board of the port district by competitive bidding, in accordance with specified procedures. This bill would authorize the Ventura Port District to contract for the performance of dredging work within district boundaries without competitive bidding, provided that both the dredging contractor has been selected through a competitive bidding process for a federal dredging project then underway in the County of Ventura and the board of the Ventura Port District makes certain findings regarding cost savings. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Ventura Port District.