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Consider recommendations regarding a Behavioral Wellness Sobering Center Modular and Site Development Project, County Project No. 23038, Second District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve the plans and specifications for the Behavioral Wellness Sobering Center Modular and Site Development Project on file in the General Services Capital Projects office, County Project No. 23038;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Construction Agreement (Agreement) with the lowest responsible bidder, Quincon Inc., for construction of a modular trailer, fire sprinklers, and inspections, in an amount not to exceed $724,700.30, including allowances and additive alternates ($508,286.00 for the base bid and two additive alternates, or construction of a modular trailer, fire sprinklers, and inspections, in an amount not to exceed $724,700.30, including allowances and additive alternates ($508,286.00, and an amount not to exceed $170,000.00 for allowances for exterior and site development, and utility connections, if deemed necessary and authorized by the Director of General Services or his Assistant Director designee during the Term) and the $46,414.30 Contingency Amount contemplated in Recommended Action c), below;
c) Authorize the Director of General Services, or his Assistant Director designee, to approve change orders under the Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $46,414.30, as authorized under Public Contract Code Section 20142 (Contingency Amount);
d) Authorize the Director of General Services or his Assistant Director designee, to extend the Term of the Agreement by up to an additional 180 calendar days; and
e) Determine that the Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA which consists of operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use and pursuant to Section 15304(b) which consists of minor alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation, including the replacement of existing conventional landscaping with water efficient landscaping, which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.