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Consider recommendations regarding the Final Design of the Clark Avenue/US 101 Intersection Improvements, County Project No. 862331, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an amendment to the Professional Services Contract, BC 17256, for additional work on the Final Design package with Stantec (a local vendor) increasing the Agreement by $54,000.00, for a revised total amount not to exceed $229,832.00 to provide professional engineering services for the Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements Project;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve amendments within the scope of Statement of Work by an increased amount of $5,400.00, for a revised contingency amount not to exceed $22,983.00 for final design of the Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements Project with a total agreement amount inclusive of contingency not to exceed $252,815.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rincon Consultants (a local vendor) in the amount of $27,490.50 to provide professional environmental services for the Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements Project;
d) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve amendments within the scope of Statement of Work to the Agreement with Rincon Consultants in an amount not to exceed $2,749.00 for environmental services for the Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements Project, for a total amount not to exceed $30,239.50;
e) Approve Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements and authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise for construction; and
f) Find that the above recommended actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since these are government fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to a specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.