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Consider recommendations regarding a Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Filippin Engineering for the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Filippin Engineering (a local vendor) to provide construction management and inspection services for the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project (BC 22-071), increasing the contract amount from $893,357.00 to a not to exceed limit of $1,117,107.00, an increase of $223,750.00 and to extend the term from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025;
b) Authorize an increase of $22,375.00 to the contingency amount of $89,335.70 to a total contingency amount of $111,710.70 to the Agreement for Services with Filippin Engineering for additional work needed to complete the project;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009607 to increase appropriations of $2,082,700.00 in the Public Works South Coast Flood Zone fund for Capital Asset Infrastructure for the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project funded by an increase in unanticipated federal revenue from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (4/5 vote required); and
d) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because the action is an Amendment to a contract for an existing and ongoing project. The Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project, including the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Filippin Engineering, was determined by the Board to be exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(d), consisting of repairs, maintenance, and minor alterations of existing public facilities, involving negligible or no expansion of use. A Notice of Exemption was prepared December 17, 2020 and filed with the Clerk of the Board on January 4, 2021. The current action to approve a Contract Amendment consists of organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.