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Consider recommendations regarding the award of an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor to WEST Environmental Services and Technology, Inc. for environmental services needed to respond to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R3-2023-0070 and Monitoring and Reporting program Order No. R3-2023-0071, as follows:
a) Ratify, approve and authorize the General Services Director to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with WEST Environmental Services and Technology, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $2,318,748.80 by and among the County of Santa Barbara and the City of Santa Maria for a term beginning August 1, 2026 and expiring on June 30, 2032, to carry out the required actions necessary to comply with the Settlement Agreement (Settlement Work) arising from the litigation relating to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R3-2023-0070 and Monitoring and Reporting Program Order No. R3-2023-0071 issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Coast Region for 2936 Industrial Parkway, Santa Maria, California, with work being initiated via Task Orders;
b) Approve and authorize the General Services Director or designee to execute Task Orders and approve Task Order amendments within the scope of this Agreement;
c) Approve and authorize the General Services Director or designee to approve changes or additions to the work being performed under this Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $231,874.88;
d) Approve and authorize the General Services Director to terminate this Agreement, upon review and approval by County Counsel, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
e) Find that the recommended actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, finding that the actions consist of the minor alteration of existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, Section 15304, finding the actions consist of minor alterations to land, 15306 where actions consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities, and 15309 which consists of activities limited entirely to inspections.