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Consider recommendations regarding awarding five (5) Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN) Communication Site Construction Contracts, as follow: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair (i) to execute the Agreement (Agreement 1) for the Fire Station 24 Project (Project 1) in the amount of $579,908.31, with GrayDS Inc. (Contractor), the lowest responsible bidder, to complete the installation of a Communication Site;
b) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders to Agreement 1 in the aggregate amount not to exceed $41,495.42, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair (i) to execute the Agreement (Agreement 2) for the La Cumbre (Project 2) in the amount of $460,384.06, with Contractor, the lowest responsible bidder, to complete the installation of a Communication Site;
d) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders for Agreement 2 in the aggregate amount not to exceed $35,519.20, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
e) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair (i) to execute the Agreement (Agreement 3) with Com Plus, Inc. (Com Plus), the lowest responsible bidder for the Rincon Peak Project (Project 3), in the amount of $840,000.00, to complete the installation of a Communication Site;
f) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders for Agreement 3 in the aggregate amount not to exceed $54,500.00, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
g) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair (i) to execute the Agreement (Agreement 4) with Com Plus, the lowest responsible bidder, for the Tepusquet Peak Project (Project 4) in the amount of $940,000.00, to complete the installation of a Communication Site;
h) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders for Agreement 4 in the aggregate amount not to exceed $59,500.00, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
i) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair (i) to execute the Agreement (Agreement 5 and, together with Agreement 1, Agreement 2, Agreement 3, and Agreement 4, collectively, the “Agreements”) with Endelos Construction LLC (Endelos), the lowest responsible bidder, for the San Antonio Peak Project (Project 5) in the amount of $951,159.00, to complete the installation of a Communication Site;
j) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders for Agreement 5 in the aggregate amount not to exceed $60,057.95, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
k) Authorize the Director of General Services, or his designee, until otherwise ordered by the Board, to administer the Agreements on behalf of the County;
l) Approve an amount not to exceed $942,870.00 for temporary cashflow transfers from the Advance Construction Reserve in the General Fund;
m) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 00009462 to use Advance Construction Funds in the amount of $942,870.00; and
n) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following CEQA Guidelines Sections: 15301, as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public structures, facilities, mechanical equipment or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use; 15302, as the actions consist or replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities located on the same site and with the same purpose and capacity; 15303, as the actions consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures and installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and 15061(b)(3), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment; and that Notice of Exemption on these bases was filed on July 13, 2021; and direct the filing of a Notice of Exemption for the work to be performed under the Agreements that is not covered by the Notice of Exemption previously filed on July 13, 2021.