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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to Calle Real Water Loop Phase 2 Construction Contract; as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute a First Amendment (Amendment) to Board Contract No. 24134 with Tierra Contracting, Inc. (Agreement) for the construction of the Calle Real Water Loop Phase 2 Project (Project) increasing the contract amount the Contingency Amount by $68,958.80 for an amended Contingency Amount of $159,005.30, and adding Additive Bid Item No. 1 and Additive Bid Item No. 3 in the amount of $1,379,176.00 for an increased maximum aggregate contract amount of $3,089,111.30, and extending the contract Term through December 31, 2025;
b) Approve and 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 $159,005.30, and in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 20142; and
c) Determine that the Project continues to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15302 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA which consists of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced, and that a Notice of Exemption on this basis was approved by the Board on August 27, 2024 and filed.