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Consider recommendations regarding amendments to Agreements for Services of Independent Contractor: Amendment 3 with Turner and Townsend Heery, LLC, Amendment 2 with Skanska USA Building Inc., and Amendment 8 with Kitchell/CEM, Inc., as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 3 (Turner and Townsend Amendment) to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Turner and Townsend Heery, LLC (Turner and Townsend Agreement), incorporating applicable required federal provisions;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 2 (Skanska Amendment) to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Skanska USA Building Inc. (Skanska Agreement), increasing the maximum compensation payable under the Skanska Agreement from $1,225,000.00 to $1,645,000.00 (an increase of $420,000.00) to provide additional Consulting and Project Management Services;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 8 (Kitchell Amendment) to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Kitchell/CEM, Inc. (Kitchell Agreement), incorporating applicable required federal provisions;
d) Per Government Code Section 31000, find that the services being provided in these agreements are considered “special services” as they are architectural and engineering in nature; and
e) Find that the recommended actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they consist of administrative and fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.