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Consider recommendations regarding the Environmental Impact Report Preparation Contract for Hollister Avenue-State Street Improvement Project, Public Works Project No. 863035, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services with Rincon Consultants, Inc. to complete an Environmental Impact Report for the Hollister Avenue-State Street Improvement Project for a base Contract amount of $181,220.00, with a 10 percent contingency of $18,122.00, for a total project authorization of $199,342.00;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve changes or additions in the services being performed in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the base Contract amount; and
c) Find that the proposed approval of the Contract is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) as it involves administrative activities that will not result in physical changes in the environment, and approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis.