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Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Hamner, Jewell and Associates for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project Reach 4, First District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Beacon Integrated Professional Resources DBA: Hamner, Jewell and Associates (a Tri-County vendor) to provide real property services for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 4 (BC 20-123), increasing the contract amount from $228,100.00 to a not to exceed of $293,400.00, an increase of $65,300.00 and updating the Fee Schedule to current year rates;
b) Authorize an increase of $6,530.00 to the contingency amount of $22,810.00 to a total contingency amount of $29,340.00 to the Agreement for Services with Hamner, Jewell and Associates for additional work that may be needed to complete the project;
c) Delegate the Public Works Director or designee the authority to extend the term of the Agreement by up to one-year to December 31, 2027 without altering the contract amount, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), the actions described above are organizational and administrative activities of government and are not a project as defined in CEQA. The Board approved and adopted the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project as well as the Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considerations on May 10, 2011, and therefore, no subsequent environmental documentation is required.