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Consider recommendations regarding authorization of an agreement for services with Ecology and Environment, Inc. to complete an Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Plains Replacement Pipeline Project located in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Ecology and Environment, Inc. and partner MRS Environmental (MRS) to complete an Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for Plains’ Replacement Pipeline Project (Project) for the period of February 12, 2019 through June 30, 2021 for a base amount of $999,927.00 and a total contract amount not to exceed $1,149,916.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development, or designee, to approve up to a 15 percent contingency cost not to exceed $149,989.00 for services being performed under the Agreement for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,149,916.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development, or designee, to make immaterial changes in accordance with Section 35 of the Agreement; and
d) Determine that the above actions are not a “project” and are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5), because they are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.