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Consider recommendations regarding permission to solicit a Request for Proposals (RFP) from Design-Build Entities for the New Cuyama Fire Station 41, Project No. 8751, First District, as follows:
a) Authorize the Director of General Services to solicit proposals from the shortlisted Design-Build Entities (D-BEs) for the New Cuyama Fire Station 41 Project No. 8751 on the basis of the RFP for the project on file with the General Services Department;
b) Approve the RFP for the New Cuyama Fire Station 41 Project No. 8751;
c) Delegate to the Director of General Services, or designee, authority to approve the plans and specifications for the New Cuyama Fire Station 41 Project No. 8751;
d) Authorize a $5,000.00 stipend to the second and third ranked proposals to assist the D-BEs in offsetting the costs for preparing their proposals and find that a stipend for these purposes is considered sufficient to constitute a public purpose; and
e) Determine that the proposed project was found by your Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(b) on May 10, 2016, and that a Notice of Exemption was filed on that basis, and that the above actions are within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.