File #: 20-00756    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/24/2020 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/6/2020 Final action: 10/6/2020
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the California Department of Conservation Local and Regional Planning Grant Program: TerraCount, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rincon Consultants, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $110,000.00 for consulting services; and b) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15306, as the actions consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource, and Section 15378(b)(4), as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, and Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are the organizational and ...
Sponsors: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Agreement for Services of Independant Contractor, 3. Executed Agreement, 4. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding the California Department of Conservation Local and Regional Planning Grant Program: TerraCount, as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rincon Consultants, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $110,000.00 for consulting services; and

 

b) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15306, as the actions consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource, and Section 15378(b)(4), as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, and Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are the organizational and administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.