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Consider recommendations regarding the Northern Branch Jail Project report on construction phase, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Receive and file a report on the Northern Branch Jail construction phase;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of General Services or designee to execute a change order addressing the fire protection system and associated work in an amount not to exceed $647,000.00 on the Northern Branch Jail Project Bid Package 1 (BP-1) contract to SJ Amoroso (BC16215);
c) Approve and ratify the change orders issued to date on the Northern Branch Jail Project Bid Package 2 (BP-2) Contract to Spiess Construction (BC16217);
d) Re-authorize the General Services Director or designee to approve additional change orders to Spiess Construction (BC16217) for a contingency amount up to $158,082.00 for the construction of the AB900 Northern Branch Jail Project Bid Package 2 (BP-2) for a total project authorization of $3,227,809.00; and
e) After considering the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2007111099, that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008, the December 6, 2011 SEIR addendum, and the October 8, 2013 SEIR addendum, determine pursuant to 14 CCR Section 15162(a) that no SEIR or Negative Declaration is required for this project because: i) No substantial changes are proposed in the project which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR; ii) No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR; and iii) No new information of substantial importance concerning the project’s significant effects or mitigation measures, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time that the Final SEIR was certified in 2008, has been received.