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Consider recommendations regarding Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Project - Contract for the Baron Ranch Restoration Implementation, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize a two-year Professional Services Contract with the consulting firm of Ecological Conservation and Management, Incorporated, (ECM) (not a local vendor) for the plant installation, maintenance and monitoring of Phase A (Coast Live Oak Woodland, 10.8 acres) and Phase B (Chaparral - 6.2 acres) of the Baron Ranch Restoration Plan, maintenance of prior restoration phases (IV and V) and monitoring and reporting through June 2017 (approximately 50 acres) in the amount of $685,560.00. The restoration is a part of the required California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and regulatory permit mitigation program for the Tajiguas Landfill in the Gaviota Coast area;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve changes or additions to the professional services being performed under the professional service contract with ECM in an amount of not to exceed $20,000.00 for a total project authorization of $705,560.00; and
c) After considering the September 25, 2014 Addendum together with the previously certified Tajiguas Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (08EIR-00000-00007, State Clearinghouse No. 20080210520) and the Tajiguas Landfill Expansion Project (01-EIR-05, State Clearinghouse No. 98041003), determine that no subsequent Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration shall be prepared for this project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.