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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor for Cathedral Oaks Complete Streets Project, County Project No. 864052, Second District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Mark Thomas and Company, Inc. (not a local vendor), in an amount not to exceed $424,505.00, to provide professional design and engineering services for the Cathedral Oaks Complete Streets Design;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to, in accordance with the Agreement: extend the period of performance for up to one additional year (Section 4.B); make immaterial amendments (Section 34); suspend performance (Section 46.); and to approve amendments to the Agreement in an amount not to exceed 10% of the initial contract amount, $42,450.00, for a total contract authorization of $466,955.00;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010054 to increase appropriations of $446,955.00 in Public Works Roads-Capital Infrastructure for Services and Supplies funded by a Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Measure A Grant and Public Works Roads Measure A Fund; and
d) Determine the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) because it consists of organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.