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Consider recommendations regarding the Casa Nueva - Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Building Energy Management System (BEMS) Upgrade, as follows:
a) Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, a General Construction Contract (Agreement) with Mesa Energy System, Inc. in the base contract amount of $797,426.00, with a contingency amount not to exceed $52,371.00, for a maximum aggregate contract amount not to exceed $849,797.00, for construction and commissioning of new HVAC equipment with BEMS improvements at the Casa Nueva Building located at 260 N. San Antonio Rd. in Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (APN 059-140-029);
b) Authorize the Director of General Services, or his designee, to approve change orders to the Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $52,371.00; and
c) Determine that the project is statutorily exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to California Public Resources Code Sections 15301 (minor alterations to existing facilities) and 15303 (limited construction of small facilities) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.