File #: 20-00245    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/26/2020 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 4/7/2020 Final action: 4/7/2020
Title: Consider recommendations regarding First Amendment to the Agreement for Legal Services with Oliver, Sandifer and Murphy for Eminent Domain Proceedings and Litigation, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) Acting as Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District: a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Professional Services between the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and attorney Duff Murphy, of the firm Oliver, Sandifer and Murphy, to extend the contract through June 30, 2022, and to increase compensation $150,000.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $300,000.00; and b) Find that the proposed contract is not a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that it does not involve a commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact to the environment.
Sponsors: COUNTY COUNSEL, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSER
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment 1 - First Amendment to Agreement for Professional Legal Services, 3. Attachment 2 - Agreement for Professional Legal Services, 4. Executed Amendment, 5. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding First Amendment to the Agreement for Legal Services with Oliver, Sandifer and Murphy for Eminent Domain Proceedings and Litigation, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)

 

Acting as Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:

 

a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Professional Services between the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and attorney Duff Murphy, of the firm Oliver, Sandifer and Murphy, to extend the contract through June 30, 2022, and to increase compensation $150,000.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $300,000.00; and

 

b) Find that the proposed contract is not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that it does not involve a commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact to the environment.