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Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding the Las Vegas/San Pedro Creeks Capacity Improvement Project, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the second phase of engineering services for the Las Vegas/San Pedro Creeks Improvement Project increasing the Contract from an amount of $582,555.00 to a new Contract amount of $732,962.20, an increase of $150,407.20, and extending the Contract period from December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2016;
b) Authorize an increase in contingency in the amount of $15,040.72 (10%) with HDR Engineering, Inc. for additional work that may be needed to complete work for the project; and
c) Determine, pursuant to 14 CCR 15162, that a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was adopted for the Las Vegas-San Pedro Creeks Capacity Improvement Project on October 4, 2011, an Addendum to the MND was approved on April 10, 2012, and an Addendum to the MND was approved on August 19, 2014, that no substantial changes are proposed in the project, no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken, and no new information of substantial importance has been received with respect to the project or the mitigation measures, and therefore no new Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or Negative Declaration is required for the approval of the recommended actions.