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Consider recommendations regarding a Fifth Amendment to the Amended Contract with MSB Investors, LLC for the Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project (TRRP), Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Fifth Amendment to the Amended Contract between the County of Santa Barbara and MSB Investors, LLC for Development and Operation of the TRRP, which addresses changes to the costs and construction schedule of the TRRP (now referred to as the ReSource Center);
b) Approve and authorize the Public Works Director or designee to approve additional increased project costs up to a contingency amount of $2,100,000.00;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0007164 increasing appropriations in the amount of $5,760,000.00 in Public Works Resource Recovery and Waste Management Enterprise Fund and the TRRP Capital Fund for the increased project costs, which are funded by the release of Retained Earnings and an operating transfer, respectively; and
d) Determine that the previous Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) SCH No. 2012041068 and Subsequent EIR Revision Letter and Errata dated May 27, 2016 certified by the Board of Supervisors on July 12, 2016 and Final Subsequent EIR Addendum dated August 11, 2017 (revised October 26, 2017) considered by the Board of Supervisors on November 14, 2017 are adequate review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the project or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore this fifth amendment to the contract with MSB Investors, LLC is within the scope of the project covered by the prior environmental review and no subsequent Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration shall be prepared for this action.