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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Services between the County of Santa Barbara and Storrer Environmental Services, LLC for Integrated Environmental Quality Assurance Program (EQAP) Monitoring for Energy and Minerals Division Projects, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the professional services Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and Storrer Environmental Services, LLC for a period of five years, commencing July 1, 2015 and terminating on June 30, 2020, to provide the Integrated EQAP monitoring services to the Energy and Minerals Division. Contractor compensation would be on a time-and-materials basis for execution of tasks authorized by the Energy and Minerals Division, with a base Agreement amount of $1,208,379.13, plus a 10 % contingency fund of $120,837.91, for a total not to exceed amount of $1,329,217.04; and
b) Determine that the services Contract does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).