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Consider recommendations regarding the Amendments to the Agreements for Services of Independent Contractor with WRECO, First District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to each of the following three Agreements for Services of Independent Contractor with WRECO (not a local vendor) for geotechnical, hydrologic and engineering design services for the following debris basin projects, extending the duration of each of the Agreements through December 31, 2022:
i) Cold Springs Debris Basin Improvement Project, increasing the contract amount by $60,560.00 to a total not-to-exceed amount of $378,800.00;
ii) San Ysidro Debris Basin Improvement Project, increasing the contract amount by $43,700.00 to a total not-to-exceed amount of $361,940.00; and
iii) Romero Creek Debris Basin Improvement Project, increasing the contract amount by $73,160.00 to a total not-to-exceed amount of $399,000.00;
b) Approve the increase in contingencies and authorize the Public Works Director, or designee, to approve Agreement amendments within the scope of work for:
i) Cold Springs Debris Basin in the amount of $37,880.00 for total Agreement amount not-to-exceed $416,680.00;
ii) San Ysidro Debris Basin in the amount of $36,194.00 to a total Agreement amount not-to-exceed $398,134.00; and
iii) Romero Creek Debris Basin in the amount of $39,900.00 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $438,900.00; and
c) Find that the recommended action to award and/or amend contracts for engineering services is a fiscal and administrative activity not constituting a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act, as set forth in 14CCR 15378(b)(4) and (5).