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Consider recommendations regarding Contract Amendment No. 1 and PSA Amendment No. 3 to the Santa Maria Court Clerks' Building Project No. 8526, Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the contract with Vernon Edwards Constructors, Inc. (a local vendor) for the Santa Maria Court Clerks' Building project in the amount of $148,761.00, for a total amended contract amount of $3,717,859.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ravatt Albrecht & Associates Inc. (a local vendor) in the amount of $4,340.00, for a total of $203,994.00 inclusive of reimbursables to cover additional architectural services;
c) Re-authorize the Director of General Services or his designee to approve additional changes to the contract of an amount not to exceed 10% of the first $250,000 of the original contract plus 5% of the remaining contract amount, or $190,954 for this contract; and
d) Find that a Notice of Exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15332 was filed with the County Clerk's office on March 12, 2002, and that the contract amendment for the previously-approved project is therefore an administrative activity not constituting a "Project" within the meaning of CEQA, as set forth in 14 CCR 15378(b)(2).