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Consider recommendations regarding a Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Project, Contract for the Baron Ranch Restoration Phase IV and V Implementation, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Contract No. BC-11-051 with the consulting firm of Ecological Conservation and Management, Inc. (ECM) (not a local vendor), for the implementation of Phase IV (5.8 acres) and V (6.9 acres) of the Baron Ranch Restoration Plan and maintenance and monitoring of Phase I-V (~34 acres) through June 2015, in the amount of $961,065.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,566,587.00, which includes a contingency amount of $36,870.00, as part of the required mitigation program for the Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration Project in the Gaviota Coast area; and
b) Find that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 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 the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore the contract to implement Phase IV and V of the Baron Ranch Restoration Plan is within the scope of the project covered by the Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report, 08EIR-00000-00007, State Clearinghouse No. 20080210520, certified by the Board of Supervisors on May 5, 2009.