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Consider recommendations regarding the authorization of a professional services contract with RECON Environmental, Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Oak Hills Estates Project, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with RECON Environmental, Inc. (a local vendor), for a base contract amount not to exceed $100,837.00 and a total contract amount of $110,921.00 for preparation of an EIR for the Oak Hills Estates Rezone, Tentative Tract Map and Development Plan project for the period beginning March 16, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2017;
b) Authorize the Director of Planning and Development to approve up to 10 percent contingency costs not to exceed $10,084.00 for services being performed under the Agreement for a total contract amount not to exceed $110,921.00; and
c) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines.