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Consider recommendations regarding Santa Claus Lane Streetscape Improvement Project, County Project No. 720783, First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a professional services contract with MNS Engineers, Inc. (a local vendor), 201 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, in the base contract amount of $119,580.00, for professional engineering services for the design of a roundabout for the Santa Claus Lane Streetscape Improvement Project, County Project No. 720783;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve amendments to the professional services contract with MNS Engineers, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $11,958.00; and
c) Find that the proposed contract does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(5) (Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment), and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that basis.