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Consider recommendations regarding Clark Avenue/US 101 Intersection Improvements; County Project No. 862331, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Stantec (a local vendor), 111 E. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, in the base Agreement amount of $175,832.00, for professional engineering services for the Clark Avenue/US 101 Interchange Improvements Project, County Project No. 862331 with a term of March 7, 2017 through June 30, 2020;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve amendments within the scope of the Statement of Work to the Agreement with Stantec in an amount up to and not to exceed $17,583.00; 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.