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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Human Resources Management System with eVerge Group, LLC and Mythics, Inc., as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with eVerge Group, LLC in the amount not to exceed $423,260.84 to implement a Oracle Cloud Services Human Resources Management System for the period of August 22, 2017 through June 30, 2019;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement with Mythics, Inc., a certified Oracle reseller, in the amount not to exceed $131,051.64 for software and maintenance for the Oracle Cloud Services Human Resource Management System for the period of one year from August 22, 2017 through August 21, 2018;
c) Authorize the Director of Department of Social Services to execute up to six one-year extensions of the term of Agreement with Mythics, Inc. subject to annual appropriations; and
d) Determine that the approval and execution of the Agreements are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the approval and execution of the Agreement is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.