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Consider recommendations regarding the approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor (BC-16-196) with Geo-Logic Associates, Inc. for the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Partial Final Closure Project (Phase 2 and 3), County Project No. 129913, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the current Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor (BC-16-196) with the consulting firm Geo-Logic Associates, Inc. (not a local vendor), to provide construction quality assurance services for the Partial Final Closure Project (Phase 2 and 3) at the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill, extending the contract term to December 31, 2019; and
b) Find that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding the environmental effects of the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Partial Final Closure Project (Phase 2 and 3) or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore the project and the approval of an amendment to an existing professional services agreement for the project is within the scope of the project covered by the Tajiguas Landfill Expansion Project Environmental Impact Report (01-EIR-05) certified by the Board of Supervisors on August 13, 2002, the Addendum to 01-EIR-05 dated November 8, 2006 and accepted by the Board on December 5, 2006 and the Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Project Subsequent EIR (08-EIR-00000-00007) certified May 5, 2009.