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Consider recommendations regarding the Northern Branch Jail Project, Kitchell CEM, Inc. Amendment No. 3 and Escrow Agreement Amendment No. 1, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) for Construction Management and Related Professional Services with Kitchell/CEM, Inc., to increase the maximum compensation limit by $787,853.00 for a new total contract maximum amount not to exceed of $3,301,143.00 and to increase the contract term to September 20, 2020;
b) Authorize the Director of General Services to execute Amendment No. 1 to the escrow agreement for security deposits in lieu of retention in accordance with section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code to change the Owner designee to the General Services Director; and
c) After considering the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2007111099, that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008, the December 6, 2011 and October 8, 2013 SEIR addendums, determine pursuant to 14 CCR Section 15162(a) that no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is required for this project because: i) No substantial changes are proposed in the project which require major revisions of the 2008 Final Subsequent EIR; ii) No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which require major revisions of the 2008 Final Subsequent EIR; and iii) No new information of substantial importance concerning the project’s significant effects or mitigation measures, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time that the Final Subsequent EIR was certified in 2008, has been received.