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Consider recommendations regarding the North Avenue Storm Drain Improvement Project - East Phase, Fourth District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Filippin Engineering (a local vendor) for construction management and inspection services for the North Avenue Storm Drain Improvement Project - East Phase, increasing the contract amount of $102,168.00 by $23,000.00 for a revised total not-to-exceed contract amount of $125,168.00, and increasing the contingency amount of 10,216.80 by $2,300.00, for a revised total contingency amount of $12,516.80;
b) Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to approve additions to the work performed under the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Filippin Engineering; and
c) Determine that the North Avenue Storm Drain Improvement Project was found by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304, Minor Alterations to Land, on Nov. 11, 2011, upon approval of the project; that a Notice of Exemption was filed on that basis, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.