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Consider recommendations regarding Contract Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Aspen Environmental Group for the preparation of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Strauss Wind Energy Project, Third and Fourth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve, and authorize the Chair to execute Contract Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement BC19-078 with Aspen Environmental Group, to increase the scope of work and to add funding in the amount of $55,309.00 for a revised base amount of $366,123.00 and a total contract amount not to exceed $431,131.00 inclusive of contingency, in order to complete preparation of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Strauss Wind Energy Project;
b) Authorize the Director of Planning and Development, or designee, to approve contingency costs in the additional amount of $18,386.00 for a revised total contingency amount not to exceed $65,008.00; and
c) Determine that this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), which exempts organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.