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Consider recommendations regarding Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvement Project, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a grant agreement and all related documents with Natural Resources Conservation Service in an amount of up to $4.7 million for the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project, upon the advice and consent of County Counsel, Risk Management, and the Auditor-Controller;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Bengal Engineering Inc. (a local vendor) for professional design services in the amount of $692,907.00 for the period of November 5, 2019 through June 30, 2022 to provide professional engineering and design services for the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project;
c) Approve and authorize the Public Works Director, or designee, to approve agreement amendments within the scope of work in an amount not to exceed $69,290.70 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $762,197.70;
d) Approve Budget Revision Request (BJE No. 0006658) to increase appropriations in the amount of $700,000.00 in the Public Works South Coast Flood Zone fund to increase Capital Assets Infrastructure funded by a release of Restricted Purpose of Fund balance;
e) Authorize the Public Works Director to advertise and receive bids for construction of the Santa Monica Debris Basin Operational Improvements Project; and
f) For the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that:
i) These actions are within the scope of the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Updated Routine Maintenance Program [State Clearinghouse No. 2001031043] and subsequent addenda which adequately describes this activity for the purposes of CEQA; and
ii) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15168(c)(2) and 15162(a), after considering the PEIR certified by the Board of Directors in November 2001, and subsequent addenda, that no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is required because: i) no substantial changes are proposed which require major revisions of the PEIR; ii) no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which require major revisions of the PEIR; 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 PEIR was certified, has been received.