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Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Third and Fifth Districts, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor increasing the contract amount by $208,649.00 to a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,176,785.00 for consulting services with GSI Water Solutions No. 19-182 (a local vendor), and approve increasing the 10% contingency to $117,679.00;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0006785 to increase appropriations of $229,514.00 from the Water Agency Fund for Services and Supplies funded by a release of Restricted Purpose of Fund Balance; and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organization or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.