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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Northern Branch Jail (NBJ) Construction Costs, Contingencies and Funding Requirements, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file an update from staff on the progress and construction costs of the NBJ AB900 Phase II Project;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0006817 to increase appropriations within the general fund and authorize funding in the amount of $5,000,000.00 from the NBJ Operating Fund to address the anticipated funding requirements this Fiscal Year for the Northern Branch Jail project;
c) Re-authorize the General Services Director or designee to approve additional change orders to the County's contract with SJ Amoroso Construction Company Inc. (BC16215) for a contingency amount up to $5,000,000.00 for the construction of the AB900 Phase II Northern Branch Jail Project Bid Package 1 (BP-1) for a total project authorization of $10,405,727.00; and
d) 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 SEIR addendum, and the October 8, 2013 SEIR addendum, 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.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: APPRO...
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