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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2030 Climate Action Plan, as follows; (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file an update on progress towards the County’s Energy and Climate Action Plan goals and actions taken to implement the Board’s direction to develop a 2030 Climate Action Plan that employs a regional approach and incorporates resiliency measures;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rincon Consultants, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $516,235.00 for climate action planning services;
c) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department, or designee, to amend the Agreement for Services with Rincon Consultants, Inc. to increase the amount of the Agreement up to a 5 percent contingency amount not to exceed $25,812.00, for services within the scope of the Statement of Work of the Agreement, for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $542,047.00; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15306, as the actions consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource, and Section 15378(b)(4), as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, and Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are the organizational and administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE