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Consider recommendations regarding Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project Reaches 2B-2 and 3, First District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Padre Associates, Inc. (a Tri-County vendor) to provide environmental support services for the construction of Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, Reaches 2B-2 and 3 (BC 20-126), increasing the payment amount by $115,913.00 to a total contract amount of $168,473.00;
b) Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to approve amendments to the professional services agreement with Padre Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $16,847.30 for a total Agreement amount not-to-exceed $185,320.30; and
c) Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, there are no substantial changes in circumstances and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the project or feasibility of mitigation measures and, therefore, this action is within the scope of the project covered by the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project as well as the Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considerations approved and adopted by the Board on May 10, 2011, and therefore, no subsequent environmental document is required.