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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an agreement with EF Johnson Company for the Public Safety Radio System Replacement Project, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor (Agreement) with EF Johnson Company for System and Installation for the Public Safety Radio System Replacement Project (Project) in the amount not to exceed $30,239,809.00;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0007711;
c) Direct staff to return to the Board by January 2022 for an update about the project phases and to consider further funding for the Project;
d) Authorize the General Services Director, or designee, until otherwise ordered by the Board, to administer the Agreement on behalf of the County and to execute the Final Detailed Design Certificate for Phase 1, attached to the Agreement as Exhibit I; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following CEQA guidelines sections: 15301 as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public structures, facilities, mechanical equipment or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use; 15302 as the actions consist or replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities located on the same site and with the same purpose and capacity; 15303 as the actions consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures and installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment; and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on these bases.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE