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Consider recommendations regarding the Calle Real Water Loop, Phase 1 No. 19012 and Award Construction Contract to Tierra Contracting, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve the plans and specifications for the Calle Real Water Loop, Phase 1 Project on file in the General Services Capital Projects office;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Calle Real Water Loop, Phase 1, construction contract in the amount of $382,836.00 to Tierra Contracting, for the repairs and improvements to the main water loop on the Calle Real Campus in in Goleta, CA;
c) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders in an amount not to exceed $31,641.80 as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142; and
d) Find that this contract is determined by your Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 14 CCR 15302(c) because it consists of replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems and/or structures where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.