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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services with KLD Engineering for the Preparation of the Evacuation Modeling and Planning Project, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning and Development Department (P&D), or designee, (1) to accept grant funds (subaward CALFIRE377994) from the California Fire Safe Council by and through the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) as part of the California Climate Investment Program, for Fiscal Years 2022-2023 through 2023-2024 in the amount of $380,000.00, and (2) to execute a grant agreement upon review and approval of Auditor-Controller, County Counsel, and Risk Management, and (3) to make any certifications and assurances that may be required by the grant agreement;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with KLD Engineering to provide professional services in the preparation of an Evacuation Modeling and Planning Project for the Safety Element Update for the period of November 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024, with a base amount not to exceed $322,532.00;
c) Authorize the P&D Director, or the P&D Director's designee, to:
i) Approve up to a 10 percent contingency cost not to exceed $35,836.00 for services being performed under the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $358,369.00;
ii) Approve changes or additions in the services being performed under the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, provided the Agreement does not exceed the base contract amount plus the 10 percent contingency identified in the Agreement; and
iii) Make immaterial changes in accordance with Section 35 of the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor; and
d) Determine that the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor and the Board of Supervisors' actions are not a project and, therefore, are exempt from the California Environmental...
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