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Consider recommendations regarding the award of a Construction Contract for Santa Barbara General Services, Administration Building Elevator Repair Project No. 21009, First District, as follows:
a) Approve the specifications for the Santa Barbara Administration Building Elevator Repair project on file in the General Services Capital Projects office;
b) Award, approve, and authorize the Chair to execute the contract with the lowest responsible bidder, Urban Elevator Service CA LLC (Urban Elevator Service), in the base amount of $189,895.00, to modernize the existing Administration Building elevator controls and fixtures, and to execute an alternate bid of $37,950.00 to upgrade the elevator cab interiors, for a total of $227,845.00, subject to project specifications and requirements;
c) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders to the Contract in an amount not to exceed $22,785.00, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142; and
d) Determine that the proposed actions are exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to sections 15301, subdivision (a), and 15302 of the CEQA Guidelines, because the project is a minor alteration to a public structure involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, and the replacement of existing equipment; and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.