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Consider recommendations regarding an agreement for consultant services to prepare, conduct public outreach for, and prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for, zoning Ordinance and other related Comprehensive Plan amendments, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Miller Planning Associates et al to provide professional services that include preparing, conducting public outreach for, and preparing a PEIR for, certain zoning Ordinance and other related Comprehensive Plan amendments, for the period of December 14, 2023, to June 30, 2026, with a base amount not to exceed $1,003,113.00;
b) Authorize the Planning and Development Department (P&D) Director, or the P&D Director’s designee, to:
i) Approve up to a 10 percent contingency cost not to exceed $100,311.00 for services being performed under the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,103,424.00;
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 Agreement 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
c) Determine that the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, budget revision, and the Board of Supervisors’ actions are not a project and, therefore, are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(5).