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Consider recommendations regarding an agreement for services with independent contractor Geosyntec Consultants for construction quality assurance services for the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Protection System Phase IIIF Project, County Project No. 828396, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (a local vendor) in an amount not to exceed $224,679.00 to provide construction quality assurance services and engineering support for the construction of the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Protection System Phase IIIF Project; and
b) Determine that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Protection System Phase IIIF (Project No. 828396) or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore the approval of this contract for construction quality assurance services is within the scope of the project covered by the Tajiguas Landfill Expansion Project EIR (01-EIR-05) certified by the Board of Supervisors on August 13, 2002, the Addendum to 01-EIR-05 dated November 8, 2006 and accepted by the Board of Supervisors on December 5, 2006, and the Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Project Subsequent EIR (08-EIR-00000-00007) certified May 5, 2009 and no new environmental document is required.