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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor for Santa Maria River Levee Bike Trail Project, County Project No. 862372, Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with EMC Planning Group Inc. (not a local vendor), for an Agreement amount up to $311,172.00, which includes a contingency amount of $28,287.92, to provide professional engineering and environmental services for the Santa Maria River Levee Bike Trail Project;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to, in accordance with the Agreement: extend the period of performance for up to one additional year (Section 4.B); make immaterial amendments (Section 34); and, suspend performance (Section 46.); and
c) Determine the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) because it consists of organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.