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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	January 22, 2019

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Costa

County

Subject:

Tassajara Parks EIR Contract Amendment

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/22/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sean Tully, (925) 674-7800

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 22, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or his designee, to execute a contract amendment with First Carbon Solutions (FCS or Contractor), to extend the term of the contract from February 9, 2019 to September 9, 2019, to complete the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Tassajara Parks Project in the Tassajara Valley/San Ramon area.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact to the General Fund. The cost is recovered by revenue received from land development and environmental review application fees.

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Conservation and Development contracted with First Carbon Solutions in September of 2014 to prepare an EIR for the Tassajara Parks Project involving the construction of a 125-unit residential subdivision with substantial dedication of parkland in the Tassajara Valley/San Ramon area.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On May 12, 2016, the County released a Draft EIR (DEIR), and on September 29, 2016, released the Recirculated Draft EIR (RDEIR). The County received public comments on both the DEIR and RDEIR, to which the County will provide responses in the form of a Final EIR (FEIR) document. Due to the unanticipated amount of time needed to provide responses to the comments received, the current contract term will be insufficient for completion of the Final EIR and the Contractor's continued technical assistance at the upcoming public hearings for the project. The payment limit for this contract will not increase.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the contract extension is not approved, the County will not have continued access to the consulting services necessary to complete the EIR that is required for the Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.