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C. 65

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	February 7, 2017

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Costa

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Subject:

Contract Amendment with ESA for Environmental Services Related to Saranap Village Project

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/07/2017

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:

(925) 674-7791

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: February 7, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Environmental Science Associates (ESA), to extend the term from April 22 through December 31, 2017, and increase the payment limit by $38,995 to a new payment limit of $395,627, to provide continued service to complete the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Saranap Village Mixed-Use Project.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact to the General Fund. All costs associated with preparing the EIR are borne by the project applicant, Hall Equities Group.

BACKGROUND:

On April 23, 2014, the Department of Conservation and Development contracted with ESA to prepare an EIR for the Saranap Village Mixed-Use Project. The Draft EIR (DEIR) was released for public review and comment on November 17, 2014, and over 200 letters and emails were received. The project applicant revised the plan and a recirculated DEIR was released for public review in May 2016. Several hundred additional comments were received during the second public review period. By law these comments must be addressed in the Final EIR (FEIR) for the project; however, such a large volume of comments was unanticipated and the existing budget for completion of the FEIR is insufficient. Therefore, staff requests approval of a contract amendment to provide sufficient funds to complete the FEIR.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the contract with ESA is not amended, then there will be insufficient funds available to complete the Saranap Village EIR. The project cannot be completed without a complete environmental review.