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C. 78

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	September 12, 2017

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Costa

County

Subject:

Saranap Village Environmental Impact Report Contract Amendment

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/12/2017

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:

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: September 12, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or his designee, to execute a contract amendment with Environmental Science Associates (ESA), to increase the payment by $41,024 to a new payment limit of $436,651 with no change to the term ending on December 31, 2017, for the preparation and completion of the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Saranap Village Mixed-Use Project.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact. All costs associated with completion of the EIR are borne by the project applicant, Hall Equities Group.

BACKGROUND:

In 2013 the project applicant, Hall Equities Group, submitted multiple applications for the construction of the Saranap Village Mixed-Use Project, for which Environmental Science Associates (ESA) was retained as a Consultant to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The project applicant, Hall Equities Group substantially revised the project design in 2015, after the publication of the Draft EIR (DEIR) and in response to public comments. Due to the substantial changes to the Project design, the Draft EIR was required to be recirculated resulting in the review and response of hundreds of comment letters in addition to the comment letters received in September of 2014. The level of controversy associated with the recirculation of the Draft EIR and reorganization of the Final response to comments involved additional work beyond the scope of work identified within the contract amended in January of 2017. The limit increase is required to cover the additional cost associated with the completion of the Final EIR.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

In the event the contract is not amended, ESA cannot be compensated for services required to complete the environmental impact review for the Saranap Village Mixed-Use Project.