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a. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer, or his designee, to sign an Amendment to the Agreement with Ascent Environmental to provide technical and facilitative consultation services for the County Climate Action Plan, adding $108,870 to the contract, for a total cost of $275,755 for the period May 18, 2021 through May 30, 2023;
b. Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or his designee, to sign up to 3 amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($27,575) of the contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work; and
c. Provide other direction to staff as appropriate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a). Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer, or his designee, to sign an Amendment to the Agreement with Ascent Environmental to provide technical and facilitative consultation services for the County Climate Action Plan, adding $108,870 to the contract, for a total cost of $275,755 for the period May 18, 2021 through May 30, 2023;
b). Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or his designee, to sign up to 3 amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($27,575) of the contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work; and
c). Provide other direction to staff as appropriate.
SUMMARY:
The County began developing its Climate Action Plan in the Spring of 2021, upon receipt of a Department of Conservation grant in the amount of $175,000. On May 18, 2021, the County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement to initiate work on the Climate Action Plan with Ascent Environmental in the amount of $166,885. The initial contract did not include the full scope of work proposed for the Climate Action Plan because no funds outside of the grant budget were allocated. Staff indicated that the program would return with an amendment if the program received funding through annual allocation. The Program...
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