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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Third Amendment to Agreement for Services 551-S1411 with T.Y. Lin International, updating contract language to the current California Department of Transportation Standards and allowing for reimbursement of travel expenses, with no increase in rates or change to the expiration date of the contract, for the Bucks Bar Road at the North Fork Cosumnes River - Bridge Replacement Project, CIP 77116.
FUNDING: Highway Bridge Program (88% - Federal), Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees (10% - Local), Regional Surface Transportation Program (1% - State), and Road Fund (1% - Local).
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division (Transportation), recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Third Amendment (Amendment III) to Agreement for Services 551-S1411 (Agreement) with T.Y. Lin International (T.Y. Lin), for the Bucks Bar Road at the North Fork Cosumnes River - Bridge Replacement Project (Project), Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project 77116. The proposed Amendment III updates contract language in several articles to current California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Standards and modifies the compensation language to allow for reimbursement of travel expenses by specific subconsultants, with no increase in rates or change in term.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 15, 2014 (Item 17), the Board approved the Agreement with T.Y. Lin to provide environmental and engineering services for the Project. The Agreement's scope and budget presumed that an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) would provide adequate documentation necessary for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. In November 2015, Transportation was prepared to submit the IS/MND for Board approval; however, since representatives of local Native American communities were unable to...
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