LA County Board

27.\nBaldwin Lake And Tule Pond Restoration Project\nRecommended as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Consider the Mitigated\nNegative Declaration (MND) for the Baldwin Lake and Tule Pond Restoration\nProject (Project), together with the comments received during the public review\nprocess; find that the MND reflects the independent judgment and analysis of\nthe Board; adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP),\nfinding that the MMRP Program is adequately designed to ensure compliance\nwith the mitigation measures during Project implementation; find on the basis of\nthe whole record before the Board that there is no substantial evidence the\nProject may have a significant effect on the environment; adopt the MND; and\ninstruct the Director of Public Works to file a Notice of Determination (NOD) in\naccordance with Section 21152 of the California Public Resources Code, post\nthe NOD to Public Works' website and pay the required filing fees to the\nRegistrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Approve the Project and authorize the Chief\nEngineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) to adopt the\nplans and specifications and advertise for bids at an estimated construction\ncost between $20,000,000 to $30,000,000. Take the following actions:\nAuthorize the Chief Engineer to advertise for bids with the Notice Inviting\nBids when ready to advertise this Project.\nFind pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3400 (c) (2),\nthat it is necessary to specify designated items by specific brand name\nin order to match other products in use on a particular public\nimprovement either completed or in the course of completion (Enclosure\nA).\nAuthorize the Chief Engineer to determine whether the bid of the\napparent responsible contractor with the lowest apparent responsive bid\nis, in fact, responsive and, if not responsive, to determine which apparent\nresponsible contractor submitted the lowest responsive bid.\nAuthorize the Chief Engineer to award and execute a construction\ncontract for the Project to the responsible contractor with the lowest\napparent responsive bid within or less than the estimated cost range of\n$20,000,000 to $30,000,000 or that exceeds the estimated cost range by\nno more than 15% if additional funds have been identified.\nAuthorize the Chief Engineer to extend the date and time for the receipt\nof bids; allow substitution of subcontractors and relief of bidders; approve\nand execute change orders within the same monetary limits delegated to\nthe Chief Engineer; accept the Project upon its final completion; and\nmake required findings and release retention money withheld. (26-1587)\nMotion by Supervisor Barger