Consider recommendations regarding the North Branch Jail Expansion Project Award Agreement for Design Build Services; Project No. 23040, Fifth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Design Build Services with Sletten Construction Company, a Montana Corporation, to provide Design and Construction services for the new North Branch Jail Expansion project, located at 2301 Black Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455 (APN 113-210-022/024), in an amount not to exceed $138,650,000.00; b) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services, or designee, to issue a stipend payment of $100,000.00 to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., the second-ranked proposer, pursuant to the Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals for the project, in exchange for the County's retention of the proposal and associated intellectual property rights and to offset costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal and participation in the Design-Build procurement process; c) Authorize the Director of General Services, or his Assistant Director or Capital Division Chief designee, to approve change orders in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,945,000.00 as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142(b); d) Authorize the Director of General Services, or his Assistant Director or Capital Division Chief designee, to (i) amend the Agreement to extend the Term of the Agreement by up to six (6) additional months, and (ii) terminate the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement; e) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0011105; f) After considering the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), State Clearinghouse Number 2007111099, that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008, the December 6, 2011 SEIR Addendum, approve and adopt the Addendum to the SEIR dated June 25, 2026, which has been completed pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15164; g) Find that no subsequent environmental review is required for the new North Branch Jail Expansion project after consideration of the SEIR and Addendum because: there are no substantial changes proposed in the project which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR; and no new information of substantial importance concerning the project’s significant effects or mitigation measures, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time that the Final SEIR was certified in 2008, has been received that requires a SEIR or Negative Declaration; and h) Receive the Planning Commission conformity report required by Government Code Section 65402. The Planning Commission Staff Report for New Projects in the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2026-2031 and the Planning Commission Action Letter for the hearing held on June 3, 2026 constitute the required report.

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Amount

$138.7M

Runs until

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Type

award

Field

Construction

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Sletten Construction Company also holds

Water Reclamation Facility Tertiary Treatment Project - Change Order #68 with Sletten Construction Post Falls, ID

Committee

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Introduced

June 26, 2026

On agenda

July 7, 2026

Passed

July 7, 2026

Where it was heard

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Jul 7, 2026 Acted on as follows: Pass

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