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Consider recommendations regarding the Resilient Cuyama Valley Contract Agreements with Blue Sky Center, Quail Springs and Community Environmental Council, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Blue Sky Center in an amount not to exceed $276,862.00 to implement activities under the Resilient Cuyama Valley initiative funded by the Transformative Climate Communities Grant;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with True Nature Society dba Quail Springs in an amount not to exceed $252,769.00 to implement activities under the Resilient Cuyama Valley initiative funded by the Transformative Climate Communities Grant;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Community Environmental Council in an amount not to exceed $114,349.00 to implement activities under the Resilient Cuyama Valley initiative funded by the Transformative Climate Communities Grant; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.