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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Countywide Library System Agreement, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute a one-year Agreement for Operation of a Countywide Library System, by and between the County and the Cities of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Lompoc and Santa Maria for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in the total amount not to exceed $5,147,814.00;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010921 to establish appropriations of $130,000.00 for infrastructure improvements for the Goleta Valley Library funded by AB1600 Goleta Library Impact Fees; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the action involves government organizational or administrative activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.