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Consider recommendations regarding a Cooperative Agreement and construction of Cycle 4 Measure A Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Projects; Third, Fourth, and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Cooperative Agreement with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) to receive Cycle 4 Measure A North County Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Program funding in the amount of $184,000.00 for the Orcutt School Crossings Safety Improvements Project and $140,000.00 for MOVE Santa Barbara’s Safe Routes to School in North County education and awareness program;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to advertise for bids for the projects as described in the Cooperative Agreement; and
c) Find these projects exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15301(c) as the proposed project(s) consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing, including but not limited to existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.