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Consider recommendations regarding a Board Contract with Environment and Ecology, Inc. to Develop a Regional Disaster Debris Management Plan and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Participating Cities, First, Second, and Third Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Environment and Ecology, Inc. (Agreement) in an amount not to exceed $93,400.00 for the development of a regional Disaster Debris Management Plan;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an MOU with the cities of Carpinteria, Buellton, Solvang, Goleta, and Santa Barbara, under which participating cities and the County commit to provide funding in support of the County’s Contract with Environment and Ecology, Inc. for the development of a regional Disaster Debris Management Plan; and
c) 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 15378(b)(4), as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, and Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are the organizational and administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.