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Consider recommendations regarding the Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the no-cost MOU between the County Health Department (CHD) and LVMC to facilitate Obstetrics (OB) patient referrals from CHD to LVMC for the period of March 10, 2026, through June 30, 2028;
b) Approve and authorize the County Health Director to execute any future, no-cost amendments to this MOU between CHD and LVMC, in accordance with Section 7.b, upon review and approval by County Counsel’s Office, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegation at any time;
c) Approve and authorize the County Health Director to extend this MOU between CHD and LVMC for one additional, two-year term through June 30, 2030, in accordance with Section 5 of the MOU; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are the creation of governmental funding mechanisms or other governmental fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.