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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Public Safety Dispatch Separation, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file an update from staff on the proposed Regional Fire Communications Facility (RFCF), including preliminary cost estimates for construction and operations;
b) Direct staff to focus planning efforts on one of the following locations:
i) Option 1: Expand the existing Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to accommodate a RFCF; or
ii) Option 2: Build a new Regional Fire Communications Facility at the Santa Ynez Airport;
c) Authorize staff to enter into negotiations with regional partners who wish to participate in the RFCF;
d) Provide other direction as appropriate; and
e) Determine this action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5), which are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY