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Consider recommendations regarding authorization for the County Purchasing Agent to Issue Purchase Orders to Kennedy Communications, Inc. and Frank Ramirez Consulting to Provide Governmental Relations Services Related to Funding Outreach for Costs Associated with the Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Coast Region Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R3-2023-0070, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Authorize the County Purchasing Agent to Issue a Purchase Order to Kennedy Communications, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $13,333.34, for a one-year term, to provide governmental relations services related to seeking funding sources related to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R3-2023-0070 issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Coast Region for 2936 Industrial Parkway, Santa Maria, California;
b) Authorize the County Purchasing Agent to Issue a Purchase Order to Frank Ramirez Consulting, in an amount not to exceed $11,666.66, for a six-month term, to provide governmental relations services related to seeking funding sources related to Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R3-2023-0070 issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Coast Region for 2936 Industrial Parkway, Santa Maria, California (majority vote); and
c) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) because it consists of government administrative or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.