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Consider recommendations regarding an agreement with the State of California 2016-2017 exchange and state match program for the exchange of federal highway dollars, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with the State of California, Department of Transportation, for the exchange of Federal Highway dollars for non-federal state highway account dollars, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 apportionments in the amount of $558,115.00;
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to apportion these regional surface transportation program funds to the City of Buellton, the City of Guadalupe and the City of Solvang for FY 2016-2017, in the amounts established under Section 182.6(d)(1) of the Streets and Highways Code and by Santa Barbara County Association of Governments guidelines; and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are administrative and other fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to any specific project, and are therefore not a project as defined by State California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378 b(4), and approve and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.