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Consider recommendations regarding the donation of two Lenco BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response) Vehicles to the Sheriff’s Office, as follows: (4/5 Vote Requried)
a) Accept the donation of two Lenco BearCats vehicles from the Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc. with the total value of the donation at $604,507.00;
b) Authorize the disposal of surplus property, pursuant to County Code section 2-47, operated by the Sheriff’s Office, the existing Lenco BEAR identified by county vehicle number 4887, to Lenco as credit towards the purchase of the two Lenco BearCats to offset $75,000.00 of the total purchase cost of $679,507.00;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0005097 to increase Appropriations of $679,507.00 in Sheriff General Fund for capital asset Lenco BearCat funded by donation from the Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc., ($604,507.00) and Miscellaneous Revenue ($75,000.00) from sale of capital assets; and
d) Determine that the above actions are not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.