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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Countywide Library System Update and 2019-2020 Agreement for Operations of a Countywide Library System, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report on remaining County Branch Library Budget Deficits for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020;
b) Address budget deficits by approving one of the following actions:
i) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0006526 in the amount of $68,500.00 to fund existing hours and programming at Montecito, Vandenberg Village, and Orcutt County Branch Libraries through the use of Cannabis Revenues (4/5 Vote Required); or
ii) Direct staff to work with Library Zone Administrators to reduce hours and programming with the least impact to patrons; or
iii) Provide other direction to Staff;
c) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute a one-year Agreement for Operation of a Countywide Library System (the “Agreement”), by and between the County and the Cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Lompoc and Santa Maria (“Cities”) for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 with a total amount not to exceed one of the following:
i) $3,855,300.00, if the Board approves Budget Revision No. 0006526 pursuant to recommended action b) above; or
ii) $3,786,800.00, if the Board does not approve Budget Revision No. 0006526 pursuant to recommended action b) above; or
iii) Such other amount as the Board may direct; and
d) Determine that the approval of the Agreement is not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY