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Consider recommendations regarding an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) License Agreement with the City of Santa Barbara to use fiber conduit, First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the License Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and the City of Santa Barbara (City) to allow the County to use a City-owned fiber conduit on Anacapa Street between Anapamu and Carrillo Streets in the City of Santa Barbara to install and operate a single 48-strand fiber optic cable and associated equipment for the purpose of connecting County-owned buildings to the County communications network for an initial term of fifteen (15) years;
b) Authorize the Director of General Services or her designee to exercise the two options, described in Section 5 of the License Agreement, to extend the term for five (5) years each; and
c) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features and involve negligible or no expansion of use, and direct staff to file the CEQA Notice of Exemption on that basis.