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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the work plan for competitive process for emergency ambulance services and exclusive operating area(s), as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report from the Public Health Department, acting as the Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA), about the competitive process that the Board directed on October 1, 2019, to select a Contractor to provide emergency ambulance services for Santa Barbara County and to redefine exclusive operating areas as may be necessary;
b) Direct staff to identify funding for an outside consultant to develop and help conduct the ambulance service Request for Proposals (RFP) and identify any additional resource needs, and to return to the Board for approval of a Budget Revision Request upon identification of funding for this aspect of the project; and
c) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because the actions consist of organizational and administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE