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Consider recommendations regarding an agreement between the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC (CentralSquare) for the development and configuration of a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System for the Regional Fire Communications Facility (RFCF), as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Phase 1 System Purchase Agreement with CentralSquare, for services to build a CAD system, as part of the RFCF, for a total contract amount not to exceed $596,566.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Fire Chief or designee to approve up to a 10% contingency with CentralSquare, in an amount not to exceed $59,656.00, for any changes that may be required to the scope of work to complete the integrated public safety software solution;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0007870; and
d) Find that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(2) in that they involve continuing administrative or maintenance activities, and CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), in that they involve organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.