Meeting Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 11/1/2011 9:00 AM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR 105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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11-00040  Agenda ItemClosed Session Agenda  Action details Not available
11-00806 A-1)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Direct Relief International upon receiving the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.Pass Action details Not available
11-00808 A-2)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara for their many contributions to the community.Pass Action details Not available
11-00804 A-3)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Diane Sauer of the Fire Department as the November 2011 County of Santa Barbara Employee of the Month.Pass Action details Not available
11-00805 A-4)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Dick Thielscher as the 2011 Montecito Association Citizen of the Year.Pass Action details Not available
11-00807 A-5)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of October 1, 2011 through October 16, 2011 as Binational Health Week in Santa Barbara County.Pass Action details Not available
11-00809 A-6)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District Mitigation Fee Act Annual Report, as follows: a) Receive and file the 2010-2011 Annual Report for the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District Development Impact Fire Mitigation fees; and b) Accept the annual adjustments.Pass Action details Not available
11-00814 A-7)Agenda ItemApprove and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the Center for Employment Training (CET), which expands the space leased by the County in the CET building for Probation, located at 509 West Morrison Avenue, in Santa Maria by 512 square feet and provides the County with a right to terminate the lease on thirty days notice, Folio No. 003615, Fourth District.Pass Action details Not available
11-00815 A-8)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding an Amendment to the Existing Grant of Easements and a New Grant of Easements and Agreement, Among Brooks Trust (APN 029-110-027) and County of Santa Barbara (APN 029-110-023 and 029-202-001) and Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation for an enlarged Public Utilities, Access, and Slope Easement, and Drainage Easement on Brooks Trust Property, ORES Folio No. 001076, First District, as follows: a) Approve a Notice of Exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines; b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Amendment to the Grant of Easements and Agreement relating to Brooks Trust conveying an amended easement to the County to enlarge the existing easement area for the purpose of access, slope maintenance, utilities, and temporary construction easement over Brooks Trust property (APN 127-110-027), in the City of Santa Barbara, California, for the minor realignment of existing utilities and to improve access and slope maintenance; and c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Grant of Easements and AgreemenPass Action details Not available
11-00813 A-9)Agenda ItemApprove and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Contract with Native Electrical Construction, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building Electrical Upgrade, in the amount of $79,677.79 for a total amended contract amount of $311,678.08, 100 E. Locust Ave., Lompoc, CA, Project No. 8693, upon return of the Contractor’s executed contract documents and the review and approval of County Counsel, Auditor-Controller and Risk Manager or their authorized representatives, Fourth District. (4/5 Vote Required)Pass Action details Not available
11-00816 A-10)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Santa Barbara, the Cities of Carpinteria, Goleta, Santa Barbara, and CoxCom, LLC to allow early conversion of Public, Education, and Government (PEG) channels to digital format, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of Santa Barbara, the Cities of Carpinteria, Goleta, Santa Barbara, and CoxCom, LLC (a local vendor); b) Find that the proposed action is for the operation, franchising or licensing of existing structures, facilities, or mechanical equipment, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, and further find that the proposed action is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to 14 CCR 15301; and c) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
11-00810 A-11)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Construction of Retaining Walls on Gibraltar Road MP 0.2 and MP 0.4, and on Tunnel Road MP 0.7 (FEMA Disaster Sites 1A02, 1A03, and 1A04), County Project No. 10STRM, First District, as follows: a) Authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise for construction bids for the Construction of Retaining Walls on Gibraltar Road at MP 0.2 and MP 0.4, and on Tunnel Road at MP 0.7 (FEMA Disaster Sites 1A02, 1A03, and 1A04); b) Find that the proposed action is for the operation, leasing or licensing of existing public structures, facilities, mechanical equipment or topographical feature, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to 14 CCR 15301(c); and c) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
11-00811 A-12)Agenda ItemActing as the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors of the Flood Control and Water Conservation District: Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution transferring ownership of the Naomi Schwartz Building to Public Works Funds, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Adopt a Resolution transferring ownership of the Naomi Schwartz Building to Public Works Funds; b) Approve Budget Revision No. 0001729 in the amount of $1,680,618.00; c) Find that the proposed actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(4) The creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and 14CCR 15378 (b)(5) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment; and d) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
11-00724 A-13)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding an Ordinance amending Chapter 29 of the Santa Barbara County Code relating to the regulation of water softeners in the Laguna County Sanitation District, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows: a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Article III of Chapter 29 of the Santa Barbara County Code Relating to the Regulation of Water Softeners in the Laguna County Sanitation District; b) Find that the proposed Ordinance amendment is for the protection of the environment and does not involve construction activities or relaxation of standards and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 CCR 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for the Protection of the Environment); and c) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
11-00812 A-14)Agenda ItemActing as the Board of Directors, Water Agency: Consider recommendations regarding Water Conservation Grant Applications, as follows: a) Authorize the Water Agency Manager or designee to seek and apply for water conservation project and program grants from federal or state government agencies, or other funding entities, during Fiscal Year 2011/2012; b) Find that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(4) (creation of government funding mechanisms); and c) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
11-00843 A-15)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the reappointment of John Lizarraga to the Santa Barbara County Housing Authority Board of Directors, term ending November 11, 2015, Fourth District.Pass Action details Not available
11-00758 1)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an Ordinance granting a Private Pipeline Franchise to ERG Resources, LLC, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.) a) Consider the introduction (first reading) of an Ordinance granting a Private Pipeline Franchise to ERG Resources, LLC, for a twenty (20) year term, to allow the operation and maintenance of the existing pipeline system through the County roadways of Palmer Road and Cat Canyon Road near the Cat Canyon Oil Fields north of Los Alamos in the unincorporated territory of Santa Barbara County; and b) Set hearing on the Administrative Agenda of November 15, 2011 to consider recommendations, as follows: i) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance granting a Private Pipeline Franchise to ERG Resources, LLC, for a twenty (20) year term, to allow the operation and maintenance of the existing pipeline system in a portion of the unincorporated territory of Santa Barbara County; and ii) Approve a Notice of Exemption addressing the environmental impact of ERG Resources, LLC’s use of the County roadways of Palmer Road and CPass Action details Not available
11-00796 2)Agenda ItemHEARING - Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Professional Services Contract with Gartner, Inc. (not a local vendor) for Telecommunications Consultant Services for the period of November 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, in an amount not to exceed $145,000.00. (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.) COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Not available
11-00817 3)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a status update on the Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation (LHCDC), as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.) a) Receive and file a report regarding the status of financial and operational issues pertaining to the Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation; and b) Provide direction to staff related to contingency planning for services associated with properties owned by LHCDC including affordable housing, transitional housing and emergency shelters. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICYPass Action details Not available
11-00733 4)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions to approve Case Nos. 11ORD-00000-00029, 11ORD-00000-00030, and 11ORD-00000-00031 which would amend the County Land Use and Development Code, Montecito Land Use and Development Code, and the Coastal Zoning Ordinance to prohibit Medical Marijuana Dispensary storefronts, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00029 (County LUDC Amendments), as follows: i) Make the findings for approval of the proposed amendments, including CEQA findings; ii) Determine that the adoption of this Ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act in compliance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA; and iii) Approve Case No. 11ORD-00000-00029, and adopt an Ordinance amending Section 35-1, the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code; b) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00030 (Montecito LUDC Amendments), as follows: i) MaPass Action details Not available
11-00729 5)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions to approve Case Nos. 11ORD-00000-00012, 11ORD-00000-00013 and 11ORD-00000-00014 which would amend, respectively, the County Land Use and Development Code, the Montecito Land Use and Development Code, and the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance, to implement a series of amendments that address emerging issues and correct and clarify existing language, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) a) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00012, County LUDC Amendment, as follows: i) Make the findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance as shown in Attachment A of the Board Letter for the October 4, 2011 hearing; ii) Determine that the adoption of this Ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act in compliance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA included as Attachment B of the Board Letter for the October 4, 2011 hearing; and iii) Approve Case No. 10ORD-00000-00012, and adopt an Ordinance amendPass Action details Not available