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Meeting date/time:
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11/15/2011
9:00 AM
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Approved
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Meeting location:
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR
105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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11-00040
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11-00864
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring William E.G. Batty III, MSW for his dedicated service to families, children and seniors in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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11-00852
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation recognizing Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals (VIVA) for their 30 years of service to the Lompoc valley. | Pass |
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11-00855
| A-3) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the Santa Barbara County Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2011/2012. | Pass |
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11-00850
| A-4) | Agenda Item | Adopt a Resolution terminating the County of Santa Barbara’s existing Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Section 301 Contract with the State of California, and authorizing the Chair to execute a new HAVA Section 301 Contract with the State in order to ensure that the County continues to have access to $2,005,312.93 balance in HAVA grant funds allocated to the County of Santa Barbara. | Pass |
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11-00858
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider co-sponsoring the 2011 Toys for Tots Campaign and the Christmas Unity Food Drive for Santa Barbara County Employees. | Pass |
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11-00865
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Approve Budget Revision Requests (SEE EXHIBIT A WITH POSTED AGENDA). (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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11-00873
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider the adoption of the 2012 Board of Supervisors’ Schedule of Meeting Dates and Locations. | Pass |
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11-00839
| A-8) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Braddock House HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Loan Agreement, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Loan Agreement in the amount of $235,000.00; and
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a 55 year HOME Regulatory Agreement with Surf Development Company for the Braddock House Project. | Pass |
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11-00860
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding 2012 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant Funding, as follows:
a) Receive and file a staff report regarding the 2012 Draft Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and proposed funding process for federal funding received through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) programs; and
b) Direct staff to proceed with the NOFA process and return to the Board in April 2012 to provide an update and present the draft 2012 Action Plan, including projects recommended for funding. | Pass |
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11-00861
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Rancho Hermosa HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Loan Agreement, Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Loan Agreement in the Amount of $1,022,176.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a 55 year HOME Regulatory Agreement and a 55 year In-Lieu Regulatory Agreement with McClelland Santa Maria, L.P., a California limited partnership; and
c) Approve and authorize the Interim Director of Housing and Community Development to execute one Subordination Agreement for this project in a form approved by County Counsel, for a loan by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC). | Pass |
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11-00851
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an amended Agreement with Chandra L. Wallar for services as the County Executive Officer. | Pass |
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11-00853
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the Annual Report of the Civil Service Commission for Fiscal Year 2010/2011. | Pass |
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11-00874
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Adopt a Resolution to extend the Summerland Planning Advisory Committee (SunPAC) term of office for one year. The following nine members would continue to serve on the SunPAC:
a) Robin Donaldson;
b) Tom Evans;
c) Betty Franklin;
d) Paul Franz;
e) David Hill;
f) Mary Holzhauer;
g) Nancy Kimsey;
h) Suzanne Perkins; and
i) Reeve Woolpert. | Pass |
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11-00845
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Children’s Medical Services Plan for Fiscal Year 2011/2012, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Plan with the State Department of Health Services for the Children’s Medical Services program for the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, in the amount of $3,011,409.00; and
b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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11-00846
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Maddy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution to maintain the Maddy EMS Fund for Santa Barbara County by continuing to assess fines on certain criminal violations and on alcohol and drug related criminal violations;
b) Direct EMS Agency staff of the Public Health Department to work with other County staff and interested parties to assess options for providing a permanent source of funding for a Maddy EMS Fund in Santa Barbara County; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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11-00847
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Application pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 40000 et seq, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Public Health Department’s Director of the Environmental Health Services to re-apply for a Waste Tire Enforcement Grant from CalRecycle for Fiscal Year 2012/2013; and
b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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11-00724
| A-17) | Agenda Item | Consider 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 |
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11-00863
| A-18) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding construction of Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Proposition 1B Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay, County Project No. 810538, First, Second, and Third Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Statement of Final Quantities for the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Proposition 1B Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay for work performed and materials supplied by Granite Construction Company in the amount of $1,196,556.58;
b) Find that the proposed action has no possibility of significant effect on the environment, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to 14 CCR Section 15061 (b,3); and
c) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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11-00854
| A-19) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Design Services for the Lower Mission Creek Bypass Culvert Improvement, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the no cost Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Tetra Tech, Inc. (a tri-county vendor) for design services for Reach 2A of the Lower Mission Creek Bypass Culvert Improvement Project, amending the period from May 31, 2011 to December 31, 2013; and
b) Find that pursuant to CEQA Section 15162, Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations, no new effects will occur and no new mitigation measures would be required as a result of the proposed action and therefore pursuant to CEQA Section 15162, the Lower Mission Creek Bypass Culvert Improvement Project is within the scope of the project covered by the EIS/EIR for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project as well as the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations accepted by the Board as a Responsible Agency on May 11, 2011, | Pass |
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11-00856
| A-20) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Hydrology Report for 2010/2011, as follows:
a) Receive and file the Santa Barbara County Hydrology Report for 2010/2011;
b) Authorize distribution of the report for County and public information; and
c) Find that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of CEQA, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (a), in that the action has no potential for resulting in a direct or indirect physical change to the environment. | Pass |
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11-00857
| A-21) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding the North Avenue Storm Drain Project located in the City of Lompoc, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve the North Avenue Storm Drain Project;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the City of Lompoc (City) to share services and cost for the North Avenue Storm Drain Project;
c) Authorize the Public Works Director to advertise and receive bids for the North Avenue Storm Drain Project;
d) Find that the proposed approval and authorization of the JPA with the City does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the 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;
e) Find that the proposed North Avenue Storm Drain Project is exempt under CEQA guidel | Pass |
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11-00848
| A-22) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations of the County Planning Commission to approve Case Nos. 11ORD-00000-00022 and 11ORD-00000-00023, to amend the County Land Use and Development Code and the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance, to specify the appropriate permit requirements for hydraulic fracturing of any new or existing well, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00022, County Land Use and Development Code Amendment, as follows:
i) Make the findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance;
ii) Determine that the adoption of this Ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act in compliance with Section 15308 of the Guideline for Implementation of CEQA; and
iii) Approve Case No. 11ORD-00000-00022, an Ordinance amending Section 35-1, the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code; and
b) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00023, Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance, as follows:
i) Make the | Pass |
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11-00870
| A-23) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions to approve Case Nos. 11ORD-00000-00024, 11ORD-00000-00025, 11ORD-00000-00026 and 11ORD-00000-00028 which would amend, respectively, the County Land Use and Development Code, the Montecito Land Use and Development Code, the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance and the Montecito Growth Management Ordinance, to (1) extend the authority of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to grant a two year time extension to approved permits and projects due to economic hardship considerations by changing the sunset date of the existing regulations from January 12, 2012 to January 12, 2015, and (2) provide that more than one such extension may be granted by the Director, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 11ORD-00000-00024, County LUDC Amendment, as follows:
i) Make the findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed ordinance;
ii) Determine that the adoption of this ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmen | Pass |
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11-00871
| A-24) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Economic Hardship Time Extensions Chapter 21 Ordinance Amendments, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) an Ordinance, Case No. 11ORD-00000-00027, amending Chapter 21, Land Division of the Santa Barbara County Code;
b) Make the findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance; and
c) 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. | Pass |
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11-00849
| A-25) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Jail Northern Branch Jail Update and AB 900 Phase II Jail Construction Financing Program Application, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a presentation and report from the Sheriff’s Department on the status of the Northern Branch Jail and the AB 900 Phase 2 Application;
b) Consider an addendum to the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2007111099, that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008;
c) After considering the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008, and the EIR addendum attached to this Board Agenda Letter as Attachment B, adopt the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings and determine, pursuant to 14 CCR 15162(a), that no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is required for this project because of the following:
i) No substantial changes are proposed in the project which require major revisions of the 2008 Final Subsequent EIR;
ii) No substanti | Pass |
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11-00875
| A-26) | Agenda Item | Adopt a Resolution in the Matter of Withdrawing Authority of the Attorney General to File an Action on Behalf of the County of Santa Barbara Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 16750(c), regarding Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) “Price Fixing” Antitrust Litigation. | Pass |
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11-00862
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file the Commission for Women Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010/2011. (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00859
| 2) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding terms and conditions of employment for unrepresented employees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy for management, confidential-unrepresented employees, and unrepresented attorneys;
b) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Classification and Salary Plan for Unrepresented Executive and Management Employees; and
c) Approve the continuance of the wage freeze for management and executive employees, and implement a wage freeze on merit step increases for confidential-unrepresented employees and unrepresented attorneys through June 23, 2013.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00859
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding terms and conditions of employment for unrepresented employees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy for management, confidential-unrepresented employees, and unrepresented attorneys;
b) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Classification and Salary Plan for Unrepresented Executive and Management Employees; and
c) Approve the continuance of the wage freeze for management and executive employees, and implement a wage freeze on merit step increases for confidential-unrepresented employees and unrepresented attorneys through June 23, 2013.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00859
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding terms and conditions of employment for unrepresented employees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy for management, confidential-unrepresented employees, and unrepresented attorneys;
b) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Classification and Salary Plan for Unrepresented Executive and Management Employees; and
c) Approve the continuance of the wage freeze for management and executive employees, and implement a wage freeze on merit step increases for confidential-unrepresented employees and unrepresented attorneys through June 23, 2013.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00859
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding terms and conditions of employment for unrepresented employees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy for management, confidential-unrepresented employees, and unrepresented attorneys;
b) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Classification and Salary Plan for Unrepresented Executive and Management Employees; and
c) Approve the continuance of the wage freeze for management and executive employees, and implement a wage freeze on merit step increases for confidential-unrepresented employees and unrepresented attorneys through June 23, 2013.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00859
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding terms and conditions of employment for unrepresented employees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy for management, confidential-unrepresented employees, and unrepresented attorneys;
b) Adopt a Resolution, effective November 14, 2011, amending the Classification and Salary Plan for Unrepresented Executive and Management Employees; and
c) Approve the continuance of the wage freeze for management and executive employees, and implement a wage freeze on merit step increases for confidential-unrepresented employees and unrepresented attorneys through June 23, 2013.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00866
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the BEACON Single Use Bag Regional Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Project, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report from the Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) regarding the impacts of single use bags and the Resolution adopted by BEACON;
b) Consider supporting BEACON’s effort to conduct a regional Environmental Impact Report on the banning of single use bags; and
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0001889 contributing up to $15,000.00 based on a pro-rata share per member agency of the total cost of preparing the Environmental Impact Report. | Pass |
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11-00866
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the BEACON Single Use Bag Regional Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Project, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report from the Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) regarding the impacts of single use bags and the Resolution adopted by BEACON;
b) Consider supporting BEACON’s effort to conduct a regional Environmental Impact Report on the banning of single use bags; and
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0001889 contributing up to $15,000.00 based on a pro-rata share per member agency of the total cost of preparing the Environmental Impact Report. | Pass |
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11-00872
| 4) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the County of Santa Barbara Poverty Initiative and Assessment, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Accept a contribution from The Santa Barbara Foundation in the amount of $30,000.00, subject to the conditions stated, for the purpose of funding a countywide poverty impact assessment, and approve a Budget Revision Request; (4/5 Vote Required)
b) Direct staff to return to the Board in mid 2012 to report on the results of the poverty impact assessment and provide recommendations of priorities and strategies to more efficiently and effectively allocate social safety-net resources; and
c) Determine, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5), that the above actions do not constitute approval of a project subject to CEQA review, because they are a funding mechanism that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment. | Pass |
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11-00867
| 5) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file, per the provisions of Government Code Section 29126.2, the Fiscal Year 2011/2012 Financial Status Report as of September 30, 2011, showing the status of appropriations and financing for all departmental budgets adopted by the Board of Supervisors. (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00868
| 6) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Financial Outlook Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the 2011 Financial Outlook Report; and
b) Receive and file a presentation on the economic context and impending financial challenges faced by the County in Fiscal Year 2012/13 and subsequent years.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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11-00795
| 7) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an appeal filed by the Cuyama Valley Conservancy (11APL-00000-00010) of the County Planning Commission’s June 8, 2011 approval of a Revision to the Diamond Rock Sand and Gravel Mine and Processing Facility (Case Nos. 11RVP-00000-00032 to 03CUP-00000-00037), located on the west side of Highway 33, approximately 5.9 miles south of its junction with Highway 166 (APNs 149-220-02; 149-220-11; and 149-220-65) in the Cuyama/Ventucopa area, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Make the required findings for approval of Case No. 11RVP-00000-00032, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Adopt the Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 05EIR-00000-00001 pursuant to Section 15164 of the State Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA;
c) Deny the Appeal, Case No. 11APL-00000-00010, thereby upholding the County Planning Commission’s approval of 11RVP-00000-00032; and
d) Grant de novo approval of Case No. 11RVP-00000-00032 subject to the Conditions of Approval.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOM | Pass |
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11-00795
| | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an appeal filed by the Cuyama Valley Conservancy (11APL-00000-00010) of the County Planning Commission’s June 8, 2011 approval of a Revision to the Diamond Rock Sand and Gravel Mine and Processing Facility (Case Nos. 11RVP-00000-00032 to 03CUP-00000-00037), located on the west side of Highway 33, approximately 5.9 miles south of its junction with Highway 166 (APNs 149-220-02; 149-220-11; and 149-220-65) in the Cuyama/Ventucopa area, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Make the required findings for approval of Case No. 11RVP-00000-00032, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Adopt the Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 05EIR-00000-00001 pursuant to Section 15164 of the State Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA;
c) Deny the Appeal, Case No. 11APL-00000-00010, thereby upholding the County Planning Commission’s approval of 11RVP-00000-00032; and
d) Grant de novo approval of Case No. 11RVP-00000-00032 subject to the Conditions of Approval.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOM | Pass |
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