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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a two-year option, from the County, to the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara, to purchase real property at 761 Camino Pescadero Road for the Pescadero Lofts Affordable Housing Project, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.) (4/5 Vote Required).
Acting as the Successor Agency to the former Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency:
a) Determine that the previously certified EIR prepared for the Isla Vista Master Plan (03-EIR-08) is adequate environmental review for this project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2);
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a quitclaim deed in accordance with Health & Safety Code Section 34176(a), to transfer interest in the real property housing asset located at 761 Camino Pescadero, known as Assessor Parcel Number 075-020-005, from the Successor Agency to the former Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency, to the County of Santa Barbara;
Acting as the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara:
c) Determine that the previously certified EIR prepared for the Isla Vista Master Plan (03-EIR-08) is adequate environmental review for this project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2);
d) Accept title to the real property housing asset, conveyed from the Successor Agency to the former Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency and located at 761 Camino Pescadero, in unincorporated area of Isla Vista, and known as County Assessor Parcel Number 075-020-005, by authorizing the Clerk of the Board to execute the Certificate of Acceptance attached to the quitclaim deed;
e) Receive and file the General Plan Conformity Report, in accordance with Government Code Section 65402(a), transmitted by the County Planning Commission on February 6, 2013 under Case No. 13GOV-00000-00001;
f) Determine that the real property owned by the County located at 761 Camino Pescadero, known as Assessor Parcel Number 075-020-005, in accordance with Government Code Section 25339.4(a), can be used to provide housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code or as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and that granting the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara a two-year option to purchase that property to provide that affordable housing is in the County's best interests; and
g) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Option Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara, for a two-year option for the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara to purchase County property known as APN 075-020-005 located at 761 Camino Pescadero, Isla Vista, CA, for the cash price of $2,900,000.00, to provide affordable housing.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE