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Consider recommendations regarding 003867- Stow Flood Control Easement Vacation and Quitclaim, Third District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Supervisors:
a) Approve and adopt the “Summary Order to Vacate A Flood Control Easement” vacating the County’s interest in the Flood Control Easement in accordance with California Streets and Highways Code Section 8333; and
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
b) Find that, pursuant to Section 74-32 of the California Water Code Appendix, the flood control easement located at 1001 La Patera Road, in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa Barbara (Assessor Parcel Number 077-020-034) created by the Easement Deed recorded on July 20 1964, as Instrument Number 31043, in Book 2061, Pages 18 and 19 of official records in the Office of the County Recorder of Santa Barbara County (the “Flood Control Easement”) is no longer necessary to be retained for flood control purposes;
c) Approve and adopt the “Resolution of Findings and Summary Order to Vacate A Flood Control Easement” vacating the District’s interest in the Flood Control Easement in accordance with Section 74-32 of the California Water Code Appendix and California Streets and Highways Code Section 8333; and
Acting as the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
d) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and Chair of the Board of Directors, respectively, to execute the Quitclaim Deed releasing the County’s and the District’s interest in the Flood Control Easement; and
e) Find that the above actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the vacation/termination action is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.