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Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding Environmental Health Services Fee Resolutions and Ordinances, excluding fees related to retail food facilities, as follows:
(Set a hearing for May 13, 2025. Time estimate: 1 hour)
a) Receive and file a presentation regarding Environmental Health Services’ Fee Schedule Resolutions and Ordinances;
b) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Public Swimming Pools;
c) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Pumping, Maintenance and Disposal Services, Sewage Violation Inspections, and Land Development Review Services;
d) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Organized Camps and Housing Complaint Inspections;
e) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Body Art;
f) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Public Water Systems (California Safe Drinking Water Act);
g) Adopt a Resolution amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Water Wells and Private Water Systems;
h) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Solid Waste;
i) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Monitoring Wells and Borings;
j) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Site Mitigation;
k) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA);
l) Read the titles of the above Ordinances amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Solid Waste, Monitoring Wells and Borings, Site Mitigation, and CUPA into the record and waive full reading of these Ordinances;
m) Find that approval of the recommended actions A) - l) is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)(A) and (B) because the fees will be used for operating expenses and for the purchase of supplies, equipment and materials; and CEQA Guidelines Section 15273 because the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a "Project" as defined for purposes of CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis; and
n) Continue the hearing on Environmental Health Services’ Fee Ordinances to the Administrative Agenda of June 3, 2025 to consider recommendations, as follows:
i) Consider and approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Solid Waste;
ii) Consider and approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Monitoring Wells and Borings;
iii) Consider and approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to Site Mitigation;
iv) Consider and approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending fees for Environmental Health Services relating to CUPA; and
v) Find that approval of the above recommended actions i-iv is exempt from the CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)(A) and (B) because the fees will be used for operating expenses and for the purchase of supplies, equipment and materials; and CEQA Guidelines Section 15273 because the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a "Project" as defined for purposes of CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.