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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Floodplain Administrator’s recommendation to supplement special flood hazard areas in County Code Chapter 15A with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Associated Preliminary Products for Santa Barbara County, First and Third Districts, as follows:
(EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
Acting jointly as the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Consider and approve the recommendation of the Floodplain Administrator to supplement the areas of special flood hazards identified in County Code Chapter 15A with FEMA’s Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Associated Preliminary Products, with a preliminary issue date of March 26, 2024, and revision date of May 15, 2025, for portions of Santa Barbara County;
b) Rescind the use of the FEMA’s Interim Advisory Flood Maps for Santa Barbara County, added on June 19, 2018, in lieu of FEMA’s Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated March 26, 2024, and revised on May 15, 2025; and
c) Find that the proposed action is an administrative activity 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 the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE