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Consider recommendations regarding the Coastal Commission's conditional certification of amendments to the Local Coastal Program regarding the Pescadero Lofts Affordable Housing Project in Isla Vista, Third District, as follows:
a) Receive notice of the California Coastal Commission's conditional certification of the County's amendments to the County's Local Coastal Program [Coastal Commission Case No. STB-MAJ-1-12-B (Affordable Housing Density Increase)] with one suggested modification;
b) Adopt a Resolution acknowledging receipt of the California Coastal Commission's conditional certification with one suggested modification, accepting and agreeing to the modification, agreeing to issue Coastal Development Permits for the total area included in the conditionally certified Local Coastal Program, and adopting the Local Coastal Program Amendments with the suggested modification;
c) Determine that the Board's action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.9. (The County relied upon the certified EIR for the Isla Vista Master Plan (03-EIR-08) for CEQA review of the Pescadaro Lofts project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c)(2) and (c)(4));
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a letter transmitting the Resolution to the California Coastal Commission; and
e) Authorize the Planning and Development Department to transmit the adopted Resolution and Board letter to the California Coastal Commission.