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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the adoption of a proposed Transportation Impact Mitigation Fee Ordinance for the Public Works Department services, as follows:
(EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance updating transportation impact mitigation fees for the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department, pertaining to the Goleta and Orcutt Planning Areas;
b) Read the title of the Ordinance into the record and waive further reading of the Ordinance in full; and
c) Set a hearing for the Administrative Agenda of December 16, 2025 to consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance, as follows:
i) Adopt the Ordinance (Second Reading) updating transportation impact mitigation fees for the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department, pertaining to the Goleta and Orcutt Planning Areas;
ii) Adopt the updated fee schedule to take effect upon the effective date of the Ordinance; and
iii) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County approving charges that are for the purpose of meeting operating expenses, which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and are therefore not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a)(l), not a “project” as defined for purposes of the CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and (b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY