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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Legal Services with Rutan and Tucker, LLP for Eminent Domain Proceedings and Litigation, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Professional Legal Services between the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and attorney Douglas Dennington, of the law firm Rutan and Tucker, LLP, from September 10, 2020 through June 30, 2022, for a total not to exceed amount of $150,000.00; and
b) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) in that it does not involve a commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact to the environment.