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Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin - Eastern Management Area Joint Powers Agreement, Third District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the “Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, Santa Ynez River Valley Basin Eastern Management Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency” among the Santa Barbara County Water Agency, the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, City of Solvang, and the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1;
b) Approve and adopt a Resolution to appoint Third District Supervisor Joan Hartmann as the Santa Barbara County Water Agency’s representative on the Groundwater Sustainability Agency Board of Directors for the Santa Ynez River Valley Eastern Management Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency, with Third District Representative Meighan Dietenhofer as an alternate; and
c) Determine that these actions are not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as they are administrative actions that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment.