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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2025 UCSB Long-Range Development Plan Mitigation Implementation and Settlement Agreement and Cooperative Service Agreements for Fire, Law Enforcement and Isla Vista, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the four following separate agreements between the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the County of Santa Barbara addressing the impacts of UCSB growth under the proposed 2010 Long-Range Development Plan (2010 LRDP), contingent upon the University of California Regents’ first executing the four separate agreements:
i) Long Range Development Plan Mitigation Implementation and Settlement Agreement (addressing traffic and housing);
ii) Cooperative Agreement for Fire Protection, Emergency Response and Paramedic Services;
iii) Cooperative Agreement for Law Enforcement; and
iv) Cooperative Agreement for Isla Vista Community Improvements;
b) Accept the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption pursuant to Section 15378(a) and 15378 (b) (4) of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA, and authorize the filing of a Notice of Exemption; and
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a letter to the University of California Regents indicating the County’s conditional support of the Long Range Development Plan, subject to execution of the four agreements.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE