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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the State Water Project Contract and Cachuma Project Water Service Contract Renewal, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Receive a report on the request from the Central Coast Water Authority for the assignment of the State Water Project Contract from the County Flood Control District to the Central Coast Water Authority;
b) Direct staff to either:
i) Receive comments from the Board regarding the transfer of the State Water Project Contract from the Flood Control District to the Central Coast Water Authority and return to the Board with analysis of these issues and to receive a presentation by the Central Coast Water Authority on their request; or
ii) Take no action on the assignment request from the Central Coast Water Authority; and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organizational or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment;
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
d) Receive a report on the status of the Cachuma Project Water Service Contract Renewal Process; and
e) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organizational or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY