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Consider rescinding the County’s 2005 rejection, and now accepting an Offer to dedicate Public Open Space in fee and grant Public Trail Easements from Rice Ranch (Grantor) to the County of Santa Barbara (Grantee); the open space dedications would be for APNs 101-380-001 and -003, 101-390-001, and 101-400-003, and the grant of trail easements would be located on APNs 101-380-002 and -004, and 101-400-001 and -002, located on the south side of Rice Ranch Road within Key Site 12 of the Orcutt Community Plan area, Fourth District, as follows:
a) After considering the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Orcutt Community Plan and the Final Supplemental EIR for the Rice Ranch Project, determine and find, pursuant to 14 CCR 15162(a), that no subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or Negative Declaration is required for this action because of the following:
i) No substantial changes to the open space dedications and grant of trail easements are proposed which would require revisions to the Rice Ranch Final Supplemental EIR (03-EIR-05) to the Orcutt Community Plan Final EIR (95-EIR-01);
ii) No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the open space dedications and grant of trail easements are offered which would require revisions to the 03-EIR-05 Supplement to 95-EIR-01; and
iii) No new information of substantial importance concerning the significant effects or mitigation measures of the Orcutt Community Plan and/or the Rice Ranch Specific Plan, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the Final Supplemental EIR was certified in 2003, has been received that requires a subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration;
b) Adopt a Resolution to rescind the County’s 2005 rejection of the subject dedication of open space and grant of trail easement accept the Fee Dedication of Public Open Space, and accept the Grant of Public Trail Easement; and
c) Adopt a Resol...
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