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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund (CRMF): Name Change, Five-Year Reassessment of Fees, Annual Status Report and Combined 2022-2023 Cycle, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Change the name and acronym for the “Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund” (CREF) to CRMF;
b) Consider and approve staff’s recommendation for the reassessment of oil and gas project CRMF payments for 2023-2027;
c) Receive and file the annual CRMF Status Report;
d) Direct staff to set aside $124,999.00 from both the 2022 and 2023 CRMF fees (total of $249,998.00) for the Hollister Ranch Access Program (HRAP);
e) Direct staff to divide the remaining CRMF fees for each year equally between the general allocation subfund and the coastal acquisition subfund;
f) Amend the CRMF Guidelines for the purposes of documenting:
i) the name change;
ii) the reassessment of fees; and
iii) fees set aside for HRAP;
g) Direct staff to commence a combined two-year 2022-2023 CRMF cycle; and
h) Determine that changing the CRMF’s name/acronym, reassessing the fees for years 2023-2027, receiving the annual Status Report, allocating 2022 and 2023 annual fees into the HRAP and general allocation and acquisition subfunds, and updating the CRMF Guidelines are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY