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Consider recommendations regarding a Supplemental Water Purchase Agreement and Assignment Agreement Regarding Supplemental Water for the Northern Branch Jail AB900 Project, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute, upon final review and approval of County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, General Services Director and Risk Management, a Supplemental Water Purchase Agreement provided herein in the amount of $545,076.00, with the City of Santa Maria;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute, upon final review and approval of County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, General Services Director and Risk Management, an Assignment Agreement Regarding Supplemental Water provided herein with Golden State Water Company; and
c) After considering the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (2008 Final SEIR), State Clearinghouse Number 2007111099, that the Board of Supervisors certified on March 11, 2008, the December 6, 2011 and October 8, 2013 SEIR addendums, and the SEIR addendum, adopt the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, and determine, pursuant to 14 CCR 15162(a), that no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is required for this project because:
i) No substantial changes are proposed in the project, which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR;
ii) No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which require major revisions of the 2008 Final SEIR; and
iii) No new information of substantial importance concerning the project’s significant effects or mitigation measures, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time that the 2008 Final SEIR was certified, has been received that requires a subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration.