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Consider recommendations regarding land acquisition by Laguna County Sanitation District, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors of the Laguna County Sanitation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Purchase Agreement between Betteravia Ranches, LLC (seller) and Laguna County Sanitation District (buyer) for acquisition of a portion of seller's real property known as APN 113-240-002 in the amount of $890,000.00;
b) Accept a Grant Deed to the real property conveyed from Betteravia Ranches, LLC to the Laguna County Sanitation District for a portion of APN 113-240-002 by authorizing the Clerk of the Board to sign the Certificate of Acceptance;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0003292 to appropriate current year funds in the amount of $890,000.00 from Laguna County Sanitation District budget line item 8200 to line item 8100 for acquisition of the property;
d) Regarding the acquisition from Betteravia Ranches, LLC, find pursuant to Government Code Sections 51292 (a) and (b), that:
i) The location is not based primarily on a consideration of the lower cost of acquiring land in an agricultural preserve;
ii) There is no other land within or outside the preserve on which it is reasonably feasible to locate the interests in real property; and
e) Determine that these activities are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment and direct staff to file a notice of exemption; and
Acting as the Board of Supervisors:
a) Direct the County Surveyor to issue an unconditional Certificate of Compliance for the remaining portion of APN 113-240-002, the parent parcel, as amended by the transfer of 126.7 acres to the Laguna County Sanitation District, upon recordation of the Grant Deed to La...
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