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Consider recommendations regarding a Property Tax Exchange Agreement for Hope Avenue Reorganization Annexation with the City of Santa Barbara (LAFCO 12-3), as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution of negotiated tax exchange agreement between the City of Santa Barbara (City) and the County of Santa Barbara (County) to annex property to the City and detach it from the County Fire Protection District and County Service Area 32;
b) Approve a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and the County of Santa Barbara regarding the transfer of Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) housing units pertaining to the Hope Avenue Reorganization Annexation;
c) Find that the proposed action constitutes a local governmental agency reorganization which is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 CCR 15320; and
d) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis.