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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an appeal of the federal Fee To Trust determination for a 6.9 acre parcel for Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a staff report;
b) Provide direction on undertaking an administrative appeal to the Department of Interior's Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) of the Regional Director's decision to accept 6.9 acres of land in trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians; and
c) Determine through California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines sections 15060, 15352 and 15378 that the County's decision about undertaking an administrative appeal concerning the decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to accept 6.9 acres of land into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians is not the approval of a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY