File #: 12-00670    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 8/21/2012 Final action: 8/21/2012
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the conveyance of permanent easement to California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) by Flood Control, APN 004-027-063, for the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road Interchange Project, First District, as follows: a) Find that that the conveyance of the easement defined herein is in the public interest and will not substantially conflict or interfere with the use of the property by the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (“District”); b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Right of Way Contract and an Easement Deed to the State of California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”); c) Certify that the Board, acting as a Responsible Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to 14 CCR 15096(f), has considered the environmental effects set forth in the Environmental Impact Report/Finding of No Significant Impact (EIR/FONSI), California State Clearinghouse No. 2008041158, fo...
Sponsors: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Right of Way Contract, 3. Easement Deed, 4. Final EIR-FONSI for Linden, 5. Linden Ave Casitas Pass CEQA Findings, 6. Notice of Determination, 7. City of Carpinteria Planning Commission 65402 Report
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Consider recommendations regarding the conveyance of permanent easement to California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) by Flood Control, APN 004-027-063, for the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road Interchange Project, First District, as follows:

a) Find that that the conveyance of the easement defined herein is in the public interest and will not substantially conflict or interfere with the use of the property by the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (“District”);

b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Right of Way Contract and an Easement Deed to the State of California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”);

c) Certify that the Board, acting as a Responsible Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to 14 CCR 15096(f), has considered the environmental effects set forth in the Environmental Impact Report/Finding of No Significant Impact (EIR/FONSI), California State Clearinghouse No. 2008041158, for the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road Interchange Project;

d) Certify that the Board, acting as a Responsible Agency, has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final EIR/FONSI for the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road Interchange Project and adopt the attached CEQA Findings pursuant to 14 CCR 15091 as required by 14 CCR 15096(h);

e) Find that pursuant to 14 CCR 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the project or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore the easement granted to Caltrans is within the scope of the project covered by the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road Interchange Project EIR/FONSI certified in 2010 by the California Department of Transportation, and therefore no new environmental document is required;

f) Approve the filing of a Notice of Determination stating that the Board, acting as Responsibl...

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