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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the allocation of Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) Grants in the 2013 funding cycle, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Revise the Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) Guidelines, Section 3.6, Fund Deferral Program to reduce the percentage of fees earmarked for acquisitions from 50% to 0% in the 2013 CREF cycle;
b) Allocate $273,000.00 of the 2013 CREF fees to Planning and Development, towards the Gaviota Coast Plan;
c) Allocate $402,500.00 of the CREF fees to the Community Services Department for construction of a new restroom at Arroyo Burro Beach County Park;
d) Determine that the amendment to the CREF Guidelines, Fund Deferral Program is not a project under CEQA Section 15378(b)(4) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act;
e) Determine that the allocation of the CREF grant for the Gaviota Coast Plan is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15262 of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act; and
f) Determine that the allocation of the CREF grant for Arroyo Burro Beach restroom is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE