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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding issues Related to the Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive an update on the Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project;
b) Conceptually approve the Deal Points which are non-binding but provide the potential framework and cost for a Waste Service Agreement with MSB Investors, LLC (formerly referred to as Mustang Renewable Power Ventures) to design, build and operate the Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project at the Tajiguas Landfill;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the agreement with HF and H Consulting for their continued assistance in the preparation of the Waste Service Agreement with the proposed vendor and Material Delivery Agreements with the participating jurisdictions for an amount not to exceed of $278,000.00. This Agreement is independent from the former Purchase Contract Order No. 17892 for $99,000.00 with the same vendor where all work has been performed and all authorized funds expended;
d) Authorize the Director of Public Works to prepare and submit permit applications to CalRecycle, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Air Pollution Control District;
e) Direct staff to return to the Board for the Board's simultaneous consideration of the following:
i) Certifying the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report;
ii) Receiving the Debt Advisory Committee's recommendation concerning the potential use of public financing for this project; and
iii) Approving a Waste Service Agreement with the vendor to design, build, and operate the Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project, subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, based on the Deal Points; and
f) Determine that actions taken on April 5, 2016 are not an approval of the project, nor do they commit the County of Santa Barbara to a definite course of action in regard to a project intended to be carried out, and direct staff to file a Calif...
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