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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Library Advisory Committee Update and Ballot Measure for November 2016, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file an update on the Library Advisory Committee (LAC);
b) Provide direction to staff to pursue any or all of the following options:
i) Return to the Board to set a hearing at a later date to consider recommendations regarding placing a measure before the voters on the November 2016 General Election ballot for a possible special tax for each parcel in the unincorporated areas of the County for the purpose of providing public library services; or
ii) Return to the Board to set a hearing at a later date to consider recommendations regarding placing a measure before the voters on the November 2016 General Election ballot for a possible special tax or special tax increase for each parcel in County Service Area (CSA) No. 3 for the purpose of providing extended library services; or
iii) Pursue alternative methods to finance and provide library services in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the County, for example, a Joint Powers Agency, County Services Area, Community Facilities District, Community Services District, that would allow for placing a special tax for library services before the voters at a future election; and
c) Determine that the above Recommended Actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are not a project as they are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment, and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY