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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution of Necessity for San Jose Creek Bike Path Project for a Fee Acquisition from Southern California Edison (APN: 069-100-004), Second District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Approve, adopt, and authorize the Chair to execute the Resolution of Necessity to initiate the acquisition, through eminent domain and for the San Jose Creek Bike Path Project (County Project No. 862085) (Project), of a fee parcel (Parcel) from Southern California Edison Company (SCE) derived from the real property currently known as Santa Barbara County Assessor Parcel Number 069-100-004 (Property);
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to execute any documents and to expend funds, estimated at $18,000.00 plus related costs and fees, required to acquire the Parcel and to convey to SCE a permanent easement over the Parcel;
c) Approve and authorize the Clerk to execute a Certificate of Acceptance for the Parcel, which will be attached to the Grant Deed prior to recordation;
d) Authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to deposit with the Santa Barbara Superior Court a sum equal to the Parcel's appraised fair market value, estimated at $35,800.00, plus related costs and fees, in order to acquire the Parcel; and
e) Find, pursuant to State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162, that 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 proposed actions are within the scope of the Mitigated Negative Declaration, 14-NGD-00000-00001, for the San Jose Creek Bike Path Project, Kellogg Avenue to Merida Drive, adopted and approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 25, 2015, and that therefore no new environmental document is required.
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