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Consider recommendations regarding the Reacquisition of Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District’s Suspended State Water, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Term Sheet regarding Reacquisition of Table A Water as negotiated with the Central Coast Water Authority as the basis of developing terms of an Implementation Agreement with the Central Coast Water Authority and its participating members in reacquisition of Santa Barbara County’s Suspended Table A State Water;
b) Direct staff of the County Executive Office, County Counsel, and Public Works Department to negotiate an Implementation Agreement to facilitate execution of an Amendment to the State Water Contract allocating costs and responsibilities for reacquisition of the suspended water to the Central Coast Water Authority and return to the Board for final approval;
c) Direct staff to negotiate an amendment to the State Water Contract with the Department of Water Resources to reacquire the suspended water and return to the Board for final approval; and
d) Determine that the proposed action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organization or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.