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Consider recommendations regarding a SWEPI, LP, Guadalupe Dunes Lease Termination Agreement (003680), Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Lease Termination Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and SWEPI, LP (SWEPI), regarding certain Lease Agreements between the County and SWEPI for property at Guadalupe Dunes County Park, each dated December 15, 1974, with the termination to be effective upon the issuance by County to SWEPI of a zoning clearance for the property, in accordance with the Shell Guadalupe Dunes Gravel Remediation In-Lieu Proposal Project (Board File No. 16-00671);
b) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services, only in the event that the Zoning Clearance is issued, to execute a Certificate of Acceptance in a form substantially similar Certificate of Acceptance, accepting title conveyed from SWEPI, pursuant to a Quitclaim Deed in a form substantially similar to the Quitclaim Deed, for the property known as Guadalupe Dunes County Park, consisting of Assessor Parcel Numbers 113-020-011, -012, -013, -020 and -021;
c) Direct staff, upon receipt of the Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) in lieu fee from SWEPI, to deposit the funds into a designated segregated fund where it shall be used for the purpose of acquiring property to mitigate the recreational impact of leaving in place gravel remaining from a drilling operation on the property in accordance with the conditions of approval for the Coastal Development Permit 14CDP-00000-00072, as approved by the Board of Supervisors on September 20, 2016; and
d) Find that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162, there are no substantial changes proposed in the Shell Guadalupe Dunes Gravel Remediation In-Lieu Proposal project which will require major revisions to the Supplement (13EIR-00000-00005) to the Environmental Impact Report (82-EIR-11) certified by the Board of Supervisors on September 20, 2...
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