File #: 20-00830    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/9/2020 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/20/2020 Final action: 10/20/2020
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Communications Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and United States Forest Service (USFS) (Real Property File No. 002212), Third District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Communications Use Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the United States of America, acting through the USFS to install, operate, repair, maintain and upgrade existing communication sites located on Santa Ynez Peak (SYP), approximately 35 miles northwest of the City of Santa Barbara, rent free, expiring on December 31, 2048; b) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services to administer and enforce the Agreement for the County; and c) Determine that the recommended actions involve the continuation of a lease for use of a current communication site which presently exists, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section...
Sponsors: GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment 1 - Original Communication Lease Agreement, 3. Attachment 2 - Communication Site Management Plan, 4. Attachment 3 - CEQA Notice of Exemption, 5. Executed Agreement, 6. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding a Communications Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and United States Forest Service (USFS) (Real Property File No. 002212), Third District, as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Communications Use Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the United States of America, acting through the USFS to install, operate, repair, maintain and upgrade existing communication sites located on Santa Ynez Peak (SYP), approximately 35 miles northwest of the City of Santa Barbara, rent free, expiring on December 31, 2048;

 

b) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services to administer and enforce the Agreement for the County; and

 

c) Determine that the recommended actions involve the continuation of a lease for use of a current communication site which presently exists, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.