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Consider recommendations regarding Special-Use Authorization Amendment No. 1 between the County of Santa Barbara and the United States Forest Service (USFS) (Real Property File No. 003090), Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Special-Use Authorization Amendment No. 1 between the County of Santa Barbara and the United States of America, acting through the USFS to replace the previous Tepusquet Peak Site Management Plan (SMP) with an updated SMP to operate, maintain, repair and upgrade an existing communication site located on Tepusquet Peak (TP), approximately 23 miles east of the City of Santa Maria;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Special-Use Permit between the County of Santa Barbara and United States of America, acting through the USFS to provide access over an existing USFS service road to the County’s existing communication site located on TP, approximately 23 miles east of the City of Santa Maria;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services to administer and enforce the Amendment for the County; and
d) 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.