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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Maria River Channel Re-alignment, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
Acting as the Board of Supervisors:
a) Receive and file a report on the Re-alignment of the Santa Maria River near the City of Guadalupe as a result of the winter storm events of February/March 2023;
b) Approve $2,500,000.00 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to the Santa Maria River Re-alignment project, funded from offsetting reductions to the COVID-19 Direct Response Costs ($2,198,858.00), Criminal Justice Data Dashboard ($250,000.00), IV Community Center Sewer Replacement ($38,142.00) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Plan Digital Literacy ($13,000.00) projects;
c) Approve a Budget Revision Request No. 0009313 to establish appropriations of $8,000,000.00 in the Public Works Guadalupe Flood Zone Fund for Services and Supplies funded by an Operating Transfer from General County Programs General Fund of $4,500,000.00, ARPA of $2,500,000.00, and a Release of Restricted Fund Balance in Public Works Guadalupe Flood Zone of $1,000,000.00;
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Receive and file a report on the Re-alignment of the Santa Maria River near the City of Guadalupe as a result of the winter storm events of February/March 2023;
b) Approve and authorize District staff to cooperate and act in conjunction with the County of Santa Barbara, including accepting allocated County funds, pursuant to California Water Code Section 75-5.6, to reestablish the Santa Maria River Channel near the City of Guadalupe;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works to exercise his emergency contracting authority pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050 and District Resolution No. 19-327 to enter into emergency contracts to reestablish the Santa Maria River Channel near the City of Guadalupe; and
d) Determine that the emerg...
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