File #: 23-01197    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/1/2023 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/12/2023 Final action: 12/12/2023
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a donation of Douglass Parshall and Roland Petersen Paintings, as follows: a) Accept the donation of the oil painting Three Horses by Santa Barbara County artist Douglass Parshall, valued at $15,000.00, from the Florence O. Russell Trust; b) Accept the donation of a collection of seven paintings by California artist Roland Petersen from the Living Trust of Roland Petersen; and c) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the acceptance of the donations of artwork are covered by the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.
Sponsors: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A Parshall Donation and Appraisal, 3. Attachment B Final- Petersen Checklist, 4. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding a donation of Douglass Parshall and Roland Petersen Paintings, as follows:

 

a) Accept the donation of the oil painting Three Horses by Santa Barbara County artist Douglass Parshall, valued at $15,000.00, from the Florence O. Russell Trust;

 

b) Accept the donation of a collection of seven paintings by California artist Roland Petersen from the Living Trust of Roland Petersen; and

 

c) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the acceptance of the donations of artwork are covered by the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.