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Consider recommendations regarding the Anderson Purisima Hills Conservation Easement for the Santa Barbara Land Trust, Lompoc area, APNs 099-060-021 and 099-070-036, Fourth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve the Notice of Exemption pursuant to the County's California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines for the project;
b) Accept the Planning Commission's report showing that the acquisition of a conservation easement to be held by the Santa Barbara Land Trust is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of the County of Santa Barbara pursuant to Government Code 65402;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement and Escrow Instructions between the County of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Land Trust (Land Trust) and Sonia Chantal Anderson to acquire a Conservation Easement from Sonia Anderson consisting of 15.40 acres located on that certain property commonly known as 3200 Gypsy Canyon Road, Lompoc, California, and identified as APNs 099-060-021 and 099-070-036, consisting of approximately 160 acres, and located in the unincorporated portion of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, in the purchase amount of $240,000.00, which Conservation Easement will be held by the Land Trust, in perpetuity;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Restoration, Management, Monitoring Plan (RMMP) between the County of Santa Barbara, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Sonia Anderson to assist with the restoration of a known California Tiger Salamander (CTS) pond, management of the easement, and monitoring of the pond-restoration site and easement area; and
e) Approve a Budget Revision to transfer $400,000.00 from the General Fund Designation (990-0001-9730-8300) to the General Services Capital Outlay Fund 30 (063-0030-1930-003585), and return the unused remainder to the General Fund Designation upon completion of the project.