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Meeting date/time:
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3/12/2013
9:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Approved
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Meeting location:
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR
105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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13-00001
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13-00163
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring the Anti-Defamation League upon their 100th anniversary. | Pass |
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13-00168
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Nancy Davidson for her dedication to Planned Parenthood of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. | Pass |
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13-00164
| A-3) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Interim Director of Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Services to execute the Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of State Hospitals for the purchase of state hospital beds in the amount of $225,205.00 for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. | Pass |
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13-00167
| A-4) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission application for California Arts Council State Local Partnership Program (SLPP) Grant, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that dedicates the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission to serve as the County partner in the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP), authorizes the Arts Commission to submit an application for a 2013/2014 SLPP grant to the California Arts Council and execute the Grant Agreement if awarded by the California Arts Council;
b) Authorize the Executive Director of the Arts Commission or designee to execute the 2013/2014 SLPP Grant Agreement with the California Arts Council in a form substantially similar to the draft Grant Agreement and upon review and approval of the County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, and Risk Manager or their designees if the SLPP grant is awarded; and
c) Determine that the adoption of the Resolution and execution of the Grant Agreement are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) purs | Pass |
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13-00151
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Contract with outside counsel for potential eminent domain litigation, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required.)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Professional Services between the County of Santa Barbara and attorney Duff Murphy, of the firm Oliver, Sandifer and Murphy, in the amount of $50,000.00; and
b) Find that the proposed action is not a “project” under CEQA Guideline 15378(b)(4) in that it does not involve a commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact to the environment. | Pass |
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13-00166
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee Grant Applications, as follows:
a) Authorize the submittal of Grant Applications to the Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee for the following services mitigating casino impacts:
i) Authorize the Sheriff to sign and submit Grant Application(s) for law enforcement patrol services; and
ii) Authorize the Fire Chief to sign and submit Grant Application(s) for fire suppression and emergency medical services; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they are government funding mechanisms or fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | Pass |
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13-00171
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 1 to Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund Grant Contract No. BC-13-091 with Trust for Public Lands for Acquisition of Ocean Meadows Property, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) contract BC-13-091 (included herein as Attachments 1 and 2, respectively) with the Trust for Public Lands (TPL) for a grant to acquire a 63-acre portion of the Ocean Meadows property, located north of Devereux Slough, for purposes of modifying the indemnification clause of the contract and clarifying the restricted uses of the property; and
b) Determine that the Contract Amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15313 of the State Guideline for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act. | Pass |
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13-00165
| A-8) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a revenue Agreement with Marian Regional Medical Center for a Level III Trauma Center Designation Application, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Revenue Agreement with Marian Regional Medical Center (MRMC) for the period beginning March 12, 2013 through June 30, 2013, for services provided in the application process for Level III Trauma Center designation; and
b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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13-00162
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of an offer and sale of surplus heavy equipment at a Caterpillar sponsored auction, as follows:
a) Accept the highest public auction offer to purchase three (3) pieces of surplus heavy equipment with a combined minimum net sales value of $130,000.00; and
b) Authorize the Purchasing Manager to prepare Bills of Sale and complete these transactions. | Pass |
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13-00170
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter to provide alcohol and drug treatment services to Child Welfare Services (CWS) clients for an additional $176,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014 for an amount not to exceed $560,000.00. | Pass |
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13-00132
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Ordinance to amend Section 2-10.8 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of the Santa Barbara County Code to recover certain tax auction mandated costs, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Section 2-10.8 of the Santa Barbara County Code to establish fees for the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office; and
b) Determine that the above action(s) are not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines because they consist of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | Pass |
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13-00141
| A-12) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Marina Owen to the Community Health Center Board, term ending March 12, 2016, First District. | Pass |
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13-00172
| A-13) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Joice Raguz to the Guadalupe Cemetery District Board of Trustees, term ending March 31, 2017, Third District. | Pass |
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13-00161
| A-14) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Robert Barry Doyle to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, term ending December 31, 2015, Fifth District. | Pass |
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13-00160
| A-15) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Measure A Program of Projects for Fiscal Year 2013/2014, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution adopting the Measure A Five-Year Local Program of Projects for Fiscal Years 2013/2014 through 2017/2018, for submittal to the Santa Barbara County Local Transportation Authority for acceptance;
b) Reaffirm Resolution 10-101, which established priorities and policies for the use of the local portion of the one-half cent sales tax for the transportation needs in Santa Barbara County;
c) Reaffirm the existing distributions of Measure A revenues within Supervisorial Districts of the North County and South Coast;
d) Direct staff to prepare Fiscal Year 2013/2014 Road Maintenance Annual Plan (RdMAP) based upon approved Measure A distribution formula; and
e) Find that the proposed action is for the operation and maintenance of existing public facilities, involving negligible, or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to 14 CCR 15301, and | Pass |
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13-00055
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Naples Coalition Appeal, Case No. 12APL-00000-00018, of the Planning Commission’s Approval of the Schulte/Dos Pueblos Lot Line Adjustment Project, Case No. 10LLA-00000-00003, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 12APL-00000-00018, thereby affirming the County Planning Commission’s approval of the project;
b) Make the required findings for approval of the project, Case No. 10LLA-00000-00003, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
c) Consider the environmental review documents, addendum dated October 17, 2012, together with the previously certified Environmental Impact Report 04EIR-00000-00014, and determine that, as reflected in the CEQA findings, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration shall be prepared for this project; and
d) Grant de novo approval of Case No. 10LLA-00000-00003, subject to the conditions specified in Attachment B of the Planning Commission action letter dated November 15, 2012.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOM | Pass |
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12-00591
| 2) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file a presentation from the Sheriff's Office describing the status of the County Air Support Unit. (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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12-00598
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the appeal filed by Mary Goolsby and Martha Goolsby Kay of the Montecito Planning Commission’s May 23, 2012 approval of the Verizon Wireless facility at the Montecito Switch Station, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 12APL-00000-00011, thereby upholding the Montecito Planning Commission’s approval of the project;
b) Make the required findings for the revised project (i.e. antennas on a new faux tree support structure), including CEQA findings;
c) Determine the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15303 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act;
d) Waive the 6-day posting requirement contained in the County’s CEQA Guidelines, for good cause, which if not waived requires the posting of the Notice of Exemption at Planning and Development 6 days prior to consideration of the project by the decision maker; and
e) Approve de novo the Conditional Use Permit for the proposed telecommunications facility with the faux tree alternative, 12CUP-00000 | Pass |
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13-00152
| 4) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations of the Montecito Planning Commission to approve Case No. Case No. 12ORD-00000-00016 which would amend Division 35.9, Montecito Land Use and Development Code Administration, of Section 35-2, the Santa Barbara County Montecito Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code, to give the Director the discretion to grant an additional extension to the time period in which the reconstruction of a nonconforming structure must commence in situations where substantial offsite infrastructure improvements are required to be completed prior to commencement of reconstruction, as follows: (EST TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Make the findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance;
b) Determine that the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act in compliance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA; and
c) Approve Case No. 12ORD-00000-00016, an Ordinance amending Division 35.9, Montecito Land Use and Development Code Administration, o | Pass |
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13-00169
| 5) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Climate Action Strategy - Phase 2: Energy and Climate Action Plan Briefing, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a briefing on the Energy and Climate Action Plan; and
b) Approve staff’s recommendation to develop the Energy and Climate Action Plan with a target of 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the baseline level through the development of Option 4 as the project description to be studied in the Environmental Impact Report.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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13-00093
| 6) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding countywide fee adjustments for Santa Barbara County Parks and Services, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution adjusting County parks fees for special use of day use park facilities and camping fees, and establishing new fees for use of aquatic facilities and aquatic programs and services; and
b) Determine that the adoption of the Resolution is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21080(b)(8) of the California Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a)(1), (2), (3) and (4) since CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, or other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of: (1) Meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits, (2) Purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials, (3) Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements, (4) Obtaining funds for capital projects necessary to maintain servic | Pass |
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13-00110
| 7) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution to amend the Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule to include a Cottage Food Operations Fee, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution to amend fees for Environmental Health Services pursuant to the California Retail Food Code, Health & Safety Code §113700, et seq.; and
b) Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, approve the Notice of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) for the fee resolutions.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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