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Meeting date/time:
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8/26/2014
9:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Approved
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Meeting location:
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JOSEPH CENTENO BETTERAVIA GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOARD HEARING ROOM
511 EAST LAKESIDE PARKWAY, SANTA MARIA
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14-00009
| | Agenda Item | Closed Session Agenda | |
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14-00001
| | Agenda Item | Public Comment | |
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14-00654
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Black Gold Cooperative Library System. | Pass |
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14-00622
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Michael Schmaeling upon his retirement from the Public Health Department after 26 years of commitment to the quality of life of the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00668
| A-3) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Penal Code (PC) 1000 Revenue Agreements and Extensions, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a revenue Agreement through which the County will certify Aegis Institute, Inc. (a local vendor) as a PC 1000 Drug Diversion Program provider, and Aegis Institute, Inc. will pay the County an administrative fee of $50.00 for each client served through the PC 1000 program for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017, for a projected revenue of $1,000.00 per year;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Amendment to the existing revenue Agreement for PC 1000 services with the Coast Valley Substance Abuse Treatment Center, extending the term through June 30, 2017 and expanding their delivery service area to include Lompoc and Santa Maria, for projected revenue of $1,000.00 per year;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Amendment to the existing revenue Agreement for PC 1000 and Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program services with the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, exten | Pass |
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14-00655
| A-4) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding 2014-2015 Agreement for Operations of a County-wide Library System, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a one-year Agreement for Operation of a Countywide Library System (Agreement) by and between the County and the Cities of Lompoc, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 for a total cost of $2,948,403.00 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015; and
b) Determine that the approval of the Agreement is not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE). | Pass |
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14-00657
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding County Inclusionary Housing Ordinance - Annual Updates to Affordable Housing Inclusionary Housing Requirements and In-Lieu Inclusionary Housing Fees, as follows:
a) Receive and file a 2014 Update and Annual Adjustment of Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fees and Inclusionary Housing Requirements, which provides the Board with (1) an annual update and adjustments to the County’s in-lieu inclusionary housing fees, and (2) an update and adjustments of the County’s inclusionary housing requirements; and
b) Determine that the receipt and filing of annual updates and adjustments to Inclusionary Housing Requirements and In-Lieu Inclusionary Housing Fees are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15061(b)(3), finding that the activities are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only 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 activities in question may have a significant e | Pass |
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14-00656
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Proposed Library Special Tax and Survey Results; Second District, as follows:
a) Receive and file the survey results for the contemplated Goleta Library Special Tax;
b) Take no further action at this time; and
c) Determine that the actions above are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that such actions involve the creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does 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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14-00662
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding 2015 Employee Benefit Insurance Program Renewal, as follows:
a) California State Association of Counties - Excess Insurance Authority (CSAC-EIA) Blue Shield Health Plans:
i) Approve the renewal of the California State Association of Counties - Excess Insurance Authority (CSAC-EIA) Blue Shield Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) High, Blue Shield EPO Low, Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) plans for a twelve-month period, at the existing benefit levels, and premium increases of 15.3%, effective January 1, 2015, for all active employees and retirees; and
ii) Approve the addition of an Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) choice for Medicare eligible retirees for the Blue Shield EPO and PPO plans, while still maintaining all the current prescription drug plan options offered to Medicare eligible retirees which will result in lower premiums for those retirees who select the optional EGWP PDP;
b) Kaiser Permanente HMO Health Plans:
i) Approve the renewal | Pass |
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14-00090
| A-8) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Re-Ratification of the Drought Proclamation passed December 2, 2014, (Thirteenth Thirty-Day Renewal), as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution re-ratifying the Proclamation of a Local Emergency for Drought and Water Supply Conditions that exist in Santa Barbara County pursuant to Government Code Section 8630(c);
b) Direct the Office of Emergency Management to return monthly for re-ratification of the Emergency until such a time that weather and water supply conditions dictate otherwise; and
c) Determine that this project was found to be exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b) (3) and 15269(a), and that the proposed actions are within the scope of the prior CEQA exemption. | Pass |
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14-00672
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Continuum of Care Program Implementation Update, as follows:
a) Receive and file an update on the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC);
b) Approve the following representatives from the County of Santa Barbara to the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC, and ratify their authority to represent the County:
i) County Executive Officer Representative, Terri Nisich, Assistant CEO;
ii) A Supervisorial District Representative, Erin Weber, Third District Supervisors Office; and
iii) Sheriff’s Department Representative, Laz Salinas, Deputy Chief; and
c) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in the direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.
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14-00669
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Human Services Commission - Award of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 General Fund Grants, as follows:
a) Receive and consider recommendations from the County of Santa Barbara Human Services Commission for the awards of Human Services Commission grants to grantees for the use of County General Funds for FY 2014-2015 for the delivery of Human Services Program services;
b) Accept the recommendations from the County of Santa Barbara Human Services Commission and approve the awards of Human Services Commission grants to the grantees subject to the approval and execution of written Agreements, and direct staff to return to the Board for approval and authorization of the Chair to execute FY 2014-2015 Human Services Commission grants as may be required; and
c) Determine that the above activities are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that these activities are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant | Pass |
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14-00661
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Fire Apparatus Procurement, as follows:
a) Waive competitive bidding by the County of Santa Barbara for the purchase of one (1) Type I fire engine, two (2) Type III fire engines and one (1) crew transport vehicle, pursuant to County Code § 2-39 and instead authorize the County Purchasing Agent to purchase this equipment based on competitive bids completed by other California agencies; and
b) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines § 15378(b)(4) that the above fiscal activity is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. | Pass |
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14-00663
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Pepe Notice of Nonrenewal of the Agricultural Preserve Contract, Lompoc area, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Receive and file the Notice of Nonrenewal submitted by the landowner for Agricultural Preserve 09AGP-00000-00001; and
b) Find that the proposed action is an administrative activity of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a “project” as defined for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5). | Pass |
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14-00659
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Tuberculosis Control Program - Revenue Base Award and Special Needs Award, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Public Health Department Director to execute acceptance of the Base Award for tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control activities in the amount of $156,665.00, and allotment of up to $9,504.00 for Food, Shelter, Incentives and Enablers (FSIE) expenditures, from the California Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Branch for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 for a total amount not to exceed $166,169.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Public Health Director to execute the amended Special Needs Acceptance of Award for the Tuberculosis Control Program with the California Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Branch to support tuberculosis special needs for the period of July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 in the amount of $54,681.00;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request (BRR) No. BJE 0003595 reflecting an increase of $29,763.00 to the TB Base and FSIE award, and $54,681.00 to | Pass |
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14-00665
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding an Exchange Agreement for State Water, First and Second Districts, as follows:
a) Authorize the Public Works Director or his designee to execute Agreements with the State of California Department of Water Resources and the Mojave Water District for an imbalanced Water Exchange of State Water Project supplies;
b) Authorize the Public Works Director or his designee to execute a Release, Assumption and Indemnification Agreement with the Central Coast Water Authority for the water exchange with the Mojave Water District; and
c) Determine that this action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(5), as the program is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. | Pass |
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14-00666
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement with RMC Water and Environment to develop the Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with RMC Water and Environment (not a local vender) to prepare the Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report from the period of August 26, 2014 through December 31, 2015 in the amount not to exceed $499,625.00;
b) Approve a 10% contingency with RMC Water and Environmental in the amount $49,962.50 for any work needed to complete the study; and
c) Find that the proposed update to the Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report is exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, Section 15262; Feasibility and Planning Studies and Section 15306 (Class 6) Basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities, and direct the Clerk of the Board to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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14-00660
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Allan Hancock College for Outstation Career Employment Specialist, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services Director to execute an MOU with Allan Hancock College (AHC), for the provision of co-locating a DSS Career Employment Specialist (CES) in North Santa Barbara County at the AHC CalWORK’s (AHC-CW) Santa Maria Campus to administer the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORK’s)/Welfare to Work (WTW) program to provide easier access to program support and ensure stronger collaboration in the development of individualized student plans effective August 26, 2014; and
b) Determine that the approval and execution of the MOU is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the execution of the MOU is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can | Pass |
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14-00658
| A-17) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Suzanne Wexler Peck to the Commission for Women, term ending April 24, 2016, Second District. | Pass |
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14-00664
| A-18) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Cuyama Solar Facility Project, APNs 149-150-029, 149-150, 030, 149-150-031, 149-150-032, 149-140-076, 149-150-039, 149-140-041, 149-330-001, and 149-010-049, located south and southeast of the town of Cuyama, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Make the required findings for approval of the project, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Adopt a Resolution amending: a) the County’s Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element (13GPA-00000-00002), allowing utility-scale solar photovoltaic facilities on up to 600 acres within the Cuyama Valley Rural Region on lands designated Agriculture II (A-II) or Agricultural Commercial (AC) and zoned Agriculture II (AG-II), with a Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Facility Overlay, b) the County’s Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element, Cuyama Valley Rural Region, Land Use Designation Map (13GPA-00000-00001), by changing the Land Use Designation on specified portions of APN 149-140-076 from Agricultural Commercial (AC) to Agriculture II (A-II); and c) the Santa | Pass |
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14-00670
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Proposed Hotel and Casino Expansion Project update, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a report from the County Executive Officer regarding the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indian’s proposed hotel and casino expansion project as outlined in an Environmental Evaluation sumitted to the County on July 15, 2014;
b) Provide any particular direction the Board may have for discussing the mitigation of the off-Reservation impacts of the proposed project with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians; and
c) Find that the proposed actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
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14-00671
| 2) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding responses to the Grand Jury Report entitled “Northern Branch Jail Operating Cost - When They Build It You Will Pay”, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Consider and adopt responses to the Grand Jury Report entitled “Northern Branch Jail Operating Cost - When They Build It You Will Pay”;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a response letter and forward the responses to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court; and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment, and therefore, are not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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14-00667
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Response to 2013-2014 Grand Jury Report entitled “Santa Barbara County Take Home Vehicle Use, Clarify and Comply”, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Consider and adopt responses as the Board of Supervisors’ response to the 2013-2014 Grand Jury Report entitled “Santa Barbara County Take Home Vehicle Use, Clarify and Comply”;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a letter and forward the letter and responses to the Presiding Judge of Santa Barbara County Superior Court; and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, as they involve administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment, and direct staff to post and file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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14-00405
| 4) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Ordinance Amending Chapter 12A of the County Code, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code Chapter 12A, County-Owned Property, Article I, In General, Sections 12A-1 through 12A-6, and Article II, Real Property Procedures, Sections 12A-7 through 12A-11.1, pertaining to the administration and procedures for managing County-owned property; and
b) Read the title of the Ordinance and waive the reading of the Ordinance in full. | Pass |
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