Meeting Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 1/14/2014 9:00 AM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: JOSEPH CENTENO BETTERAVIA GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOARD HEARING ROOM 511 EAST LAKESIDE PARKWAY, SANTA MARIA
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14-00035 A-1)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Ronald L. Mose, Supervising Probation Officer, upon his retirement after over 27 years of service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County, and to the Probation Department.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00053 A-2)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding First Amendments to 2012/2013 Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Subrecipient Agreements, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Community Services Department to execute a First Amendment to the 2012/2013 ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People to extend the time of performance to June 30, 2014; b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Community Services Department to execute a First Amendment to the 2012/2013 ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter to extend the time of performance to June 30, 2014; c) Approve and authorize the Director of the Community Services Department to execute a First Amendment to the 2012/2013 ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter to extend the time of performance to June 30, 2014; and d) Determine that the approvals of the First Amendments to the Subrecipient Agreements are not the approvals of projects that are subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA GuidelPass Action details Not available
14-00054 A-3)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Subrecipient Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter for Supportive Housing Program Grant for the Period Beginning October 1, 2013 and Ending September 30, 2015, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Supportive Housing Program Subrecipient Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter in the amount of $122,209.00; and b) Determine that the approval and execution of the Subrecipient Agreement is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 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 effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.Pass Action details Not available
14-00042 A-4)Agenda ItemApprove Budget Revision Requests (SEE EXHIBIT A WITH POSTED AGENDA). (4/5 Vote Required).Pass Action details Not available
14-00043 A-5)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Sheriff - Coroner Bureau Facility Ventilation System, Second District, as follows: a) Receive and file a “Ventilation Study” related to findings 3a and 3b of the Santa Barbara Civil Grand Jury Report titled, Sheriff-Coroner’s Bureau: The Manner of Death-A Final Diagnosis; b) Direct staff to include the study’s recommended actions in the overall assessment and prioritization of county wide deferred maintenance needs as outlined in the upcoming Facility Condition Assessment Report; c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a letter and direct staff to submit the letter to the Presiding Judge; and d) Determine that the proposed actions are administrative activities that will not result in physical changes to the environment and are therefore not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00046 A-6)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Public Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Program at Hutton Parker Foundation, Carpinteria, First District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to Sub-Lease (Second Amendment), between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and the Hutton Parker Foundation, a non-profit corporation, for the County’s leasing of office space to accommodate the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s WIC Program at 5201 8th Street, Suite 314, in Carpinteria through October 18, 2018; and b) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301, and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
14-00048 A-7)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding First District Supervisor’s Office Lease at Hutton Parker Foundation, Carpinteria, First District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to Sub-Lease, between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and the Hutton Parker Foundation, a non-profit corporation, for the County’s subleasing of office space for the First District Supervisor at the Carpinteria Unified School District Building, located at 5201 8th Street, Suite 101, in Carpinteria for an additional five (5) years, expiring October 18, 2018, for a monthly rate of $279.00; and b) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Section 15301, and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
14-00049 A-8)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Los Olivos School Communications Lease, Los Olivos, Third District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Los Olivos School Communications Lease (Lease) between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and the Los Olivos School District (Los Olivos School) located at 2540 Alamo Pintado Avenue, in Los Olivos (APN 135-220-072), in the City of Los Olivos, for a period of ten years, rent free, for the installation and operation of a small radio receiver antenna and related equipment; and b) Determine that the proposed action is for the leasing of a portion of an existing public structure involving negligible expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, that the proposed action is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR 15301, Existing Facilities, and approve and direct staff to file and post the attached Notice of Exemption om that basis.Pass Action details Not available
14-00051 A-9)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Award of Contract to Smith Electric Service for the Santa Barbara Courthouse Air Handler Phase 3 Retrofit Project No. F02003, First District, as follows: a) Approve the plans and specifications for the Santa Barbara Courthouse Air Handler Retrofit Phase 3 Project No. F02003 (plans and specifications for this project are available from General Services Facilities Division); b) Grant the low bidder’s (United Mechanical’s) request for relief from their bid due to a clerical mistake, without forfeiture of their bid bond; c) Award Brannon, Inc. dba Smith Electric Service (a local vendor) a Contract for $803,952.00 for the Courthouse Air Handler Phase 3 Retrofit Project; d) Authorize the Director of General Services, or designee, to approve change orders of an amount not to exceed 10% of the base amount of $250,000.00 plus 5% of the bid in excess of the base amount or $52,697.00 for this Contract; for a total project authorization of $856,649.00; and e) Find that the proposed action is for the operation, repair or maintenance of an ePass Action details Not available
14-00050 A-10)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Site Access License Agreements for Seismic Monitoring, Multiple Locations, Folio: 003690, First, Third, and Fifth Districts, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Site Access Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara, as licensor, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as licensee, to locate USGS seismic monitoring equipment on five (5) County-owned facilities for a period of twenty (20) years; and b) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Sections 15301, “Existing Facilities” and 15304 “Minor Alterations to Land,” and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
14-00036 A-11)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Coastal Commission’s conditional certification of amendment to the Local Coastal Program regarding Mobilehome Park Closure Ordinance Amendment, as follows: a) Receive and file a notice of the California Coastal Commission’s conditional certification of the County’s amendment to the County’s Local Coastal Program (Coastal Commission Case No. STB-MAJ-1-12-A, Mobilehome Park Closure Ordinance Amendment) with suggested modifications; b) Adopt a Resolution acknowledging receipt of the California Coastal Commission’s conditional certification with modifications, accepting and agreeing to the modifications, agreeing to issue Coastal Development Permits for the total area included in the conditionally certified Local Coastal Program, and adopting the Local Coastal Program Amendments with the suggested modifications; c) Determine that the Board’s action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.9. The County relied upon CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (No Possibility of SignifiPass Action details Not available
14-00037 A-12)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Central Coast Inpatient Consultants, Inc., as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Central Coast Inpatient Consultants, Inc., (a local vendor) for hospitalist services extending the current term through March 31, 2014, for a total contract amount of $117,000; and b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(4), since the recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.Pass Action details Not available
14-00039 A-13)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Environmental Impact Report Preparation Contract for Hollister Avenue-State Street Improvement Project, Public Works Project No. 863035, Second District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services with Rincon Consultants, Inc. to complete an Environmental Impact Report for the Hollister Avenue-State Street Improvement Project for a base contract amount of $181,220.00, with a 10 percent contingency of $18,122.00, for a total project authorization of $199,342.00; b) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve changes or additions in the services being performed in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the base contract amount; and c) Find that the proposed approval of the contract is not a project under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) as it involves administrative activities that will not result in physical changes in the environment, and approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
14-00044 A-14)Agenda ItemActing as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District: Consider recommendations regarding the authorization to proceed to negotiation for purchase of right-of-way for the Las Vegas - San Pedro Creeks Capacity Improvements Project, Second District, as follows: a) Authorize the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to proceed with right-of-way negotiations for the potential purchase of property in fee or easement for use by Flood Control to construct improvements associated with the Las Vegas - San Pedro Creeks Capacity Improvements Project, Project Number SC8322; and b) Determine, pursuant to 14 CCR 15162, that a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was adopted for the Las Vegas-San Pedro Creeks Capacity Improvement Project on October 4, 2011 and an Addendum to the MND was approved on April 10, 2012, that no substantial changes are proposed in the project, no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken, and no new information of substantial importance has been Pass Action details Not available
14-00045 A-15)Agenda ItemActing as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District: Consider recommendations regarding the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 1A - Harbor View Inn Waterline Relocation and Parking Lot Modification, Second District, as follows: a) Approve plans and specifications for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 1A - Harbor View Inn Water Line Relocation and Parking Lot Modification; and b) Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, there are no substantial changes in circumstances and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the project or feasibility of mitigation measures and, therefore this action is within the scope of the project covered by the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project as well as the Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considerations approved and adopted by the Board on May 10, 2011Pass Action details Not available
14-00034 A-16)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Social Services Lease at 302 Carmen Lane in Santa Maria, and Reconfiguration of Existing Site, Fourth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Lease Agreement (Lease) between the County of Santa Barbara (County) and Vernon Group, a general partnership, for the County's leasing of the property and building located at 302 West Carmen Lane, in Santa Maria, for an initial term of five (5) years, with one option to extend the Lease for an additional five years, beginning at a monthly base rent of $12,000.00, for use by the County's Department of Social Services; b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0003198 to increase revenue by $838,400.00 and increase appropriations for Services and Supplies for one-time leased building modifications/improvements, furniture and supplies ($731,850.00) and on-going lease, operating and data and communications costs ($106,550.00); c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0003197 to increase revenue by $828,500.00 and increase appropriations for Services and SupplPass Action details Not available
14-00041 A-17)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding an Ordinance Amending Chapter 29 of the Santa Barbara County Code Relating to the Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance, as follows: a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance Amending Article IV of Chapter 29 of the Santa Barbara County Code Relating to Stormwater Management and Discharge Control; and b) Find that the proposed Ordinance Amendment is for the protection of the environment and does not involve construction activities or relaxation of standards and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for the Protection of the Environment) and approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis. Pass Action details Not available
14-00055 A-18)Honorary ResolutionAdopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring James Voysey upon his judicial appointment.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00086 A-19)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding…Pass Action details Video Video
14-00070 A-20)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the reappointment of Michael C. Maglinte to the Northern Board of Architectural Review, term ending December 31, 2016.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00071 A-21)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the reappointment of Robert W. Jones to the Northern Board of Architectural Review, term ending December 31, 2016, Fourth District.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00085 A-22)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the appointment of Kevin Small to the North County Board of Architectural Review, term ending December 31, 2014, Fifth District.Pass Action details Video Video
14-00047 1)Agenda ItemHEARING - Receive and file a report on Economic Contributions of Santa Barbara Agriculture. (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Video Video
14-00033 2)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding 2014 Legislative Platform, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.) a) Receive a report on issues and projects included as part of the County’s 2014 Legislative Platform; b) Adopt the County’s 2014 Legislative Platform; and c) Receive and file year-end federal advocacy report from Tom Walters and Associates Inc. and state advocacy report from Governmental Advocates. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION:Pass Action details Video Video
14-00040 3)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the recruitment process for filling a vacancy on the Retirement Board of the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.) a) Receive and file an update on the existing vacancy on the Retirement Board of the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System; and b) Provide direction to staff regarding the recruitment and appointment process. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION:Pass Action details Video Video