|
23-00001
| | Agenda Item | County Executive Officer’s Report: Receive a report from the County Executive Officer (CEO) on County programs, County staff updates and achievements, staff recognitions, updates on major projects, updates on state and federal legislation, and upcoming events of interest to the Board and the public. There will be no Board discussion except to ask questions or refer matters to staff; and no action will be taken unless listed on a subsequent agenda.
- County’s Toys for Tots Drive | |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00948
| | Agenda Item | CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)
[Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Board of Supervisors and as the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District]
City of Goleta v. Southern California Gas Company, et al., Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Case No. 23CV03430 | |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00921
| A-1) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Detector Dog Team Agreement No. 23-0411-008-SF, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with the CDFA to receive reimbursement for the County’s Detector Dog Team Program for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 in the amount of $258,875.28; and
b) Determine that the above action involves government funding mechanisms or fiscal activities and is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00939
| A-2) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024 Grant Agreement, Modification No. 2 for Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Services (BHJIS), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute Modification No. 2 BHJIS Grant Agreement 7460-CA Mobile Crisis-SBCBWell-01G with AHP, a Massachusetts for-profit entity (not a local provider), serving as the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) administrator for “Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis and Non-Crisis Services (Mobile Crisis)” Project No. 21-10349, to revise the Statement of Work and payment schedule with no change to the grant amount of $700,000.00 for the period of February 15, 2022, through December 31, 2023; and
b) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00943
| A-3) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. dba Mental Wellness Center Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024 Second Amendment and Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County dba CommUnify FYs 2022-2025 First Amendment to the Services Agreements for Mental Health Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. dba Mental Wellness Center, (BC 21-033), to update the service descriptions for intensive residential programs (Exhibits A-2 and A-6), rename the Recovery Learning Center to Wellness Center, add a new program Statement of Work for Peer and Parent Partners in Wellness, implement California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Behavioral Health Payment Reform changes to the Agreement, and add $830,195.00 in Mental Health Services funding to FY 2023-2024 for a new total contract maximum amount not to exceed $8,267,006.00, inclusive of $2,152,751.00 for FY 2021-2022, $ | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00934
| A-4) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the execution of a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way of Santa Barbara County (United Way) for Continued Implementation and Administration of an Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Utilizing State of California American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Funds, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way to add $260,300.00 in ARPA funding, provided to Santa Barbara County by the State of California, increasing the total contract amount to $5,241,640.37, to complete the administration and implementation of an ERAP; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), because they consist of the creation 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; and are otherwise | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00398
| A-5) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the 2022 Biennial Review and amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code of the Manzanita Public Charter School, as follows:
a) Approve the amended Conflict of Interest Code of the Manzanita Public Charter School; and
b) Determine that the above action is an organizational or administrative activity of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00928
| A-6) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a nomination to name Refugio Road Pedestrian Trail in Honor of Carina Dee Velazquez, Third District, as follows: (Unanimous Vote Required)
a) Approve the nomination and request to name County Pedestrian Trail along Refugio Road “Carina Dee Velazquez Memorial Path” in honor of Santa Ynez resident, Carina Dee Velazquez; and
b) Determine that the above actions are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, because they consist of minor alteration of existing public structures, facilities, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, and the exceptions to the exemption do not apply. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00942
| A-7) | Administrative Item | Approve Budget Revision Request Nos. 0008670; 0009332; and 0009333 (Majority Vote Required); and Budget Revision Request Nos. 0009247; 0009299; and 0009338 (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00926
| A-8) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Third Amendment to the New Cuyama Clinic Lease Agreement with Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc. at 4711 Highway 166, New Cuyama (Folio 3640), First District, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc. at 4711 Highway 166, New Cuyama, CA 93254, in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara (APN 149-040-010), for a period of five (5) years, from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028; and
b) Determine that the recommended action is for the continued operation and leasing of existing public or private structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists and is therefore exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00941
| A-9) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Proposed Probation Headquarters Building Project and Award Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor (ASIC) for Construction Management (CM) Services, Project No. 19014, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Award, approve and authorize the Chair to execute the ASIC with Cumming Management Group, Inc., a California Corporation, to provide CM services during the pre-bid phase, bidding, construction, closeout, and post construction phases for the proposed new Probation Headquarters Building, located at 1019 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (APN 029-212-011), in an amount not to exceed $1,853,552.00;
b) Authorize the Director of General Services to approve change orders in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5% or $105,176.00 as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142(b);
c) Approve an amount not to exceed $370,000.00 for temporary cashflow transfers from the Advance Construction Reserve in the General Fund;
d) Approve Budget Revision No. 0009336; and
e) Determine the above actions are no | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00931
| A-10) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Real Property Agreement and Grant of Easements for Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Real Property Agreement with Oscar Peters, Trustee of Oscar Peters Trust Dated April 9, 2012, both for the acquisition of permanent easements over APNs 155-020-037 and 155-020-038 in exchange for a portion of APN 155-020-015 in connection with the Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator;
b) Accept the Easement Deed from Oscar Peters for APNs 155-020-037 and 155-020-038 and authorize the Clerk of the Board to execute the Certificate of Acceptance;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Grant Deed to Oscar Peters, Trustee of Oscar Peters Trust Dated April 9, 2012, over a portion of APN 155-020-015, while reserving a permanent non-exclusive easement therefrom not required for County use, pursuant to Government Code Section 25365;
d) Authorize the Public Works Director, or their designee, to execute any supporting documents to complete this transaction; an | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00935
| A-11) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding revised Language of the Civil Service Rules- Phase 1, as follows:
a) Approve the revised language of the Civil Service Rules per Phase I of the Civil Service Rule revision project; and
b) Determine that the above action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), because it consists of government funding mechanisms and/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 |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00945
| A-12) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the 2024 Employee Benefits Insurance Program Renewal, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) In the matter of setting health plan rates for 2024, approve the following renewals:
i) Public Risk Innovation, Solutions, and Management (PRISM) Health Blue Shield Health Plans - The renewal of the PRISM Blue Shield Tandem Narrow Network, 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 with a 12.2% increase in premiums, effective January 1, 2024, for all active employees and retirees;
ii) Kaiser Permanente Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Health Plans - The renewal of the active employees’ and early retirees’ Kaiser Permanente High and Low HMO plans for a twelve-month period at the existing benefit levels, with a 12.2% increase in premiums, effective January 1, 2024, and for all Medicare-eligible retirees, with a 17.45% increase in premiums for the Senior Advantage Plans, at the exis | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00340
| A-13) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a report on Case No. 23EMP-00011: Hollister Ranch Owner’s Association Emergency Bridge Replacement, Gaviota area, Third District, as follows:
a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit Case No. 23EMP-00011, approved by the Director of Planning and Development on August 8, 2023, which authorized the construction of a prefabricated steel girder single-span bridge on concrete footings, appurtenant abutments, and associated channel restoration along Santa Anita Creek in the Hollister Ranch right-of-way near 88 Hollister Ranch Road (APN 083-690-006); and
b) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15269(c) as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00932
| A-14) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a contract for Maintenance and Installation of Compost Management Unit Proprietary Covered Aerated Static Pile System at the Tajiguas ReSource Center, County Project No. 828988, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009312 increasing appropriations in the amount of $4,291,800.00 in Public Works Resource Recovery and Waste Management Enterprise Fund, which is funded by the release of Retained Earnings;
b) Approve plans and provisions for maintenance and installation of Composting Management Unit infrastructure for the covered aerated static pile compost system (SG MOBILE® System with GORE® Covers) at the Tajiguas ReSource Center totaling a cost of $3,247,640.00 (previously approved by the Board as a purchasing order on July 18, 2023 without exact cost specified here or budget revision in order to place a deposit for the materials);
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a contract with Diani Building Corporation (a local vendor) in the full amount of $1,044,158.60 (including contingency) for | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00925
| A-15) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response Actions from Impacts of Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency Actions, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency actions taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050 related to emergency operations responding to flooding, storms, debris removal and transportation projects following the recent storm events and the necessity of the action and the reasons the emergency will not permit delay resulting from competitive solicitation of bids;
b) Determine that there is a need to continue the emergency actions ordered by the Public Works Director (4/5 vote required);
c) Direct staff to return to the Board at the next regular meeting, or every 14 days in the case of consecutive weekly regular meetings, to allow the Board to review the emergency action and determine whether there is a need to continue the emergency action, by a 4/5 vote, until the actions are terminated; and
d | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00930
| A-16) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response Actions from the Impacts of Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency Actions and to Approve a Budget Revision Request, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency actions taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050 related to emergency operations responding to flooding, storms, and debris removal projects following the 2023 winter storm events and the necessity of the action and the reasons the emergency will not permit delay resulting from competitive solicitation of bids;
b) Determine that there is a need to continue the emergency actions ordered by the Public Works Director (4/5 Vote Required);
c) Direct staff to return to the Board every 14 days to allow the Board to review the emergency action and determine whether there is a need to continue the emergency action, by a 4/5 vote, until the ac | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00373
| A-17) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the appointment and reappointment of Workforce Development Board Members, as follows:
a) Approve the appointment of nine new members to the Workforce Development Board;
b) Approve the reappointment of eight current members to the Workforce Development Board; and
c) Determine that the above actions do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment, and therefore it is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) and (5) as the proposed action is also an organizational or administrative activity. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00769
| A-18) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter for Bringing Families Home and Home Safe Programs, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter (a local vendor) to provide Bringing Families Home and Home Safe Programs for a total contract amount not to exceed $199,999.00 for the period of October 3, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
b) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00924
| A-19) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Robert Andrew Fowler to the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2025, First District. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00940
| A-20) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Felicia Luong to the Commission for Women, term ending January 1, 2026, Third District. | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00929
| A-21) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the applicant appeal, Case No. 23APL-00000-00032, of the County Planning Commission’s Denial of the Gerrity Garage Conversions Project, Case No. 22CDP-00000-00009, Second District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 40 MIN.)
a) Deny the appeal, Case Number 23APL-00000-00032;
b) Make the required findings for denial of the project, Case No. 22CDP-00000-00009 including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
c) Determine that denial of the appeal and denial of the Coastal Development Permit is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270(b) [Projects Which are Disapproved]; and
d) Deny de novo the Coastal Development Permit, Case No. 22CDP-00000-00009.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00936
| A-22) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation retroactively honoring Carrie Gallagher of the District Attorney’s Office as the July 2023 Employee of the Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00937
| A-23) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Adrian Garcia of the General Services Department as the October 2023 Employee of the Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00938
| A-24) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of October 2023 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00947
| A-25) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of October 2023 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00922
| A-26) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming October 4, 2023 as National Bike and Walk to School Day in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00944
| A-27) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming October 3, 2023 as Seasonal Flu Kickoff Day in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00002
| | Agenda Item | Public Comment Period
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS RESERVED FOR COMMENT ON MATTERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EACH PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, FOR A TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. (Resolution No. 09-368) (23-00002)
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. | |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00923
| 1) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2023-2024 Winter Storm Preparation, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report on County preparations for a possible strong storm season resulting from predicted El Niño conditions; and
b) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) because it is organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
Action details
|
Not available
|
|
23-00933
| 2) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Water Resources Update and 2023 Groundwater Basins Summary, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
a) Receive and file an update on water resources throughout the County of Santa Barbara;
b) Receive and file the Santa Barbara County 2023 Groundwater Basins Summary Report; and
c) Determine that these actions are not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) (5), as it is an administrative action that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment, and 15306 as information collection which does not result in serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|
23-00927
| 3) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of the revision to Permit Condition No. 38, MM BIO-16 (Golden Eagle Take Permit) for the Strauss Wind Energy Project (Case No. 23RVP-00031), Third and Fourth Districts, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Accept the Applicant's withdrawal of the Permit Revision request, Case no. 23RVP-00031;
b) Acknowledge that upon withdrawal of the Permit Revision request 23RVP-00031, there is no action for the Board of Supervisors to take on the permit and drop the item from the Board of Supervisor's agenda; and
c) Determine that the above action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(S).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: ACCEPT THE WITHDRAWAL | Pass |
Action details
|
Video
|
|