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Meeting date/time:
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9/22/2015
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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15-00009
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15-00760
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of September 27, 2015 through October 3, 2015 as American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architecture Appreciation Week in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00762
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution recognizing September 2015 as Preparedness Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00763
| A-3) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature and Santa Barbara Artist James “Bud” Bottoms. | Pass |
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15-00774
| A-4) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Martha Jaurequi upon her 26 years of Public Service in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00775
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Pharmacy Contract Amendment and Extension of Bid Waiver, as follows:
a) Approve, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment for Services of Independent Contractor with Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy of Santa Barbara (a local vendor) to increase the contract amount by $75,000.00 for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $275,000.00 for the continued provision of pharmaceuticals for Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) clients for an extended term through March 31, 2016;
b) Approve and authorize an extension of the waiver of competitive bidding approved May 12, 2015 for the procurement of pharmaceuticals from Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy (a local vendor), to authorize additional procurements not to exceed $275,000.00 through March 31, 2016; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) since the recommended actions are government administrative activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may r | Pass |
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15-00767
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 Jackson and Coker Locum Tenens Contract, Second Amendment, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Jackson and Coker Locum Tenens (not a local vendor), to increase the total amount by $350,000.00 for a new maximum not to exceed $700,000.00 for FY 2015-2016 and a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,050,000.00 for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016; 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 physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines. | Pass |
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15-00765
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Sub-recipient Agreement with the City of Lompoc to administer a HOME funded Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Sub-recipient Agreement in the amount of $84,330.00 with the City of Lompoc to administer a TBRA program funded through the County HOME Consortium, and approved by Lompoc’s City Council for a period of two (2) years from the date of execution of the Agreement; and
b) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the action 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. | Pass |
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15-00048
| A-8) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding re-ratification of the Drought Proclamation Passed November 10, 2015, (Thirty-Day Renewal), as follows:
a) Adopt the 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 by your Board 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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15-00449
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding re-ratification of the Proclamation of a Local Emergency related to Refugio Beach Oil Spill passed November 10, 2015 (Thirty-Day Renewal), as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution re-ratifying the Proclamation of a Local Emergency related to Refugio Beach Oil Spill declared by the Director of Emergency Management on May 20, 2015, when the Board was not in session, pursuant to Government Code Section 8550 et. Seq. and Chapter 12, Section 12-5(a) of the Santa Barbara County Code and subsequently re-ratified by the Board;
b) Direct the Office of Emergency Management to return monthly for re-ratification of the Emergency until such time that response and recovery conditions dictate otherwise; and
c) Determine that this project was found by your Board 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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15-00771
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Terms and Conditions of Employment: Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, as follows:
a) Approve a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the County and the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association for the period September 28, 2015 through June 18, 2017;
b) Approve the side letter agreement with the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association to provide a bank of 32 hours of paid leave time to all employees in job classifications represented by the union, effective as soon as practicable, related to office holiday closure; and
c) Determine that these actions are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review as it is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (b) (2). | Pass |
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15-00776
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Homeland Security Grant Program, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Office, his/her Business Manager, the Director of Emergency Services and the Homeland Security Program Emergency Manager to apply and enter into a contract to accept a grant from the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) on behalf of the Santa Barbara Operational Area;
b) Direct staff to return to the Board with the grant as part of the Office of Emergency Management’s budget and work program request if the grant is awarded; and
c) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other 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 is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 (b)(4) and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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15-00777
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Emergency Management Planning Grant Authorization, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Officer, his/her Business Manager, and the Director of Emergency Management to apply and enter into a contract to accept the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) with the California Office of Emergency Services in the approximate amount of $215,779.00 to provide grant funding for emergency management activities in the Santa Barbara Operational Area;
b) Direct staff to return to the Board with the grant as part of the Office of Emergency Management’s budget and work program request if the grant is awarded; and
c) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other 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 is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 ( | Pass |
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15-00779
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Reconciliation of Allocated Positions, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution effective September 14, 2015 that updates changes to department position allocations corresponding to the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Recommended Budget approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 10, 2015;
b) Establish the classification of Radio Communications Systems Engineer (1806), Range 1806 (approximately $6,000.00 - $7,325.00 per month); and
c) Retitle the classifications of Forensic Technician I, II and Senior to Crime Scene Technician I, II and Senior; and
d) Determine that these actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review as they are not projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b) (2). | Pass |
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15-00781
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program Annual Report. | Pass |
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15-00773
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Pacific Coast Energy Company Seep Can No. 98 Emergency Permit 15EMP-00000-00009, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 15EMP-00000-00009, which authorized the placement of a seep can used to prevent the seepage of petroleum fluids from impacting the environment on the subject property (APN 101-020-074);
b) Accept that issuance of the Emergency Permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guideline section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and
c) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
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15-00770
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Affordable Care Act Certified Application Entity Agreement, as follows:
a) Authorize, ratify, and direct the Public Health Department Director to sign the Agreement with the California Health Benefit Exchange as part of an application process that will allow the Public Health Department to become a Certified Application Entity; and
b) Determine that the above actions are organizational and administrative activities of government that are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines. | Pass |
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15-00769
| A-17) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Project Cooperative Agreement between the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments and the County of Santa Barbara for the Union Valley Parkway Interchange barrier walls, in the Orcutt area, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Project Cooperative Agreement with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments; and
b) Find that the proposed approval and authorization of this Agreements, do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(2) (continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, general policy and procedure making) and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that basis. | Pass |
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15-00764
| A-18) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District:
Consider recommendations regarding a Professional Services Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Incorporated for design of Laguna County Sanitation District Plant Upgrades, Third and Fourth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a two-year agreement with Carollo Engineers, Incorporated in the amount of $2,980,949.00 for the design of Laguna County Sanitation District wastewater reclamation plant upgrades;
b) Authorize a 10% contingency in the amount of $150,000.00 with Carollo Engineers, Incorporated for additional engineering that may be needed to complete work; and
c) Find that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(5), in that it is a government administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. | Pass |
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15-00761
| A-19) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Child Support Services for the provision of online access to the Child Support Enforcement System, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services (DSS) Director to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), for Online Access to the Child Support Enforcement System (CSE); 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 be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA. | Pass |
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15-00768
| A-20) | Agenda Item | Consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation for approval of Case Nos. 14RZN-00000-00002, and 14AGP-00000-00013, Serena San Marcos Rezone and Agricultural Preserve, (APN 079-030-019 and -020) located approximately 1,500 feet southwest of the intersection of Live Oak Road and Highway 154, in the Santa Ynez area, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)
a) Consider recommendations regarding the Rezone, as follows:
i) Make the required findings, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings for approval of the project;
ii) Determine that the Rezone is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), included in the Notice of Exemption; and
iii) Approve a rezone (14RZN-00000-00002) and adopt an Ordinance amending the zoning map for the subject parcel from Agriculture (100-AG) to Agriculture, 100 acres minimum parcel size (AG-II-100); and
b) Approve the creation of one new nonprime Agricultural Preserve Contract (Case No. 14AGP-00000-00013), as follows:
i) Determine that the creation of Agricultural Preserve is exempt from CE | Pass |
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15-00772
| A-21) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation to decline to accept the El Grosso General Plan Amendment application for processing (Case No. 14GPA-00000-00014), APN 101-120-023, located approximately 500 feet northeast of the Highway 101/Bell Street intersection, commonly known as 9150 Highway 101, in the Los Alamos Community Planning area, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Decline to accept the General Plan Amendment for processing; and
b) Determine that declining to accept the General Plan Amendment application for processing is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), because the action is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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15-00780
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file a report on the procedure in which undocumented immigrants are detained and released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, who is slated for priority removal by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and what laws pertain to those decision making processes. (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) | Pass |
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15-00725
| 2) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the 2016 Employee Benefit Insurance Program Renewal and Ordinance Amendment setting County Contributions to Board of Supervisors health Insurance premiums, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an amendment to Ordinance 4905; and
b) Read the title of the Ordinance and waive the reading of the Ordinance in full; and
c) Determine that these actions are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review as they are not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061 (b) (3). | Pass |
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15-00778
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Award Services Contract for Job Order Contract Management Services, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Professional Services Agreement provided with The Gordian Group, of Greenville, South Carolina, in the not-to-exceed amount of $200,000.00, to provide Job Order Contracting program development, implementation, and management services, for an initial contract term of one (1) year; and
b) Determine that the proposed action is not a “project” as defined by California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b) (5), as it is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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15-00715
| 4) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding requests and referrals from outside agencies for Public Works to perform work beyond the County’s purview and maintained transportation system, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a presentation regarding requests and referrals from outside agencies for Public Works to perform work beyond the County’s role and maintained transportation system;
b) Determine that the proposed actions are administrative and other fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to any specific project, and are therefore not a project as defined by State California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378; and
c) Approve and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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