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Meeting date/time:
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2/4/2025
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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25-00001
| | 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. | |
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25-00079
| A-1) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Samuel D. Patton as the February 2025 Employee of the Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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25-00078
| A-2) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Thomas Tighe for his outstanding service as President and Chief Executive Officer of Direct Relief. | Pass |
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25-00077
| A-3) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation and Recognition of 211 Services in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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25-00075
| A-4) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming January 27, 2025 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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25-00071
| A-5) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a sole source purchase of a Radian Research Electric Meter Testing System, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Waive competitive bidding for the purchase of a Radian Research RB-20 Bantam Plus testing unit for the Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures Office, and authorize the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office to purchase this equipment in the amount not to exceed $40,000.00 as a sole source procurement from Radian Research Inc., without being required to conduct a formal bid process;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010273 to increase appropriations of $40,000.00 in the Department of Agricultural Commissioner, Weights and Measure for Capital Assets, funded by release of Restricted Weights and Measures Fund Balance; and
c) Determine that the above action involves government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities and is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). | Pass |
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25-00072
| A-6) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution Authorizing the Application for and Acceptance of California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Community Care Expansion Program (CCE) Capital Expansion Grant Funds and Horne LLP CCE Program Funding Agreement for Tecolote House Renovations, Second District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Adopt a Resolution that:
i) Authorizes, ratifies, and directs the County’s submission of an application for CDSS CCE Capital Expansion grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $1,043,433.00 for the renovation of real property located at 310 Camino del Remedio in the City of Santa Barbara, APN 059-140-029; and
ii) Authorizes, ratifies, and directs the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute on behalf of the County the Application, Program Funding Agreement, and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary to secure CCE grant funds and participate in the CCE Program;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute on behalf of the County a Program Funding Agree | Pass |
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25-00062
| A-7) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a San Antonio Creek Trail Connector Relocation Quitclaim of Existing Trail Easement and Grant of New Trail Easement (Realignment) (RP File No. 004057), First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services or his designee to execute a Quitclaim Deed for a portion of an existing easement, located at 4575 Serenity Lane, Eastern Goleta Valley, County of Santa Barbara (Assessor Parcel Number 059-440-031), previously granted to the County of Santa Barbara as a requirement for approval of a subdivision development;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services or his designee to accept a Grant of Easement, and Certificate of Acceptance, conveying an easement interest over a portion of real property located at 4575 Serenity Lane in the County of Santa Barbara (Assessor Parcel Number: 059-440-031), from the R. and G. Fante Family Trust (Owner); and
c) Determine that there is no possibility that the recommended action may have a significant effect on the environment and is therefore exempt from further review | Pass |
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25-00063
| A-8) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the San Marcos Foothills Preserve Conditional Agreement to Record Restrictive Covenant, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve, accept and authorize the Chair to execute the Conditional Agreement to Record a Restriction on Use of 200-acres of County-owned Property within the San Marcos Foothills Preserve that will exclude the use of motorcycles, bicycles, equestrian uses and dogs off leash in exchange for $2,000,000.00 ($2 million) in endowments for operations and restoration; and
b) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) that the above action is a 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 therefore is not a project subject to environmental review. | Pass |
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25-00064
| A-9) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Funding Agreement for Isla Vista Mutually Beneficial Capital Projects Under 2024 University of California Settlement Agreement, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement to Distribute Settlement Funds with Isla Vista Recreation and Park District to complete Isla Vista lighting and Children’s Park projects in the amount of $428,000.00; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
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25-00076
| A-10) | Administrative Item | Approve Budget Revision Request Nos. 0010265; 0010272; 0010276; and 0010277 (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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25-00073
| A-11) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of a non-cash donation from the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance to the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Authorize the County of Santa Barbara Fire Protection District to accept a non-cash donation of an IGNIS Aerial Ignition System (plastic sphere dispensing drone), with a value equivalent to $97,506.00 from the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance, a non-profit organization; and
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010288; and
c) Determine that the above 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)(4), finding that the actions are the creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, 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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25-00070
| A-12) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Services of an Independent Contractor with World Wide Technology, LLC, for the purchase of County core router infrastructure, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of an Independent Contractor with World Wide Technology, LLC, for a 60-month period beginning February 4, 2025, in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $823,904.71 (Agreement);
b) Approve and authorize the Chief Information Officer or designee to order additional products, deliverables, and services, and to approve funding to account for additional sales tax in an amount not to exceed $82,390.47 and to extend the agreement for a period of up to six (6) months; and
c) Determine that the above 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)(2) and (5), finding that the actions consist of continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies and genera | Pass |
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25-00069
| A-13) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an increase to the contract amount for an Agreement with Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (Frontier), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize an increase to the total maximum contract amount of BC23290, (Agreement) with Frontier Communications of America, Inc., from $260,295.60 to $310,295.60 for the period of May 7, 2024, through May 6, 2025; and
b) Determine that the above recommended action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is 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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25-00074
| A-14) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the execution of an Agreement for Services with Rincon Consultants, Inc. to peer review issue area studies and prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Solomon Hills Project, Fourth District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rincon Consultants, Inc. to peer review issue area studies and prepare an EIR for the Solomon Hills Project, for a base amount of $998,473.00 and a total contract amount not to exceed $1,148,244.00 from February 4, 2025 through February 3, 2028;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010252 to increase services and supplies appropriations by $375,000.00 and recognize an additional $375,000.00 in charges for services revenue to cover the cost of the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor for Fiscal Year 2024-2025;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development, or designee, to:
i) Approve up to a 15 percent contingency cost not to exceed $149,771.00 for services being performed under | Pass |
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25-00065
| A-15) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a State-County Freeway Maintenance Agreement for Highway 101 at Refugio Road, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Freeway Maintenance Agreement for Route 101 from 0.6 miles east to 0.4 miles west of Refugio Road (PM R36.0 to PM R37.5) in the unincorporated Gaviota Coast area of the County of Santa Barbara;
b) Approve and authorize the Santa Barbara County Director of Public Works to make minor revisions to Exhibit A of the Freeway Maintenance Agreement in accordance with Section II.4 of the Agreement; and
c) Find that the proposed actions are for the maintenance and repair of existing public facilities involving negligible, or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists and therefore is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations 15301(c). | Pass |
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25-00066
| A-16) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a State-County Freeway Maintenance Agreement for Highway 101 Segment 4B, First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Freeway Maintenance Agreement for Route 101 from the City of Carpinteria jurisdictional boundary (PM 4.6) to 0.35 miles west of Padaro Lane (PM 7.29);
b) Approve and authorize the Santa Barbara County Director of Public Works to make minor revisions to Exhibit A of the Freeway Maintenance Agreement in accordance with Section II.5 of the Agreement; and
c) Find that the proposed actions are for the maintenance and repair of existing public facilities involving negligible, or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists and therefore is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations 15301(c). | Pass |
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25-00068
| A-17) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response Actions from Impacts of the 2024 Lake Fire and Termination of Emergency Actions, Third and Fourth Districts, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Receive and review the report from the Public Works Director regarding the 2024 Lake Fire Emergency Actions taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(2);
b) Determine that the Emergency Actions ordered by the Public Works Director in response to the 2024 Lake Fire is concluded as of today’s date pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050(c)(3); and
c) Determine that the 2024 Lake Fire Emergency Actions were found by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) on October 1, 2024. A Notice of Exemption was filed on this basis on October 1, 2024, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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25-00083
| A-18) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Steve Amerikaner to the Montecito Planning Commission, term ending December 31, 2026, First District. | Pass |
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25-00080
| A-19) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Amy Tripp to the South County Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2029, Third District. | Pass |
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25-00081
| A-20) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Oscar Rivera to the Behavioral Wellness Commission, term ending January 1, 2028, Third District. | Pass |
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25-00067
| A-21) | Set Hearing/Hearing Request | Set a hearing to consider the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity appeals of the Planning Commission Approval of the Change of Owner, Operator, and Guarantor for the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU), Pacific Offshore Pipeline Company (POPCO) Gas Plant, and Las Flores Pipeline System Final Development Plan (FDP) Permits, First, Third, and Fourth Districts, as follows:
(Set a hearing for February 25, 2025. Time estimate: 2 hours)
a) Deny the appeals, Case Nos. 24APL-00025 and 24APL-00026;
b) Make the required finding for approval of the Change of Owner, Operator, and Guarantor for the respective SYU, POPCO Gas Plant, and Las Flores Pipeline System FDP Permits, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
c) Determine the requests are not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5); and
d) Grant de novo approval of the Change of Owner, Operator, and Guarantor for the respective SYU, POPCO Gas Plant, and Las Flores Pipeline System FDP Permits, subject to the Conditions of Approval. | Pass |
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25-00002
| | 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) (25-00002)
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. | |
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24-01082
| 1) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Cargasacchi Appeal, Case No. 24APL-00018, of the County Planning Commission approval of the Blanco Grading for access road improvements project, Case No. 15LUP-00000-00072, Third District, as follows:
a) Acknowledge the withdrawal of the Appeal (Case No. 24APL-00018), of the Land Use Permit Case No. 15LUP-00000-00072 and that upon withdrawal of the Appeal, the County Planning Commission’s approval of Case No. 15LUP-00000-00072 will stand;
b) Acknowledge that upon withdrawal of the Appeal, there is no action for the Board of Supervisors to take on the Project or Appeal 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)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: WITHDRAW | Pass |
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25-00085
| 2) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding allocating the 2024 and 2025 Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grants, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive staff’s recommendations for the 2024 and 2025 CRMF awards totaling $318,600.00;
b) Approve 2024 and 2025 CRMF budgeting of funds as proposed, including Table 9, of the Staff Report, along with stipulations outlined in the Staff Recommendation sections for each proposal;
c) Direct staff to prepare the proposed contractual agreements with non-County grantees, including final grant conditions, and return with contractual agreements for Board consideration and approval, including appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance;
d) Defer $790,377.00 of acquisition monies to the Fund Deferral Program allowing said monies to accrue for future coastal acquisition proposals; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of CEQA and are exempt pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because the recommended actions consist of organizational or | Pass |
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25-00084
| 3) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the County Planning Commission (CPC) and Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) recommended package of Ordinance amendments to the County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC), Montecito Land Use and Development Code (MLUDC), Article II, Coastal Zoning Ordinance (CZO), to (1) add provisions and development standards in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 9 regulations (Government Code (GC) Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7); (2) revise existing development standards and permit procedures for Commercial Telecommunication Facilities; and (3) process other minor Ordinance amendments to update existing text provisions, including updating allowed uses in the Limited Commercial Zone (C-1) zone district in Article II and General Industry (M-2) zone district in the LUDC, and implementing clarifications and necessary revisions to the existing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) Ordinance to align with changes to State law; and to consider amendments to Chapter 21, Land Division, to add provisions and development standards in accordan | Pass |
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25-00082
| 4) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the California Coastal Commission’s conditional certification of an amendment to the Local Coastal Program (LCP) regarding the Housing Bill Implementation Project Ordinance Amendments, as follows: (EST. TIME: 25 MIN.)
a) Receive notice of the California Coastal Commission’s conditional certification of an amendment to the County’s LCP (Coastal Commission Case No. LCP-4-STB-24-0027-1-Part A (Housing Bill Implementation Ordinance)) with two modifications;
b) Adopt a Resolution acknowledging receipt of the California Coastal Commission’s conditional certification with modifications, accepting and agreeing to the suggested modifications, agreeing to issue Coastal Development Permits for the total area included in the conditionally certified LCP, and adopting the LCP Amendment with the suggested modifications;
c) Determine that the Board’s action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15265; and
d) Direct the Planning and Development Department to transmi | Pass |
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