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14-00760
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of October 2014 as Adopt a Shelter Dog Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00754
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming October 2014 as Dyslexia Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00759
| A-3) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of October 2014 as National Arts and Humanities Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00762
| A-4) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the Month of October 2014 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00763
| A-5) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of October 5, 2014 through October 11, 2014 as National 4-H Week in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00769
| A-6) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Custody Deputy, Special Duty Daniel H. Duffy, Jr. upon his retirement from the Sheriff’s Office after over 30 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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14-00757
| A-7) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Carol Palladini as the Santa Barbara Foundation 2013 Woman of the Year. | Pass |
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14-00758
| A-8) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Steve Lyons as the 2013 Santa Barbara Foundation Man of the Year. | Pass |
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14-00761
| A-9) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution recognizing Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties upon its 50th Anniversary. | Pass |
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14-00764
| A-10) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Cheryl Rollings upon her retirement as CEO of Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc. | Pass |
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14-00753
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara’s Adopted budget schedules for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2015. | Pass |
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14-00756
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 1 to the Contract with Brown Armstrong Accountancy for the County's Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 Financial Audits , as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation (Brown Armstrong) (not a local vendor) in an amount not to exceed $150,720.00 to perform the following audit services for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2015:
i) The annual financial audit for the County;
ii) The Single Audit;
iii) The First 5 Commission’s annual financial audit; and
iv) The annual Treasury financial and compliance audits. | Pass |
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14-00766
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the Santa Barbara County Final Budget as prescribed by the State Controller for Fiscal Year 2014-2015. | Pass |
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14-00781
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Grant Application to California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways for Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Fee Grant Program, Third District, as follows:
a) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department, or designee, to apply for a grant from the California State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, for the Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Fee Grant Program;
b) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department, or designee, to submit the grant application, including all required attachments and supporting documentation, for grant funding in the amount of $30,693.00 for the period July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017;
c) Direct staff to return to the Board with the grant to accept the award of grant funds and approve and execute the grant Agreement as part of the Community Services Department’s budget and work program request for Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 if the grant is awarded; and
d) Determine that the submission of a grant application is not the approval of a proj | Pass |
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14-00755
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Approve Budget Revision Requests (SEE EXHIBIT A WITH POSTED AGENDA). (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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14-00779
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Terms and Conditions of Employment: Service Employees International Union, Local 721, as follows: (4/5 Vote required)
a) Approve a 5% wage increase effective September 29, 2014 for employees in job classifications in the Career Employment Specialist job classification series and the Social Service Worker job classification series per the Tentative Agreement between the County and the Service Employees International Union, Local 721;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0003680 to increase appropriations by $561,381.00 in the Department of Social Services, Social Services Fund, for Salaries and Benefits funded by unanticipated revenue - State ($51,427.00), unanticipated revenue - Federal ($226,754.00), and an operating transfer from the General Fund ($283,200.00) and establish appropriations of $283,200.00 in the General County Programs Department, General Fund, for Other Financing Uses funded by a release of Committed Fund Balance; and
c) Determine that these actions are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review as i | Pass |
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14-00780
| A-17) | Agenda Item | Adopt a Resolution that updates changes to department position allocations corresponding to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Proposed Budget. | Pass |
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14-00768
| A-18) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Santa Barbara Courthouse Tower Elevator Renovation, Project No. 8722, First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Construction Contract with Vernon Edwards Constructors, Inc. (a local vendor), for the Santa Barbara Courthouse Tower Elevator Renovation, Project 8722, for a base Contract amount of $685,000.00;
b) Authorize the Director of General Services or designee to approve change orders in an amount not to exceed $46,750.00, as authorized under California Public Contract Code Section 20142;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0003642 transferring a total of $469,567.00 consisting of $329,167.00 from the Courthouse Annex-Public Defender Remodel project 8661 and the Public Defender New Roof project 8723 (Fund 0030 line item account 9788); $101,805.00 from deferred maintenance (Fund 0001 line item account 9851); and $38,195.00 from the Courthouse Annex-Public Defender Remodel project 8661 (Fund 0030, line item account 9826), and $400.00 from interest earnings into the subject project account Capital Outl | Pass |
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14-00694
| A-19) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Speed Limits on Various Roads, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance, amending Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter 23 Sections 23-15.4, 23-15.5, 23-15.6, 23-15.7 and 23-15.8, pertaining to speed limits on the subject roads described herein;
b) Read the title of the Ordinance and waive the reading of the Ordinance in full;
c) Find that the proposed action is for the operation and maintenance of existing public facilities, involving negligible, or no 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; and
d) Approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis. | Pass |
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14-00770
| A-20) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an easement for Road Right-of-Way from Isla Vista Recreation and Park District, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to accept an Offer to Dedicate Easement for Public Improvements to the real property conveyed from the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District to the County of Santa Barbara for an easement on a portion of APN 075-010-037 by authorizing the Clerk of the Board to sign the certificate of acceptance; and
b) Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines CCR 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 the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore this action is within the scope of the Isla Vista Master Plan Environmental Impact Report (03-EIR-08) adopted by the Board on August 21, 2007, and therefore, no subsequent environmental document is required. | Pass |
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14-00771
| A-21) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding construction of 2013-2014 South County Road Rehab Statement of Final Quantities; County Project No. 810543, First and Second Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Statement of Final Quantities for the Construction of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-2014 South County Road Rehab, County Project No. 810543, for work performed and materials supplied by Windsor Fuel Company, (not a Local Vendor), 1150 Willow Pass Road, Pittsburg, California, 94565 in the amount of $620,489.61; and
b) Determine that this project was found by your Board to be exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) as part of the approval of the Road Maintenance Annual Plan (RdMAP) on April 16, 2013, with additional work and CEQA exemption approved on July 2, 2013, that a Notice of Exemption (NOE) was filed on that basis, and that the proposed action is within the scope of that NOE.
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14-00767
| A-22) | Agenda Item | Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement for the Santa Maria Levee Bikeway, Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the "Amendment No. 2 Santa Maria River Levee Bikeway Agreement" with the City of Santa Maria; and
b) Find that the proposed Agreement is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to subdivision (c) of 14 CCR 15301; Existing Facilities, which consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing use, and direct the Clerk of the Board to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption for the proposed project. | Pass |
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14-00776
| A-23) | Agenda Item | Order that no election be held for Retired Member, Seat 8 or Retired Alternate Member, Seat 8A of the Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System (SBCERS) Board of Retirement, and direct the Clerk of the Board to cast unanimous ballots in favor of the sole nominated members in each category. | Pass |
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14-00775
| A-24) | Agenda Item | Approve the appointment of Scott Mumbert as a new private sector member to serve on the Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board (WIB), term ending October 31, 2016. | Pass |
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14-00777
| A-25) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Master Contract for Legal Representation of Eligible Indigents with North County Defense Team and the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Barbara for an extension for the provision of conflict defense (alternate Public Defender) services in the North County Superior Court for the period of October 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014 for the amount of $71,748.02 per month. | Pass |
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14-00778
| A-26) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 5 to the Master Contract for Legal Representation of Eligible Indigents with Criminal Defense Associates and the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Barbara for an extension for the provision of conflict defense (alternate Public Defender) services in the South County Superior Court for the period of October 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014 for the amount of $67,483.55 per month. | Pass |
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14-00772
| A-27) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) 2015 Cycle, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the annual CREF Status Report; and
b) Direct staff to commence the 2015 CREF cycle.
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14-00773
| A-28) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding a proposed Ordinance to adjust the Public Health Department (PHD) Health Care Center Medical Services Fees, to increase fees for medical services to 180% of the established Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and to amend the sliding fee scale discounts for indigent and uninsured patients under 200% of federal poverty level, as follows:
a) Approve the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance to increase PHD Medical Services fees and amend the Sliding Fee Scale discounts;
b) Allow the Public Health Director to establish any new or additional services at either the lesser of the internally calculated fees (which is based on actual costs) or 180% of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), as a governmental funding mechanism or fiscal activity which does not involve any commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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14-00720
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider the recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions regarding Case Nos. 14GPA-00000-00010, 14GPA-00000-00011, 14GPA-00000-00012, 14GPA-00000-00013, 14ORD-00000-00008, 14ORD-00000-00009, and 14ORD-00000-00010, proposed Ordinances and General Plan Amendments to Implement Measure P2014: Initiative to ban High-Intensity Petroleum Operation and adopt amendments to County zoning codes and general plan policies, as follows: (EST. TIME: 2 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Case No. 14GPA-00000-00010 (Comprehensive Plan Agricultural Element Amendment):
i) Make the findings for approval, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, of the proposed Resolution;
ii) Determine that the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA in compliance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA; and
iii) Approve Case No. 14GPA-00000-00010, a Resolution amending the Agricultural Element of the Comprehensive Plan;
b) Case No. 14GPA-00000-00011 (Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element Amendment):
i) Make the findings for appr | Pass |
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14-00664
| 2) | 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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14-00721
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an Ordinance, Case No. 14ORD-00000-00007, amending the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code, to adopt new zoning regulations as part of implementing the Summerland Community Plan Update, located in the Summerland Community Plan - Inland Area, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Make the required findings for approval, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, for approval of the proposed Ordinance amendment;
b) Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 35-1 of Chapter 35 of the County Code, the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, to adopt new zoning regulations as part of implementing the Summerland Community Plan Update, Case No. 14ORD-00000-0007; and
c) Read the title and waive the reading of the Ordinance in full.
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14-00748
| 4) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Policy Direction - Establishment of a Pilot Project Stabilization Agreement for the Northern Branch Jail AB 900 Phase II Project, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a report on status of signatures to draft PSA document;
b) If 100% of the signatures are obtained , and your Board wishes to pursue a Pilot PSA for the Northern Branch Jail Project, AB 900 Phase II; then:
i) Make findings that a Pilot PSA furthers a legitimate governmental interest consistent with competitive bidding law by preventing costly Project delays, assuring contractors access to skilled labor, and avoiding the potential for labor strife during the life of the project; if finding made; then:
ii) Approve a revision to the draft PSA (Article 20) that allowed for resignatures of the affiliates after the October 1 deadline; and
iii) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Pilot Project Stabilization Agreement for the Northern Branch Jail AB 900 Phase II Project; or
c) Alternatively, if less than 100% of the signatu | Pass |
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14-00752
| 5) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2014. (EST TIME: 10 MIN.)
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14-00774
| 6) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Isla Vista - Update on Governance and Finance Options, Infrastructure Accomplishments and Activities, and Resource Needs, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a report regarding County of Santa Barbara programs, activities, infrastructure improvements, that are completed, in progress and proposed, and existing Ordinances and governance structures options within the unincorporated community of Isla Vista (IV), Ca;
b) Give further direction to staff as appropriate; and
c) Determine that the proposed action is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment, and therefore, is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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14-00782
| 7) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Chumash Indian’s Proposed Hotel and Casino Expansion Project, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive an update from the County Executive Officer regarding the Santa Ynez Band of the Chumash Indian’s Proposed Hotel and Casino Expansion Project;
b) Provide direction to the County Executive Officer on next steps; and
c) Determine that Recommended Actions (1) and (2) above are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that those actions by the County may have a significant effect on the environment.
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