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Meeting date/time:
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1/6/2015
9:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Approved
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Meeting location:
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR
105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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15-00036
| | Agenda Item | 9:00 A.M.
Welcome
Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, 2014 Chair, Board of Supervisors
Presentation of Colors and Pledge of Allegiance
Los Prietos Boys Camp Color Guard
Invocation
Rabbi Steve Cohen
Congregation B'nai B'rith
Musical Presentation
Mary-Grace Langhorne
2014 Santa Barbara Teen Star
Introduction of Officials Elected in 2014
Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer
Administration of the Oath of Office
Honorable Judge James Herman
Santa Barbara County Superior Court
Keynote Address
Ann Louise Bardach, PEN Award winning journalist and author
Call to Order and Election of Officers of the
2015 Board of Supervisors,
Board of Directors of the Flood Control & Water Conservation District,
and Board of Directors of the Water Agency
Michael Allen, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Board
Nomination of the 2015 Chair and Vice Chair
Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, 2014 Chair, Board of Supervisors
A motion was made by Supervisor Farr, Seconded by Supervisor Carbajal as follows:
Appointed Supervisor Wolf as the 2015 Chair of the Board of Supervisors; and
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15-00009
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15-00014
| A-1) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Vanessa Graeff of the County Clerk-Recorder Assessor as the January 2015 Employee of the Month for Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00033
| A-2) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Senior Deputy County Counsel Gustavo Lavayen upon his retirement after 30 years of dedicated service to the County of Santa Barbara and upon his appointment to a judgeship in the Santa Barbara Superior Court. | Pass |
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15-00032
| A-3) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring St. Mark’s in the Valley Episcopal Church for their dedicated community service to the Human Services Commission and to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00031
| A-4) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Linda Cheng upon her 21 years of service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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15-00013
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 State Performance Contract with Department of Health Care Services, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Director of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services to execute a $0 Performance Agreement with the California State Department of Health Care Services for the period of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015; 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 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines. | Pass |
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15-00028
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding California Psychiatric Transitions Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 Contract, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with California Psychiatric Transitions (not a local vendor), an Institution for Mental Disease, for a total Contract amount not to exceed $250,000.00 for the period of September 12, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and
2) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) since the recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | Pass |
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15-00029
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) Amendment to Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015 PathPoint Mental Health Services Contract, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with PathPoint (a local vendor) to increase the amount of the Agreement by $35,000.00 to the prior Agreement maximum of $1,140,848.00 for a total Contract amount not to exceed $1,175,848.00, for the continued and additional provision of mental health services through June 30, 2015;
b) Approve a Budget Revision Request No. 0003703 increasing appropriations of $35,000.00 for FY 2014-2015 in Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services Department, Mental Health Services Act Fund, for Services funded by unanticipated revenue shift of $35,000.00 of discretionary funds from Public Health Department’s Tobacco Settlement (TS) allocation; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to | Pass |
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15-00017
| A-8) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Revision of Policy Authorizing the Use of Private Vehicles and Vehicle Allowances, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution revising and updating the business expense policy that provides for the authorized use of private vehicles and revision of vehicle allowances; and
b) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) and (5) because they are government fiscal, organizational, or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
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14-00896
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District - Approve the request of the Governing Board of the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District to call and give notice of an election, and establishing specifications of the election order calling for a May 5, 2015 local mail ballot bond election.
(APPROVE AND REFER TO THE COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER-ASSESSOR) | Pass |
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15-00015
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Emergency Solutions Grants Program Contracts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Emergency Solutions Program (ESG) Subrecipient Agreement with Casa Esperanza Homeless Center in the amount of $22,380.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 ESG Program Subrecipient Agreement with Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County in the amount of $7,840.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 ESG Program Subrecipient Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter in the amount of $33,570.00;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 ESG Program Subrecipient Agreement with Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County in the amount of $11,190.00;
e) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 ESG Program Subrecipient Agreement with Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People in the amount of $22,380.00;
f) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fiscal Year | Pass |
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15-00048
| A-11) | 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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14-00862
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Amendments to Santa Barbara County Code: Occupational Health Ordinance, as follows:
a) Consider the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter 2, Article XVI; 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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15-00016
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Terms and Conditions of Employment - Union of American Physicians and Dentists, as follows:
a) Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, effective January 5, 2015 through November 22, 2015 as set forth; and
b) Determine that these actions are exempt from the 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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15-00019
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Terms and Conditions of Employment for Deputy District Attorneys’ Association, as follows:
a) Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Deputy District Attorneys’ Association, effective January 5, 2015 through December 18, 2016; and
b) Determine that these actions are exempt from the 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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15-00030
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Approve Budget Revision Requests (SEE EXHIBIT A WITH POSTED AGENDA). (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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15-00011
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding American Solar Transformation Initiative Participation (ASTI), as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the American Solar Transformation Initiative (ASTI) Municipal Agency Participation Form (Participation Form);
b) Direct staff in General Services, Planning and Development, Community Services and Public Works to work with ASTI Program Managers to deliver participation benefits to Santa Barbara County; and
c) Determine that the approval and execution of the Participation Form is not a project and thus not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) (5) and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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14-00858
| A-17) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendation that subsequent to the hearing held on December 2, 2014, Planning and Development received written notification from the agent, Mr. Robert McCormick, requesting that the application for the proposed telecom facility (13CUP-00000-00014) be withdrawn. | Pass |
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15-00024
| A-18) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Coastal Commission’s conditional certification of amendment to the Local Coastal Program regarding Agricultural Buffers Ordinance Amendment, as follows:
a) Receive 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. LCP-4-STB-13-0211-1-Part A Agricultural Buffers Regulation) 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 Amendment with the suggested modifications;
c) Determine that the Board’s action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.9. The County relied upon Negative Declaration 11NGD-00000-00004 for the CEQA review of Case No. 12OR | Pass |
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14-00793
| A-19) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding approval of Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) and Adoption of Ordinance for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, as follows:
a) Accept and approve the Santa Barbara County Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) to establish County policy regarding Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems within Santa Barbara County and direct the Environmental Health Services Director to submit the LAMP to the Regional Water Quality Control Board for approval;
b) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Chapters 18, 18C, 24A and 29 of the Santa Barbara County Code by repealing sections 18-2, 18-4, 18-7, 18 7.1, 29-6 through 29-20, and amending Chapters 18C and Chapter 24A; and
c) Find that the actions of accepting and approving the LAMP and amending the Ordinances is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15307 and 15308 because these actions are for the protection of natural resources and the environment. | Pass |
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15-00010
| A-20) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Agreement Amendment, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an amendment to the Agreement with California State Association of Counties (CSAC) for CalWORKs Information Network (CalWIN) for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, increasing Santa Barbara County’s share of the consortia cost by $65,166.00; and
b) Determine that the approval and execution of the Memorandum of Understanding (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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15-00018
| A-21) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Welfare Client Data Systems Consortium Information Technology Agreement for the Maintenance and Operation of CalWORKs Information Network (CalWIN) with HP Enterprise Services, LLC (HP) formerly known as Electronic Data Systems (EDS), as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Maintenance and Operations Agreement between the Welfare Client Data Systems (“WCDS”) Consortium Counties and HP Enterprise Services, LLC (HP), to be effective from February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2020, of which Santa Barbara County’s share of the total contract amount is not to exceed $8,168,309.00; and
b) Determine that the execution of the Agreement is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b) (3), finding that the execution of the Agreement 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 | Pass |
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15-00023
| A-22) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Derrik Eichelberger to the Montecito Board of Architectual Review, term ending, January 1, 2019, First District. | Pass |
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15-00012
| A-23) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Marsha Gossard to the Developmental Disabilities Board - Area IX, term ending December 31, 2017, First District. | Pass |
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15-00020
| A-24) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of David Mendro to the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2019, First District. | Pass |
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15-00021
| A-25) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Donald Sharpe to the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2019, First District. | Pass |
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15-00022
| A-26) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Michael Cooney to the Santa Barbara Planning Commission, term ending December 31, 2016, First District. | Pass |
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15-00025
| A-27) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Victoria Juarez to the Commission for Women, term ending January 5, 2018, First District. | Pass |
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15-00026
| A-28) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Michael Phillips to the Montecito Planning Commission, term ending January 1, 2017, First District. | Pass |
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15-00027
| A-29) | Appointment/BOS item | Consider recommendations regarding appointments to the Cencal Health Board of Directors, as follows, Second District:
a) Approve the reappointment of Karen Johnson, term ending December 31, 2016.
b) Approve the appointment of Lynda Tanner, term ending December 31, 2016. | Pass |
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15-00037
| A-30) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Judith E. Dale to the Library Advisory Committee, term ending June 30, 2015, Third District. | Pass |
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15-00039
| A-31) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Joan Hartmann to the Planning Commission, term ending January 1, 2017, Third District. | Pass |
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15-00038
| A-32) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of A.J. Cisney to the Agricultural Advisory Commission, term ending January 9, 2017, Fourth District. | Pass |
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15-00040
| A-33) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Daniel Blough to the Planning Commission, term ending January 1, 2017, Fifth District. | Pass |
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15-00049
| A-34) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Larry Ferini to the Planning Commission, term ending January 1, 2017, Fourth District. | Pass |
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15-00034
| A-35) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Ordinance Amending the Animal Services Fee Schedule, as follows:
a) Approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending the Animal Services Fee Schedule; and
b) Determine that adoption of the Ordinance is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review pursuant to 14 CCR 15273 and Public Resources Code §21080, subdivision (b)(8)(A) and (B), in that the fees will be used for operating expenses and for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials. | Pass |
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15-00035
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider Board of Supervisor appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Mental Health Commission - one regular member, one alternate member;
b) Area Agency on Aging (Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens) - one regular member to Advisory Council;
c) Library Advisory Committee - one regular member;
d) Retirement Board of the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System - one regular member;
Note: Supervisor Wolf is Regular Member appointed to term ending December 31, 2013
e) Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County - one regular member, one alternate member;
f) CenCal Health - one regular member, one alternate member;
g) Beach Erosion Authority for Control Operations and Nourishment (BEACON) - two regular members;
h) Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness - two regular members as Co-Chairs;
i) Law Library Board of Trustees - Chair as Ex-Officio Member;
j) K.I.D.S. Network Policy Council - two members to serve as Chair and Vice-Chair;
k) Legislative Program Committee - | Pass |
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