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3/1/2016
9:00 AM
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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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16-00007
| | Agenda Item | Closed Session Agenda 2016 | |
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16-00140
| A-1) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an amendment (increase) to current California Department of Food and Agriculture Agreement 15-0295-SF for the Detection Dog Team Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an amended agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to increase reimbursement by $15,852.00 for the County’s Detector Dog Team Program for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0004333; and
c) Determine that the above actions involve government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b) (4). | Pass |
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16-00151
| A-2) | Agenda Item | Receive and file the Auditor-Controller’s County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Billing Audit Report for the two year period ending June 30, 2015 (the Audit Report). | Pass |
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16-00149
| A-3) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act Grant Application, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness (DBW) to apply for grant funding associated with the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act (California Senate Bill 82), through grants by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA);
b) Direct staff to return to the Board of Supervisors for consideration of acceptance, should the grant be awarded; 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 result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | Pass |
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16-00150
| A-4) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Department of Behavioral Wellness (DBW) Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 - 2016 Amendments - Acute/IMD Contracts, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Aurora Vista Del Mar Hospital (not a local vendor), for the provision of Acute Inpatient Services, to increase the contract by $2,100,000.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $4,100,000.00 through June 30, 2016;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Merced Behavioral Center (not a local vendor), an institution for mental disease, to increase the FY 2015-2016 contract by $180,608.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $980,608.00 through June 30, 2017; and
c) 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 enviro | Pass |
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16-00139
| A-5) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Mariposa Townhomes - Subordination of County Loan and replacement of limited partner, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve the replacement of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) with Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corporation (PSHHC) as the limited partner of Mariposa Reale Limited Partnership (LP), a California limited partnership, which is subject to an outstanding County Loan, regulatory agreement and related documents;
b) Authorize and direct the Community Services Department (CSD) Director to provide written confirmation of the Board’s approval to replace the limited partner with PSHHC;
c) Approve the following, subject to the condition that the LP makes a $40,000.00 partial pre-payment of the County Loan at the closing of the refinance transaction and that the new loan conform to the material terms set forth in the loan sheet:
i) Approve a waiver of acceleration of repayment of the County Loan upon refinancing of the Senior Permanent Loan (Senior Loan); and
ii) Approve the subordination of the Coun | Pass |
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16-00141
| A-6) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Legal Services with Outside Counsel, Boornazian, Jensen and Garthe, a Professional Corporation, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Professional Legal Services between the County of Santa Barbara and the firm of Boornazian, Jensen and Garthe, a Professional Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00; and
b) Find that the proposed contract and the above action are 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 therefore do not constitute a “project” under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline 15378(b)(4). | Pass |
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16-00018
| A-7) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding Re-Ratification of the Drought Proclamation passed December 6, 2016 (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 the 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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16-00019
| A-8) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Refugio Oil Spill After Action Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 2 HR.)
a) Receive the “2015 Refugio Oil Spill After Action Report and Improvement Plan”, a written report and an oral presentation from Hagerty Consulting, Inc., identifying areas of strength and opportunities for improvement based on the lessons learned associated with the County’s response to the May 19, 2015, Refugio Oil Spill;
b) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630(d), adopt a Resolution Terminating the Proclamation of a Local Emergency Related to the Refugio Beach Oil Spill, which had been declared by the Director of Emergency Management on May 20, 2015, when the Board of Supervisors was not in session, and has been ratified by the Board of Supervisors at least every 30 days thereafter; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b) (3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect | Pass |
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16-00145
| A-9) | Agenda Item | Approve Budget Revision Requests (SEE EXHIBIT A POSTED WITH AGENDA). (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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16-00147
| A-10) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Clerk to execute the Certificate of Acceptance consummating the purchase by the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division and accepting title to the real property conveyed from Robert D. Hart and Deborah D. Hart, Trustees in The Hart Family Trust dated May 14, 2008, for the property located at 14450 Terra Vista Drive, in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa Barbara, known as Assessor Parcel Number 081-150-034 Drive (RP File No. 3668), Third District. | Pass |
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16-00148
| A-11) | Agenda Item | Approve and authorize the Clerk to execute the Certificate of Acceptance consummating the purchase by the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division and accepting title to the real property conveyed from Marco Pavelka and Monica Pavelka, husband and wife, for the property located at 14440 Terra Vista Drive, in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa Barbara, known as Assessor Parcel Number 081-150-033 (RP File No. 3795), Third District. | Pass |
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16-00135
| A-12) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Appointment to fill the vacant position of Elected Auditor-Controller, as follows:
a) Appoint Theodore A. Fallati to the position of Santa Barbara County Auditor-Controller, to hold that office for the entire unexpired term, effective upon the resignation of incumbent Auditor-Controller Robert W. Geis; 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 consists of organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. | Pass |
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16-00133
| A-13) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding ExxonMobil Emergency Permit for Temporary Oil Trucking 16EMP-00000-00001, Third District, as follows:
a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 16EMP-00000-00001, which authorized temporary trucking activities to de-inventory (empty) processed crude oil currently stored at Las Flores Canyon to preemptively prevent potential damage to life health, property and the environment (Assessor Parcel Number 081-220-014);
b) Accept that issuance of the Emergency Permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and
c) Determine that receiving and filing the 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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16-00146
| A-14) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Emergency Bank Stabilization-Kline Grading, Emergency Permit; Case No. 16EMP-00000-00002, Los Alamos Area, Fourth District, as follows:
a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 16EMP-00000-00002, which authorized the emergency bank stabilization at 3312 Highway 135, Los Alamos;
b) Accept that issuance of the emergency permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines 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 Guidelines 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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16-00154
| A-15) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Request for Waiver of Competition in the purchase of pharmaceuticals, laboratory, and medical supplies, as follows:
a) Authorize the Purchasing Manager to procure from the vendors listed in Table 1 pharmaceuticals, laboratory, and medical supplies, totaling $847,000.00 for each Fiscal Year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 without a competitive bid. Hardy Media is a local vendor; all other vendors are not local vendors;
b) Authorize the Purchasing Manager to issue a purchase order to Beckman Coulter for the procurement of a new AU480 w/ISE Analyzer and reagent supplies, totaling $80,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 without a competitive bid; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities may have a significant effect on the environment. | Pass |
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16-00051
| A-16) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding amending the County Code to prohibit parking of oversized vehicles on Burton Mesa Blvd in the Vandenberg Village Area, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code Chapter 23, Section 23-13.12 to prohibit the parking of oversized vehicles between the hours of 10:00 pm and 6:00 am on Burton Mesa Blvd in the community of Vandenberg Village;
b) 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 pursuant to 14 CCR 15301; and
c) Approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption. | Pass |
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16-00152
| A-17) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Construction of Highway Safety Improvement on Betteravia Road, County Project No. 862368, Third District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Amendment to the Contract for Highway Safety Improvement on Betteravia Road in the Third District County Project No. 862368, increasing the contract amount by $71,980.00, resulting in a total contract amount, including contingency and supplemental items, of $633,956.00; and
b) Find that the proposed contract amendment, does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(5) (Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.), and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that basis. | Pass |
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16-00134
| A-18) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Application for the Destruction of Personnel Records, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an application for the destruction of personnel records; and
b) Find that the proposed action is related to organizational or administrative activities 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 Guideline Section 15378(b)(5). | Pass |
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16-00137
| A-19) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding an application for California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant, as follows:
a) Authorize the Sheriff to apply for an Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) grant from the State of California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division in the amount of $150,000.00 for 2016-2017 for increased law enforcement services and equipment in Santa Barbara County, specifically in the area of the Santa Ynez River; and
b) Determine this action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b) (5), which are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment. | Pass |
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16-00159
| A-20) | Agenda Item | Consider recommendations regarding the appointment of Workforce Development Board Members, as follows:
a) Approve the appointment of the recommended individuals to the Workforce Development Board (WDB);
b) Direct the Workforce Development Board Executive Director to return with additional appointment recommendations to complete the membership of the WDB by the target date of March 31, 2016;
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 |
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16-00160
| A-21) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of John Ray Truman to the Mental Health Commission, term ending June 30, 2018, Fifth District. | Pass |
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16-00161
| A-22) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Robert Barry Doyle to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, term ending December 31, 2019, Fifth District. | Pass |
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16-00136
| A-23) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Verizon Telecommunication Facility at Mission Baptist Church on Rucker Road, Ordinance 661 Consistency Rezone (15RZN-00000-00010) and (15CUP-00000-00010), Mission Hills area, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Make the required findings for approval of the project, Case Nos. 15RZN-00000-00010 and 15CUP-00000-00010, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Determine that the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Sections 15061(b)(3), 15303, and 15304;
c) Approve a rezone (15RZN-00000-00010) and adopt an Ordinance changing the zone district of the subject parcel from U (Ordinance 661) to AG-II-100 (County Land Use and Development Code); and
d) Approve a Conditional Use Permit (15CUP-00000-00010) subject to the conditions of approval in the Planning Commission action letter dated February 10, 2016.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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16-00156
| A-24) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Isla Vista Master Plan Update, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Make the findings for approval, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
b) Certify the Isla Vista Master Plan Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Final SEIR) (County Environmental Document No.14-EIR-02) (State Clearinghouse No. 2003101095), including the EIR Revision Letter;
c) Adopt a Resolution amending the Coastal Land Use Plan of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan, Goleta Community Plan, to incorporate the amended Isla Vista Master Plan as an appendix to the Goleta Community Plan, and to adopt revisions to the Parks, Recreation and Trails (PRT-3) map by revising the trails within the Isla Vista Master Plan Area (Case No. 14GPA-00000-00007);
d) Adopt a Resolution amending the Coastal Land Use Plan of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan to incorporate policies specific to the Isla Vista Master Plan area (Case No. 15GPA-00000-00004);
e) Adopt an Ordinance rescinding Ordinance No. | Pass |
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16-00132
| A-25) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show upon their 71st show. | Pass |
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16-00158
| A-26) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution honoring the Project Team of the Community Services Department for receiving the U.S. Green Building Council Central Coast Chapter’s 2015 Green School and Government Award. | Pass |
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16-00153
| A-27) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming March 7, 2016 as Arbor Day in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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16-00131
| A-28) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Susan Slattery and Nathan Taylor of the Auditor-Controller Department as the March 2016 Employees of the Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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16-00155
| 1) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file the following Sales Tax and Transient Occupancy Tax Annual Reports: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) 2014-2015 Sales and Use Tax Highlights Report; and
b) 2014-2015 Annual Transient Occupancy Tax Report.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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16-00157
| 2) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Receive and file a report from the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System with a discussion of system experience and current position. (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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16-00162
| 3) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Funding Policy, as follows:
(EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution that updates and approves a County of Santa Barbara Other Post-Employment Benefits (401(h) Account) Funding Policy; 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)(2) because it consists of general policy and procedure making that will not result in changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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16-00138
| 4) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the South Coast Task Force on Youth Safety - Status Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the status report from Saul Serrano, Task Force Coordinator regarding activities of the South Coast Task Force on Youth Safety (SCTFYS) previously named South Coast Task Force on Youth Gangs (SCTFYG); and
b) Find that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 1378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they are government fiscal, organizational, or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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16-00115
| 5) | Agenda Item | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding 2016 Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) Grants, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive staff’s recommendations for the 2016 CREF awards and take public testimony;
b) Approve 2016 CREF budgeting of funds as proposed on pages 7 and 8 of the staff report;
c) Determine that the budgeting of CREF funds for the recommended projects is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(4) of the State Guidelines and Project No. 6 - Archaeological Research and Excavation, is also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15331; and
d) Direct staff to prepare the proposed contractual agreements with non-County grantees, including final grant conditions, and bring any contractual agreements that are over $100,000.00 for Board consideration and approval, including appropriate CEQA compliance.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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