Meeting Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 8/30/2016 9:00 AM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: JOSEPH CENTENO BETTERAVIA GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOARD HEARING ROOM 511 EAST LAKESIDE PARKWAY, SANTA MARIA
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16-00668 A-1)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Sudden Oak Death Agreement No. 16-0400-SF with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for services related to enforcement of the California Sudden Oak Death Program in the County of Santa Barbara for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in the amount of $5,086.35; and b) 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 Action details Not available
16-00669 A-2)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Agreement No. 16-C0031, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) for the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office (SBCAC) to be reimbursed for pesticide enforcement expenditures not previously covered in the pesticide use enforcement program of the SBCAC for the period of July 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017 in the amount of $39,600.06; and b) 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 Action details Not available
16-00680 A-3)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding establishing property tax rates and levying taxes for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution establishing the property tax rates and levying taxes for the taxing agencies in the County of Santa Barbara for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017; and b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), because they 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 Action details Video Video
16-00653 A-4)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Behavioral Wellness California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) grant evaluation services contract, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Regents of the University of California, (UCSB) (a local vendor), for the provision evaluation services for the CHFFA grant for Mental Health Crisis Facilities and Crisis Triage services for a maximum contract not to exceed $47,121.00 for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and b) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines.Pass Action details Not available
16-00670 A-5)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Fourth Amendment to the Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. contract for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016, as follows: a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute a Fourth Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. (not a local vendor) to increase the maximum contract amount for FY 2015-2016 by $70,000.00, to allow payment for unanticipated additional temporary nursing and medical coding services, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $620,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and b) 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 Action details Not available
16-00674 A-6)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a contract with Bomar Security and Investigation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2019, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Bomar Security and Investigation (a local vendor), for the provision of facility security services, to increase the maximum contract amount for FY 2016-2017 to $800,000.00, inclusive of $99,000.00 paid under Purchase Order CN19113 for the period July 1, 2016 through September 1, 2016, and to extend the term of the Agreement into FY 2018-2019 for $800,000.00 per FY, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $2,400,000.00 through June 30, 2019; and b) 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 Action details Not available
16-00672 A-7)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a contract with Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017, as follows: a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People (a local vendor) to provide early childhood mental health and alcohol and drug program primary prevention services in the Santa Ynez Valley region, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $92,000.00 for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and b) 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 Action details Not available
16-00679 A-8)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the acceptance of California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) Grant, Fifth Round Funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2018, as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution which authorizes the Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department to accept grant funding awarded by the CHFFA for the SB 82 Investment in Mental Health Wellness Grant Program, fifth round funding, for the period of May 26, 2016 to December 31, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $1,100,000.00; b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department to approve day to day grant transactions without returning to the Board as long as those transactions correspond to the activities presented in the grant application; c) Authorize General Services/Real Property to research the availability of appropriate properties for purchase to facilitate the purpose of the CHFFA Grant, initiate discussions with owners and/or agents of those properties to determine terms and conditions of a prospective purchase, and return to the Board for approval prior to entering into any Pass Action details Not available
16-00675 A-9)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a contract with Rich and Famous DBA Big Green Cleaning Company for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2019, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Rich and Famous DBA Big Green Cleaning Company (a local vendor), for the provision of janitorial services, to increase the maximum contract amount for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 to $250,000.00, inclusive of $99,999.00 under Purchase Order CN20081 but which otherwise cancels, nullifies and supersedes Purchase Order CN20081, and to extend the term of the Agreement through Fiscal Year 2018-2019 at $250,000.00 per Fiscal Year, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $750,000.00 for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019; b) Determine that the County’s economic interests are served by such a contract, pursuant to Government Code Section 31000, since there are not County employees available to perform these custodial matters; and c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms Pass Action details Not available
16-00681 A-10)Agenda ItemConsider an amendment to the 2016 Board of Supervisors' Schedule of Meeting Dates and Locations by changing the locations of the December 6, 2016 and December 13, 2016 meetings.Pass Action details Not available
16-00663 A-11)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Triumph Protection Group Agreement for countywide security services, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a service contract with Triumph Protection Group in the amount of $350,000.00. This will provide countywide security services for a period of twenty-two (22) months to begin September 1, 2016 and end June 30, 2018; and b) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, as it involves the maintenance of existing public structures that will result in no or negligible expansion of existing use, and approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
16-00664 A-12)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the County of Santa Barbara Energy Efficiency Standards Policy for County Owned and Leased Facilities, as follows: a) Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara Energy Efficiency Report for County Owned and Leased Facilities; b) Adopt a Resolution introducing into County policy the County of Santa Barbara Energy Efficiency Standards Policy for County Owned and Leased Facilities; c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment extending the County of Santa Barbara Energy Efficiency Standards Southern California Edison Grant Policy contract to March 31, 2017; and d) Determine that the proposed actions are not a “project” as defined by the 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.Pass Action details Not available
16-00676 A-13)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding amending the Salary Resolution to update the master classification and salary plan (Job Classification Table) by re-establishing an obsolete job class, as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution effective August 29, 2016 which updates the Job Classification Table in the Salary Resolution to re-establish the obsolete job classification, eliminated in 2011, of Legal Office Professional Expert - Restricted (Job Class 7019); 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 potentially physical impacts 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 Action details Not available
16-00677 A-14)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Visiting Care and Companions Professional Services Agreement, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, Visiting Care and Companions Inc., an affiliate of Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, to implement the Senior Assessment Program for a period of September 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, with a total amount not to exceed $148,000.00 for this inaugural period; and b) Determine that the approval and execution of the Agreement does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it is the creation of 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 impact on the environment.Pass Action details Video Video
16-00546 A-15)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Speed Limits on Various Roads, First, Second and Fourth Districts, as follows: a) Consider and approve the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter 23, Sections 23-15.4 and 23-15.5, pertaining to speed limits on Picacho Lane in the Montecito area and Las Canoas Road in the Mission Canyon area of the First District; Cieneguitas Road and Veronica Springs Road in the unincorporated Santa Barbara area and San Antonio Creek Road, San Marcos Road and Via Los Santos in the unincorporated Goleta area of the Second District; and Stillwell Road in the Orcutt area of the Fourth District; 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 a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
16-00662 A-16)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Union Valley Parkway/Woodmere Barrier Project, County Project No. 862381, Fourth District, as follows: a) Approve the project, Union Valley Parkway/Woodmere Barrier Wall Project; County Project No. 862381; b) Authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise for bids to construct the Union Valley Parkway/Woodmere Barrier Wall Project, County Project No. 862381; c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Project Cooperative Agreement with the Santa Maria Creekside Homeowners Association; and d) Find that the proposed project consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing, including but not limited to existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities that the proposed project is therefore exempt from California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15301(c) and approve thPass Action details Not available
16-00661 A-17)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Cooperative Agreement for Measure A Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Cooperative Agreement with Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) for Measure A South Coast Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects for County-sponsored projects receiving funds from the South Coast Cycle 3 Measure A Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs; b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Cooperative Agreement with SBCAG for Measure A North County Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects for County-sponsored projects receiving funds from the North County Cycle 2 Measure A Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Program; c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Measure A Cooperative Agreement for Measure A South Coast Safe Routes to School and Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects for County-sponsored projects receiving funds from the South Coast Cycle 2 Measure A SafePass Action details Video Video
16-00678 A-18)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding Laguna County Sanitation District Purchase of Replacement Backhoe, as follows: Acting as the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District: a) Authorize the County Purchasing Agent, pursuant to County Code Section 2-39, to use the National Joint Powers Alliance to purchase a backhoe loader from John Deere Construction Retail Sales; and b) Find that this action is not a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(2), in that it is a continuing administrative activity that will not result in a direct physical change in the environment and approve the filing of a Notice of Exemption on that basis.Pass Action details Not available
16-00665 A-19)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, notice of award, Federal Award Id. No. MI-28988-16-60-A-6, for the project entitled Summer Jobs and Beyond: Career Pathways for Youth, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, or designee, to execute the Grant Agreement for Federal Award Id. No. MI-28988-16-60-A-6 to receive $2,000,000.00 in Federal grant funding for the Summer Jobs and Beyond: Career Pathways for Youth project for the period starting May 20, 2016 and ending June 19, 2018; b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0004649 to establish appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 of $1,499,385.00 in the Social Services Department in fund 0055 for salaries and benefits of $201,422.00, services and supplies of $1,047,335.00, and other charges of $250,628.00 funded by intergovernmental revenue-federal by Federal Award Id. No. MI-28988-16-60-A-6; and c) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project thatPass Action details Not available
16-00667 A-20)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Subgrant Agreement with the Employment Development Department and California Workforce Development Board for Customer Centered Design Project - White House Challenge Round 2, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Accept Modification No. 6 to the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Subgrant Agreement K698384 between the State of California Employment Development Department and the County of Santa Barbara to receive an additional $48,423.00 in funds for the Customer Centered Design Project - Round 2 for the period of June 1, 2016 to March 31, 2018; b) Approve Budget Journal Entry No. BJE0004706 establishing appropriations of $48,423.00 in the Social Services Department, Social Services fund for salaries and wages of $5,001.00, services and supplies of $16,400.00, and other charges of $27,022.00 funded by unanticipated revenue from Intergovernmental Revenue-Federal by the United States Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) Dislocated Worker Rapid Response Grants; and c) Determine that the above recommended acPass Action details Not available
16-00666 A-21)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the reappointment of Francis Michael Dawson to the Arts Commission, term ending June 30, 2019, Fifth District.Pass Action details Not available
16-00660 A-22)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider the appeal (Case No. 16APL-00000-00018) filed by Richard Adam, attorney for the appellants, John and Michelle Vander Meulen, of the Planning Commission’s June 29, 2016 denial of appeal Case No. 16APL-00000-00003 and de novo modification of the January 12, 2016 Director’s Determination, Assessor Parcel Number 105-010-033, located at 4655 Song Lane, in the Orcutt area, Fourth District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 40 MIN.) a) Deny the appeal, Case No.16APL-00000-00018; b) Make the findings for affirmation of the Planning Commission’s decision to modify the Director’s Determination; c) Determine that denial of the appeal and affirmation of the Planning Commission’s decision to modify the Director’s Determination is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378; and d) Affirm de novo the Director’s Determination dated January 12, 2016, as modified in the Planning Commission action letter, dated July 1, 2016. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICYPass Action details Video Video
16-00671 A-23)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider the Gordon Sand Company appeal of the County Planning Commission’s June 29, 2016 approval of the Shell Guadalupe Dunes Gravel Remediation In-Lieu Proposal Project (Case Nos. 13RVP-00000-00119 and 14CDP-00000-00072),Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 16APL-00000-00019; b) Make the required findings for approval of the project, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, included as Attachment A of the July 1, 2016 Planning Commission Action Letter; c) Certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (13EIR-00000-00005) and adopt the mitigation monitoring program contained in the conditions of approval; and d) Grant de novo approval of Case Nos. 13RVP-00000-00119 and 14CDP-00000-00072, subject to the conditions included as Attachments B and C of the Planning Commission action letter dated July 1, 2016. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICYPass Action details Not available
16-00682 A-24)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding designation of a Governing Board for the Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF), as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution designating a PHF Governing Board to serve as Governing Body of the PHF, to oversee operations of the PHF including medical staff issues, quality of care and other programmatic concerns; b) Identify which Supervisor will serve as a member of the PHF Governing Board, and which Supervisor will serve as the alternate member (with future appointments to the PHF Governing Board to take place as part of the annual consideration of Board of Supervisor appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Committees); and c) Determine that the approval of the recommended action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), since the recommended action is a government administrative activity which does not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment.Pass Action details Video Video
16-00683 A-25)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding a contract with Greeley Company Inc. for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017, as follows: a) Approve ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Greeley Company Inc. (not a local vendor), for the provision of regulatory compliance consulting services, for a maximum contract amount not to exceed $130,000.00, for the period August 15, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 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 Action details Not available
16-00686 A-26)Agenda ItemConsider recommendations regarding the Consent to Assignment of California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) Agreement to CALSTAR Air Medical Services LLC, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Joint Request for Consent to Assignment of the current, non-exclusive, Agreement for air ambulance services between the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and CALSTAR to CALSTAR Air Medical Services, LLC; and b) Determine that the above recommended action is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5) because it consists of an organizational or administrative activity of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.Pass Action details Not available
16-00673 1)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Behavioral Wellness Semi-Annual Metrics Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Receive and file the Department of Behavioral Wellness Semi-Annual Metrics Report; and b) Determine that the proposed action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) as it is an administrative action that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Video Video
16-00684 2)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Status Report on Discussions with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Regarding Waiver of Sovereign Immunity Language and Ad Hoc Subcommittee Meetings, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) a) Receive a report from staff regarding status of discussion pertaining to Waiver of Sovereign Immunity language for inclusion in a potential agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians; b) Provide direction as appropriate regarding discussions between the Ad hoc Subcommittee of the Board and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians; and c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICYPass Action details Video Video
16-00685 3)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a contract to provide enhanced law enforcement services with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.) a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a contract for enhanced public safety services with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for a five year term effective August 30, 2016, and b) Determine the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061 (b) (3). COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICYPass Action details Video Video