Meeting Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 2/8/2022 9:00 AM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR 105 E. ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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22-00001  Agenda ItemCounty Executive Officer’s Report: Receive a report from the County Executive Officer (CEO) on County programs, County staff updates and achievements, staff recognitions, updates on major projects, updates on state and federal legislation, and upcoming events of interest to the Board and the public. There will be no Board discussion except to ask questions or refer matters to staff; and no action will be taken unless listed on a subsequent agenda. -Annual Toys for Tots Drive  Action details Not available
22-00118  Agenda ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9) County of Santa Barbara v. Good Samaritan Services; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 20CV02425  Action details Not available
22-00107 A-1)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding the approval and execution of a Subordination Agreement, subordinating a County of Santa Barbara, as successor agency to the former County of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency, loan to a cash-out refinancing loan to Timothy John Werner and Richard Paul Gilman, Trustee of the Richard Paul Gilman 2017 Family Trust, for the Paradise Ivy, LLC Plaza Lofts, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a subordination agreement that subordinates a $717,000.00 loan by the County of Santa Barbara, as successor agency to the former County of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency, to a cash-out refinancing loan by American Riviera Bank, in the amount of $9,900,000.00 for a multi-family residential property at 901 Embarcadero del Mar, Goleta (Isla Vista), APN: 075-112-016; and b) Determine that the above recommended action is not a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a creation of government funding mechanisPass Action details Video Video
22-00108 A-2)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding an amendment to the Landscaping Service Contract with Brightview Landscaping Services, Inc. for all County Parks, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Landscaping Service Contract with Brightview Landscaping Services, Inc. (BC 20229) increasing the total contract amount by $26,475.00 for a total amended contract amount not to exceed $348,261.00. This contract currently provides landscape maintenance services to 18 Community Services Department parks and open spaces located throughout the County for a period of eighteen (15) months beginning April 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022; and b) Determine that the above recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15301 as the action involves the maintenance of existing public facilities that will result in no or negligible expansion of existing use.Pass Action details Not available
22-00116 A-3)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Ground Lease Agreement, Service Agreement, and authorization of Job Order Contracting for the establishment of the DignityMoves Santa Barbara project (DignityMoves) at County-owned property located at 1016 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, APN No. 029-212-019, First District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Ground Lease Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter for the use of County-owned property located at 1016 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California, APN 029-212-019 for the DignityMoves, for the placement of modular units on the lease area, commencing January 31, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025; b) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department, or designee, within the Community Services Department, to execute the Ground Lease Agreement; c) Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20128.5, authorize the Director of General Services, or designee, to award job orders under existing job order contracts to provide utilities point-of-connections and all other appurtenant off-site improvements to tPass Action details Video Video
22-00102 A-4)Administrative ItemReconsider the Circumstances of the Existing State of Emergency, as follows: a) Reconsider the circumstances of the existing state of emergency; b) Consider whether state or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing; c) Find that the Board of Supervisors has considered the circumstances of the state of emergency, and that State or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing; and d) Direct staff to notice and hold hearings as remote hearings consistent with Government Code Section 54953(e)(3).Pass Action details Video Video
22-00104 A-5)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding the re-ratification of a Proclamation of Local Emergency Caused by Drought Conditions, last action December 14, 2021 (Sixty-Day Renewal), as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution re-ratifying the Proclamation of Local Emergency Caused by Drought Conditions that exist in Santa Barbara County pursuant to Government Code Section 8630; b) Direct the Office of Emergency Management to return every sixty (60) days for re-ratification of the Emergency until such a time that weather and water supply conditions dictate otherwise; and c) Determine that these actions are exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15269(a).Pass Action details Not available
22-00111 A-6)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Response to the 2021 Grand Jury Report: Pensions in Santa Barbara County Require Vigilance, as follows: a) Consider and adopt the responses as the Board of Supervisors’ response to the 2021 Grand Jury report entitled "Pensions in Santa Barbara County Require Vigilance”; b) Authorize the Chair to sign the letter and forward the letter and responses to the Presiding Judge of Santa Barbara County Superior Court; and c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because they are government administrative activities that do not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.Pass Action details Not available
22-00112 A-7)Administrative ItemApprove Budget Revision Request Nos. 0008055, 0008081, and 0008087 (4/5 Vote Required); and Budget Revision Request Nos. 0008064 and 0008083 (Majority Vote Required).Pass Action details Not available
22-00103 A-8)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Services of Independent Contractor with Optiv Security, Inc., as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services or her designee to execute an agreement with Optiv Security, Inc. for up to forty-four (44) hours of McAfee Subject Matter Expert (SME) services beginning February 8, 2022 for a total contract amount not to exceed $11,880.00, subject to the terms and conditions; and b) Determine that the above recommended action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.Pass Action details Not available
22-00114 A-9)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Santa Barbara to provide Parking Permits for use of City Parking Lot 6, First District, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute an MOU between the City of Santa Barbara and the County of Santa Barbara, which outlines the terms by which the City of Santa Barbara will provide parking permits for the County’s use of City Parking Lot 6 at no cost; and b) Find that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to sections 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, because they consist of permitting for the continued use of facilities that does not involve any physical changes and therefore, have no potential to have any effect on the environment.Pass Action details Video Video
22-00101 A-10)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding the approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contract with Accela, Inc. for Migration Services, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the County's existing Agreement with Accela, Inc. for Migration Services (Contract No. BC 21-062), to amend the Scope of Work to include data conversion of legacy permit records into Accela records for a fixed cost amount of $5,000.00 for a total revised amount of $155,000.00 without a change to the period of performance ending June 30, 2022; and b) Find that the proposed Amendment No. 1 is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(5) in that the Agreement involves an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment.Pass Action details Not available
22-00105 A-11)Administrative ItemAccept for filing the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Second Quarter (October - December 2021) report on the Treasurer’s Investment Pool, pursuant to Government Code section 53646(b).Pass Action details Not available
22-00106 A-12)Administrative ItemConsider recommendations regarding External Auditor’s Reports on the Treasurer’s Financial Statements and the Treasurer’s Compliance with the Treasury Oversight Committee Provisions Contained in Sections 27130-27137 of the California Government Code, as follows: a) Receive and file the Santa Barbara County Treasurer’s Investment Pool Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2021; b) Receive and file the Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control over financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2021; c) Receive and file the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Treasurer’s Compliance with the Treasury Oversight provisions contained in Sections 27130-27137 of the California Government Code for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2021; and d) Determine that the above action involves government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities and is not a project under the California EnvironmentPass Action details Not available
22-00110 A-13)Appointment/BOS itemApprove the appointment of Alida Aldrich to the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2025, First District.Pass Action details Not available
22-00002  Agenda ItemPublic Comment Period THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS RESERVED FOR COMMENT ON MATTERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EACH PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, FOR A TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. (Resolution No. 09-368) (22-00002) WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.  Action details Video Video
22-00039 1)Departmental AgendaHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the abolition of Improvement Zone No. 1 for Vintage Ranch Tract 14,556, Fourth District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.) Acting as the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District: a) Hear and pass upon all protests and objections regarding the proposed abolition of Improvement Zone No. 1 for Vintage Ranch Tract 14,556; b) Adopt a Resolution finding that Improvement Zone No. 1 for Vintage Ranch Tract 14,556 is no longer benefited by the maintenance and operation of facilities within the Zone and abolishing the Improvement Zone; and c) Find that the recommended actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(5), in that it is a government administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Video Video
22-00113 2)Departmental AgendaHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a response to the 2021-2022 Grand Jury Report entitled “The Keys to Housing the Homeless”, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.) a) Consider and adopt the responses as the Board of Supervisors’ response to the 2021-2022 Grand Jury report entitled “the Keys to Housing the Homeless”; b) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the letter and forward the letter and responses to the Presiding Judge of Santa Barbara County Superior Court; and c) Determine that the recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) and 15378(b)(4), finding that the recommended actions consist of administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Video Video
22-00117 3)Departmental AgendaHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the nomination to rename County owned El Colegio Property to Hedges House of Hope, as follows: (Unanimous Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Approve the nomination form and renaming request of County owned El Colegio Property located at 6549 El Colegio Road to Hedges House of Hope in memory of Father Jon-Stephen Hedges; and b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organization, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVEPass Action details Video Video