County of Santa Barbara  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
First District - Das Williams, Chair  
Second District - Laura Capps  
Third District - Joan Hartmann  
Fourth District - Bob Nelson  
Fifth District - Steve Lavagnino, Vice Chair  
Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer  
Agenda  
Tuesday, August 29, 2023  
9:00 AM  
JOSEPH CENTENO BETTERAVIA GOVERNMENT  
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOARD HEARING ROOM  
511 EAST LAKESIDE PARKWAY, SANTA MARIA  
The Board of Supervisors meets concurrently as the Board of Directors of: the Flood Control & Water Conservation  
District, the Water Agency, the Laguna County Sanitation District, and other Special Districts.  
Web Streaming of the Board of Supervisors Meetings, Agendas, Supplemental Materials and Minutes of the Board of  
Supervisors are available on the internet at: www.countyofsb.org  
Please see page two of this agenda for public participation options for the Board of Supervisors Meetings.  
Persons may address the Board on any matter listed on the agenda. Matters not listed on the agenda may be addressed  
during the public comment period at the conclusion of the administrative agenda.  
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The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors currently provides in-person participation as  
well as remote participation until further notice.  
Board members and the public may participate from the Joseph Centeno Betteravia  
Government Administration Building Board Hearing Room, 511 Lakeside Parkway, Santa  
Maria.  
The following methods of participation are available to the public:  
1. You may observe the live stream of the Board meetings in the following ways:  
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length and time of submittal as set out in Board Resolution 91-333 (Land Use).  
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longer requiring face coverings indoors. Please be advised that the Public Health Department is still  
strongly encouraging County staff and members of the public to mask and socially distance  
themselves in public areas.  
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Board Meeting Procedures  
The Board of Supervisors is the legislative body for the County of Santa Barbara. Persons are encouraged  
to attend and testify before the Board on any matter appearing on the agenda. Correspondence to the  
Board regarding items appearing on the agenda should be directed to the Clerk of the Board, 105 East  
Anapamu Street, Room 407, Santa Barbara CA 93101. For information regarding the meetings of the  
Board of Supervisors including specific meeting times, or any special accommodations, please contact the  
Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 or sbcob@countyofsb.org. Procedures for the conduct of the  
meetings of the Board of Supervisors can be found in Board Resolutions 09-368 (General) and 91-333  
(Land Use).  
The schedule of the Board of Supervisors, meeting agendas, supplemental hearing materials and minutes  
Board Meetings are televised live on County of Santa Barbara TV channel 20. For information about  
obtaining a videotape of a public hearing or a schedule of CSBTV broadcasts please call (805) 568-3427.  
Late Distribution and Ex-Parte Communication  
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and  
distributed by the Clerk of the Board to all or a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors less  
than 72 hours prior to that meeting are available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board Office, 105 East  
Anapamu Street, Room 407, Santa Barbara, CA, at the Office of the Board of Supervisors, Betteravia  
Government Center, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA and on the Internet at:  
disclosure by members of the Board of Supervisors may be published online as an attachment to the  
corresponding item.  
Disclosure of Campaign Contributions  
Pursuant to Government Code section 84308, members of the Board of Supervisors are disqualified and  
not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts (other than competitively bid, labor, or  
personal employment contracts), franchises, discretionary land use permits and other entitlements if the  
Board member received more than $250 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an  
agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or  
opposes the County’s decision on the agenda item since January 1, 2023. Applicants, appellants,  
contractors, agents or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the  
County’s decision on the agenda item who have made campaign contributions totaling more than $250 to  
a Board member since January 1, 2023, are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the  
subject proceeding. Disclosures must include the amount and date of the campaign contribution and  
identify the recipient Board member and may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of  
Supervisors prior to the subject hearing or by verbal disclosure at the time of the hearing.  
Closed Session  
The Board of Supervisors conducts a Closed Session between 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. and at 8:00 A.M.  
as necessary. Closed Sessions are not open to the public. Matters discussed during Closed Session include  
existing and pending litigation, personnel matters and real property negotiations. Actions taken by the  
Board during Closed Session will be announced during open session (Gov. Code Sections 54957.1(a) &  
(b), Ralph M. Brown Act). Members of the public may address the Board on Closed Session Agenda items  
during the General Public Comment period. For information related to Closed Session announcements  
please contact County Counsel at (805) 568-2950.  
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Disability Access  
The Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Barbara is located on the Fourth Floor of the County  
Administration Building, 105 East Anapamu Street. The Hearing Room is wheelchair accessible.  
Accessible public parking is available behind the County Administration Building and in City Parking Lot  
#6 located at the corner of Anacapa Street and Anapamu Street.  
The Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Maria is located at the Betteravia Government Center,  
511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria. The Hearing Room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible public  
parking is available at the Betteravia Government Center.  
American Sign Language interpreters, Spanish language interpretation and sound enhancement  
equipment may be arranged by contacting the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on Friday  
before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at  
(805) 568-2240.  
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9:00 A.M. ..... Convened to Regular Session  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Minutes of the August 22, 2023 Meeting  
County Executive Officer's Report  
County 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.  
9:30 A.M. ..... Recessed to Closed Session  
Closed Session  
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT / RE-APPOINTMENT  
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54957)  
Human Resources Director.  
Report from Closed Session  
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Administrative Agenda  
All matters listed hereunder constitute a consent agenda, and will be acted upon by a single roll call  
vote of the Board. Matters listed on the Administrative Agenda will be read only on the request of a  
member of the Board or the public, in which event the matter shall be removed from the  
Administrative Agenda and considered as a separate item.  
Administrative Items  
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S OFFICE  
A-1)  
Consider recommendations regarding Establishing Property Tax Rates and Levying Taxes for  
Fiscal Year 2023-2024, 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 2023-2024; 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.  
ADDENDUM  
Item A-2) on the Administrative Agenda is amended, as follows:  
A-2)  
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding an approval to issue Request for Proposals for services  
at the Santa Barbara County Crisis Stabilization Unit Calle Real Campus Fiscal Years  
2023-2028, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department or designee to  
issue a Request for Proposals, to contract out the operation and delivery of services of the  
County’s Stabilization Unit located on the County’s Calle Real Campus in Santa Barbara  
through June 30, 2028; and  
b) Determine that the above actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA guidelines, as organizational or  
administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
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BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor  
with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc. for the provision of mental health services and  
residential treatment services, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of  
Independent Contractor with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc., (not a local vendor), an  
Institution for Mental Disease and skilled nursing facility for the provision of mental health  
services and residential treatment services for a total contract amount not to exceed  
$4,575,000.00; inclusive of $1,475,000.00 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024, $1,525,000.00  
for FY 2024-2025, and $1,575,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for the period July 1, 2023 through  
June 30, 2026;  
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the  
authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per  
Section 20 of the Agreement and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26  
of the Agreement, adjust the Maximum Daily Rate per Exhibit B-1, and amend the program  
goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E, all without altering the maximum contract  
amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement,  
subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and  
c) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other  
government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project  
that 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.  
A-4)  
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc., CF  
Merced Behavioral, LLC, and Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. Fiscal Years (FYs)  
2023-2026 Services Agreement Renewals for Institutions for Mental Disease and Skilled  
Nursing Facility Services, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of  
Independent Contractor with Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (not a local  
vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a  
total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,240,000.00, inclusive of $1,050,000.00 for  
FY 2023-2024, $1,080,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $1,110,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for  
the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;  
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of  
Independent Contractor with CF Merced Behavioral, LLC dba Merced Behavioral Center  
(not a local vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment  
services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,305,000.00, inclusive of  
$435,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;  
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c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of  
Independent Contractor with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the  
provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a total maximum  
contract amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00, inclusive of $580,000.00 for FY 2023-2024,  
$600,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $620,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for the period of July 1,  
2023, through June 30, 2026;  
d) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the  
authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt services under the Agreement for convenience and  
make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Sections 20 and 26 of the Agreements, amend  
the program goals, outcomes, and measures per the Exhibits E, and authorize, in writing,  
changes to the rates, per the Exhibit B-1s all without altering the maximum contract amount  
and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of each Agreement, subject to  
the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and  
e) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other  
government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project  
that 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.  
A-5)  
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Services Agreement for  
Mental Health Services with Olive Crest for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement  
for Services of Independent Contractor with Olive Crest (not a local vendor), referenced as  
BC 21-269, to implement California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM)  
Behavioral Health Payment Reform changes to the Agreement, update the staffing  
requirements for the Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP), update the  
language in the Statement of Work for the STRTP and In-Home Behavioral Services (IHBS)  
and Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) programs, and decrease Mental Health funding by  
$225,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 for a new total contract maximum amount not to exceed  
$1,775,000.00 (inclusive of $1,000,000.00 for FY 2022-2023 and $775,000.00 for FY  
2023-2024) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024; and  
b) Determine that the above 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.  
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BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County (FSA)  
Fiscal Years (FY’s) 2021-2024 Second Amendment and Termination, and New FY’s  
2023-2027 Services Agreement for Alcohol and Drug Program (ADP) and Mental Health  
Services, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the FYs  
2021-2024 Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with FSA (BC 21-059), a  
California nonprofit (a local vendor), to update the Federal Award Identification Tables for  
FY 2021-2022 and FY 2022-2023, change the effective end date of Exhibit A-3-Statement of  
Work: ADP Step Down Housing - Case Management Services to June 30, 2022, and  
reallocate $46,124.00 in ADP Prop 47 funding from FY 2022-2023 to FY 2021-2022, with  
no change to the maximum contract amount of $6,287,212.00, inclusive of $639,658.00 in  
ADP funding ($323,658.00 for FY 2021-2022; $158,000.00 for FY 2022-2023; and  
$158,000.00 for FY 2023-2024) and $5,647,554.00 in Mental Health funding ($1,882,518.00  
per FY) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024;  
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the termination of the FY 2021-2024 Agreement for  
Services of Independent Contractor with FSA (BC 21-059) for convenience, effective June  
30, 2023, to enter into a new services agreement with FSA as set forth below in  
Recommended Action C following the award of the Primary Prevention Services Request for  
Proposals for FY 2023-2027 to FSA;  
i) Authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to issue a  
letter to FSA terminating the FY 2021-2024 Agreement; and  
ii) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the  
authority to take actions necessary for the winddown of the FY 2021-2024 Agreement,  
subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;  
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of  
Independent Contractor with FSA, a California nonprofit (a local vendor), for the provision  
of children’s and adults’ mental health services and substance use prevention services, for a  
total maximum contract amount not to exceed $11,960,920.00, inclusive of $632,000.00 in  
ADP funding ($158,000.00 per FY) and $11,328,920.00 in Mental Health funding  
($2,832,230.00 per FY), for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027;  
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the  
authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the FY’s 2023-2027 Agreement  
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for convenience and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Sections 20 and 26 of  
the Agreement, respectively; amend service locations and program staffing requirements per  
Exhibits A-2 and A-4 through A-8; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion  
per Exhibit Bs; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit Es, all  
without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of  
an amendment of the FY 23-27 Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this  
delegated authority at any time; and  
d) 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.  
A-7)  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a conditional reservation of county affordable housing  
funds to Patterson Point Apartments, Second District, as follows:  
a) Approve a reservation of County affordable housing funds for the Patterson Point housing  
development in an amount not to exceed $1,488,000.00 until September 30, 2024;  
b) Authorize the Director of Community Services Department (CSD) to sign a funding  
reservation letter addressed to Santa Barbara County Housing Authority (HASBARCO)  
indicating a conditional reservation County funds in the amount of $1,488,000.00 for the  
Patterson Point Apartments Project; and  
c) Determine that the approval of these funding allocations is 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)(4) as 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.  
A-8)  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Approval of Subrecipient Agreements with Good  
Samaritan Shelter, using California Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) and American  
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Recovery Funds for Outreach, Engagement &  
Permanent Housing Flexible Funds, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Subrecipient  
Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation,  
using California ERF funds for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed  
$3,016,687.50, for street outreach to people residing in encampments, specifically in  
dangerous and heavily impacted waterways near State rights-of-way (ROW) for a term  
beginning August 30, 2023, and ending December 31, 2025, subject to annual appropriations  
and budget approval (ERF Subrecipient Agreement);  
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b) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Subrecipient  
Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter using ARPA funding for COVID-19 Recovery in  
Housing and Homelessness funds for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed  
$50,000.00, for personal property storage for people moving from encampments, specifically  
in dangerous and heavily impacted waterways near State ROW for a term beginning August  
30, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, subject to annual appropriations and budget approval  
(ARPA Subrecipient Agreement); 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)(4), finding that the project is a 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 physical  
impact on the environment.  
A-9)  
COUNTY COUNSEL  
Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to the Agreement with Spence,  
Desenberg & Lee, PLLC, an Outside Bankruptcy Counsel, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for  
Professional Legal Services with Spence, Desenberg & Lee, PLLC, extending the term to  
September 1, 2024 and increasing the not-to-exceed amount by $10,000.00 to $130,000.00;  
and  
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) because they are  
administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
A-10)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the renewal of software licensing with Accela, Inc. for  
Cannabis Business Licensing, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer or designee to execute an Order Form  
subject to the County’s Master Subscription Agreement with Accela, Inc (Board Contract  
Number BC19-110) for subscription services for Cannabis Business Licensing totaling 19  
user licenses for a total contract amount not to exceed $205,224.40 for a term of August 31,  
2023 through June 30, 2026, subject to annual budget allocations; 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.  
A-11)  
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Consider recommendations regarding The Fund for Santa Barbara Agreement, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Subrecipient Agreement with The  
Fund for Santa Barbara to update the Central Coast Regional Equity Study and development  
of shared online equity resources for a maximum contract amount not to exceed $50,000.00  
for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, to be paid from American Rescue Plan  
Act funds; and  
b) Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of  
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the  
CEQA Guidelines, because it consists of the creation of a government funding mechanism or  
other government fiscal activities, which does not involve any commitment to any specific  
project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment, and pursuant  
to Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of  
government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.  
A-12)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Approve Budget Revision Request No. 009235 (Majority Vote Required); and Budget  
Revision Request Nos. 0008995; 0008996; 0009003; 0009054; 0009123; 0009206; 0009211;  
0009214; 0009217; 0009218; 0009220; 0009246; 0009254; 0009256; 0009258; and 0009273  
(4/5 Vote Required).  
A-13)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding amendments to the Cannabis Business Licensing Fee  
Ordinance, as follows:  
a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of  
the County of Santa Barbara amending Ordinance No. 5181, “An Ordinance Establishing the  
Cannabis Business License Fee”; and  
b) Determine for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that:  
i) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c), these actions are within the scope of the  
Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program, and the Cannabis Land Use  
Ordinance and Licensing Program Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)  
(17EIR-00000-00003, State Clearinghouse No. 2017071016) adequately describes this  
activity for the purposes of CEQA; and  
ii) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162(a), after considering the PEIR certified by the  
Board of Supervisors on February 6, 2018, that no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is  
required because: i) no substantial changes are proposed which require major revisions of the  
PEIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental impacts or a substantial  
increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; ii) no substantial changes  
have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the ordinance is undertaken  
which require major revisions of the PEIR due to the involvement of new significant  
environmental impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified  
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significant effects; and iii) no new information of substantial importance concerning the  
ordinance’s significant effects or mitigation measures, which was not known and could not  
have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time that the PEIR was  
certified, has been received that shows any of the elements of CEQA Guidelines Section  
15162(a)(3) apply.  
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant  
opportunity for broadband initiatives and reallocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)  
Funds for broadband consulting and grant writing services, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve and ratify County support and partnership with Rural County Representatives of  
California (RCRC) on an application for the Last Mile Federal Funding Account for up to  
four of the County’s identified priority areas; Guadalupe, Cuyama, Los Alamos and/or  
Casmalia;  
b) Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign letters of support upon request of a  
local Internet Service Provider applying for Last Mile Federal Funding Account monies in  
Santa Barbara County;  
c) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer, or designee, to submit a grant  
application on behalf of the County for Last Mile Federal Funding Account monies as  
needed;  
d) Approve the reallocation of available ARPA funding in an amount up to $115,000.00 for  
consulting services with the Broadband Consortium of the Pacific Coast (BCPC)  
($100,000.00) and grant writing services, as needed ($15,000.00);  
e) Approve the Budget Revision (BJE No. 0009221) for $115,000.00 for consulting services;  
and  
f) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines the  
actions consist of organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result  
in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.  
A-15)  
FIRE DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding re-ratification and update to the Proclamation of Local  
Emergency caused by the January 2023 Winter Storms and Subsequent 2023 Winter Storms,  
Last Action July 11, 2023, as follows:  
a) Adopt a Resolution re-ratifying and updating the Proclamation of Local Emergency caused  
by the January 2023 Storm and Subsequent 2023 Winter Storms in Santa Barbara County  
pursuant to Government Code Section 8630;  
b) Receive an update on the Winter 2023 Storms and their impacts;  
c) Direct the Office of Emergency Management to return every sixty (60) days for ratification  
of the Emergency until such a time that conditions dictate otherwise; and  
d) Determine that these actions are exempt from the provisions of California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) and 15269.  
A-16)  
PROBATION DEPARTMENT  
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Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
Consider recommendations regarding an Annual Report for Healthcare and Mental Health  
Services at Juvenile Facilities with Wellpath, as follows:  
a) Receive and file the annual report regarding the Agreement for Medical Services with  
Wellpath and delivery of clinical treatment by Department of Behavioral Wellness (DBW)  
for youth detained in juvenile facilities; and  
b) Determine that 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 that will not result in direct or  
indirect physical changes in the environment.  
A-17)  
PROBATION DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Agreement with Alcohol  
Monitoring Systems, Inc. dba SCRAM Systems (AMS), as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent  
Contractor with Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. dba SCRAM Systems (AMS) to provide  
Global Position Systems (GPS), leased equipment, monitoring, training, and support for the  
enhanced supervision of adult and juvenile offenders, with a total contract amount not to  
exceed $267,391.20 (Agreement) from September 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024;  
b) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve subsequent immaterial  
changes to the agreement including authorizing additional services, amending program  
staffing requirements, amending service locations, and adding program goals, outcomes, and  
measures, and reallocation of funds between funding sources. Authorize the Chief Probation  
Officer or designee to approve line-item budget changes to Attachment B-1 of the Agreement  
in an amount not to exceed 10% of the stated line-item budgeted amounts for each service.  
Immaterial changes can be made as long as the total contract amount of the agreement is not  
increased, and subject to the Board's ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time,  
and provided that in no event shall any such amendment extend the term of the agreement;  
and  
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities of 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.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-18)  
Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program Acceptance of  
Enhanced Prevention and Control Award (EPCF-4223) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024, as  
follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Acceptance of Award EPCF-4223  
for the TB Control Program with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) TB  
Control Branch to enhance the capabilities of TB prevention and control activities in Santa  
Barbara County. This award in the amount of $10,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 is a one-time  
grant and is comprised of federal funds only with a period of performance from July 1, 2023  
through June 30, 2024;  
b) Approve Budget Revision Request BJE Number 0009257 to amend the Public Health  
Department’s FY 2023-2024 Budget to add $10,000.00 in new revenue and appropriation to  
be spent during the period of July 2023 through June 2024; and  
c) Determine that these activities are not a project and are exempt from California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline 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 a potentially significant physical impact on the  
environment.  
A-19)  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Rescinding and Stop Controls & Adopting Parking  
Restrictions in the First, Second, & Fourth Districts, as follows:  
a) Adopt a Resolution to establish new stop controls and parking restrictions in the First,  
Second, and Fourth Districts;  
b) Adopt a Resolution to rescind parking restrictions in the Fourth District; and  
c) Find that the proposed actions are for the operation and maintenance of an existing public  
facility, involving negligible, or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, that  
the proposed action is therefore exempt from California Environmental Quality Act pursuant  
to 14 CCR 15301(c), and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that  
basis.  
A-20)  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contract  
Hamner, Jewell, & Associates for Modoc Multi-Use Path Phase II Right of Way Acquisition;  
County Project No. 862416; Second District, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent  
Contractor with Beacon Integrated Professional Resources Inc., DBA, Hamner, Jewell &  
Associates, for Modoc Multi-Use Path right of way acquisition for a total amount not to  
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exceed $25,500.00 with a term of August 29, 2023 to June 30, 2025;  
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works to, in accordance with the Agreement,  
extend the period of performance for up to a period of one year (Section 4.B); make  
immaterial amendments (Section 34); and, suspend performance (Section 44); and  
c) Determine the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality  
Act guidelines pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) because it consists of organizational or  
administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
A-21)  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency  
Response Actions from Impacts of Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency  
Actions, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency actions  
taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code section 22050 related to  
emergency operations responding to flooding, storms, debris removal and transportation  
projects following the recent storm events and the necessity of the action and the reasons the  
emergency will not permit delay resulting from competitive solicitation of bids;  
b) Determine that there is a need to continue the emergency actions ordered by the Public  
Works Director (4/5 vote required);  
c) Direct staff to return to the Board at the next regular meeting, or every 14 days in the case  
of consecutive weekly regular meetings, to allow the Board to review the emergency action  
and determine whether there is a need to continue the emergency action, by a 4/5 vote, until  
the actions are terminated; and  
d) Determine that these emergency actions were found by the Board to be exempt from the  
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA  
Guidelines Section 15269(d) on February 7, 2023. A Notice of Exemption was filed on this  
basis on February 7, 2023, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of  
Exemption.  
A-22)  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WATER  
AGENCY  
Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution Authorizing the Public Works Director to  
Execute an Amendment to Extend the Cachuma Project Master Contract, as follows: (4/5  
Vote Required)  
Acting as the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Water Agency:  
a) Approve and adopt a resolution authorizing the Public Works Director to execute an  
Amendment to the Cachuma Project Master Contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,  
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extending the terms and conditions of the current contract for no more than three years, upon  
approval of County Counsel, Auditor Controller, and Risk Manager, or their designated  
representatives (4/5 vote required); and  
b) Determine that the proposed actions are not projects pursuant to California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), continuing organization or  
administrative activities, Section 15378(b)(5), organization or administrative activities that  
will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment, and further, is not  
subject to and is exempt from the requirements of CEQA under Guidelines Section 15061(b)  
(3), no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, Section  
15261(a), project approved prior to November 23, 1970, and Section 15301, operation of  
existing facilities and direct staff to file and post the Notice of Exemption with the Clerk of  
the Board.  
A-23)  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)  
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal Providing Access and Transforming Health  
(PATH) Justice Involved Pre-Release Grant Award to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office,  
as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Authorize, ratify, and approve the Sheriff, or designee, to accept the Grant Agreement as  
outlined in the “California PATH Justice Involved Planning and Capacity Building Program  
Acknowledgement of Grant Terms for the grant award in the amount of $557,874.00 from  
DHCS with a period of performance from July 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024;  
b) Accept the Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice Involved Planning and  
Capacity Building Program Grant Award; and  
c) Find the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the  
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(4), in that it involves  
governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities.  
Board of Supervisors  
A-24)  
SUPERVISOR NELSON  
Approve the appointment of James Halsell to the Behavioral Wellness Commission, term  
ending January 1, 2026, Fourth District.  
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Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
Hearing Requests  
A-25)  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Set a hearing to consider the appeal of the Planning Commission approval of the Change of  
Ownership, Change of Guarantor, and Change of Operator for the Las Flores Pipeline System  
(formerly Plains All American Lines 901/903), First, Third, and Fourth Districts, as follows:  
(Set a Hearing for September 19, 2023. Time Estimate: 1 Hour 30 Minutes)  
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 23APL-00027;  
b) Make the required findings for approval for the Change of Ownership, Change of  
Guarantor, and Change of Operator, including California Environment Quality Act (CEQA)  
findings;  
c) Determine the request is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5);  
and  
d) Grant de novo approval of the Change of Ownership, Change of Guarantor, and Change of  
Operator for Final Development Plan Permit No. 88-DPF-033 (RV01)z, 88-CP-60 (RV01)  
(88-DPF-25cz; 85-DP-66cz; 83-DP-25cz), subject to the Conditions of Approval.  
A-26)  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Set a hearing to consider the appeal of the County Planning Commission approval of the  
Calynx, Inc. Cannabis Cultivation Project, Case Nos. 23APL-00030, 23CUP-00012, and  
19LUP-00000-00077, Fourth District, as follows:  
(Set a Hearing for September 19, 2023. Time Estimate: 40 Minutes)  
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 23APL-00030;  
b) Make the required findings for approval of the Project, Case No. 23CUP-00012, including  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;  
c) Determine that the previously certified Programmatic Environmental Impact Report  
(PEIR) (17EIR-00000-00003) is adequate and no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration is  
required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15162 and 15168(c); and  
d) Grant de novo approval of the Project, Case No. 23CUP-00012, subject to the conditions  
of approval.  
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Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
Honorary Resolutions  
SUPERVISOR NELSON  
A-27)  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Sheriff’s Detective Paul Washington upon  
his retirement from the Sheriff’s Office after over 25 years of faithful and distinguished  
service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County.  
Resolutions to be Presented  
A-28)  
A-29)  
SUPERVISOR NELSON, SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring the players and coaching staff of the  
14-Under Orcutt Babe Ruth team in celebration of their 2023 World Series Championship.  
SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS  
Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of September 2023 as National Preparedness  
Month in Santa Barbara County.  
Approval of Administrative Agenda  
Public 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) (23-00002)  
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS  
AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
Departmental Agenda  
Planning Items and Public Hearings  
1)  
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS  
DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FLOOD CONTROL AND  
WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution of Necessity to acquire  
easements for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, Reach 4, Santa Barbara,  
California, by the Santa Barbara Flood Control and Water Conservation District for Flood  
Control Purposes (APNs 037-203-021; 037-203-020; 037-203-019; 037-500-CA;  
037-203-011); First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 25 MIN.)  
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:  
a) Approve, adopt and authorize the Chair to execute a Resolution of Necessity, for the  
acquisition of easements of real property located at 430 and 432 De La Vina Street (APN:  
037-203-021); 428 De La Vina Street (APN: 037-203-020; 426 De La Vina Street (APN:  
037-203-019); 414 De La Vina Street, Common Area Lot 1 (APN: 037-500-CA); 124 West  
Gutierrez Street (APN: 037-203-011), all in the City of Santa Barbara and hereinafter referred  
to, collectively, as the “Properties”;  
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee to execute any and all documents to  
expend funds for deposit with the State Treasurer’s Office in a sum equal to the appraised  
market value of the easements, in the amount of $1,095,846.00 for APN’s 037-203-021;  
037-203-020; 037-203-019; 037-500-CA; and 037-203-011, and any additional fee costs  
associated with the transaction, in order to acquire fee interest; and  
c) After considering the Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report  
(EIS/EIR) for the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project, the Findings and Statement of  
Overriding Considerations accepted by the Board of Directors as a Responsible Agency on  
May 10, 2011, and the discussion included herein, find that pursuant to California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and  
there are no substantial changes in circumstances or new information of substantial  
importance regarding significant impacts or feasibility of mitigation measures and  
alternatives, and therefore the recommended actions are within the scope of the project  
covered by the aforementioned environmental documents and no new environmental  
document is required; and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Determination on  
these bases.  
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
2)  
Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GENERAL SERVICES  
DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution of Necessity to acquire  
easements for the Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator Project (APN 155-020-041), First  
District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 25 MIN.)  
a) Approve, adopt, and authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution of Necessity to acquire real  
property (easements) for the Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator Project (WA8231) on  
property owned by Mary McEwen and Dan Bellaart, Trustees of The McEwen-Bellaart  
Family 2015 Revocable Living Trust Dated July 22, 2015, identified on portions of County  
Assessor Parcel Number 155-020-041, in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara of Toro  
Canyon;  
b) Authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to execute any and all documents and  
to expend funds for deposit with the State Treasurer’s Office in a sum equal to the appraised  
market value for the easements, in the amount of $13,203.00 for APN 155-020-041, and any  
additional related costs and fees, in order to acquire fee interest; and  
c) Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines  
Section 15269(c) Emergency Projects, these actions are necessary to prevent or mitigate an  
emergency, and are part of the Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator Replacement Project which  
the Board previously found exempt from CEQA. A Notice of Exemption was filed with the  
Clerk of the Board on July 27, 2023.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
3)  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the allocation of the 2022 and the 2023  
Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grants, as follows: (EST TIME: 1 HR.)  
a) Receive and file staff’s recommendations for the 2022 and 2023 CRMF awards totaling  
$680,337.00;  
b) Approve the 2022 and the 2023 CRMF budgeting of funds as proposed on pages 7-9,  
including Table 9, of the Board Letter, along with stipulations outlined in the Staff  
Recommendation sections for each proposal;  
c) Direct staff to prepare the proposed contractual agreements with non-County grantees,  
including final grant conditions, and return with contractual agreements for Board  
consideration and approval, including appropriate California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) compliance;  
d) Defer $596,777.00 of acquisition monies to the Fund Deferral Program allowing to accrue  
for future coastal acquisition proposals; and  
e) Determine that budgeting CRMF funds for the recommended projects does not constitute a  
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project within the meaning of the CEQA, pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(5) and 15378(b)(4)  
of the CEQA Guidelines, because it is an administrative activity of the government and  
creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which does  
not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially  
significant impact on the environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
4)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S OFFICE,  
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES  
DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a County Enterprise Resource Planning  
(ERP) Project Update and the Workday implementation and ongoing support, as follows: (4/5  
Vote Required) (EST TIME: 30 MIN.)  
a) Receive and file a County ERP Project Update;  
b) Adopt a Resolution to add nine positions for implementation and ongoing support for the  
system: one [1.0 Full Time Employee (FTE)] Admin Office Pro position and three (3.0 FTE)  
Team/Project Leader-General positions to the Human Resources Department; and one (1.0  
FTE) Program/Business Leader, two (2.0 FTE) EDP Systems & Program Analyst Sr, one (1.0  
FTE) EDP Office Automation Specialist I, and one (1.0 FTE) Computer Systems Specialist II  
positions to the Information Technology Department, effective as of September 4, 2023;  
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009097 which establishes the budget  
appropriation in the Auditor Controller, Human Resources and Information Technology  
departments for the implementation and ongoing support of the system at a cost of  
$1,815,500.00, to be funded from the Countywide ERP Project committed fund balance  
set-aside in General County Programs; and  
d) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA guidelines because they  
consist of administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect  
physical changes in the environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SEPTEMBER 2023 PROJECTED CALENDAR  
The items below are projected to be placed on a Board of Supervisors agenda next month  
and are subject to change. Therefore, these are draft and remain so until the final agenda is  
created and posted on the Thursday preceding a Board of Supervisors’ meeting.  
For information on a particular anticipated item, please contact the department noted.  
For any other questions regarding the Board of Supervisors’ agendas,  
please contact the Clerk of the Board Office at (805)568-2240.  
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Amendments to Chapter 18 Health & Sanitation  
Public Health Department  
Contact: Lars Seifert - LSeifert@sbcphd.org  
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Update and Presentation  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Jasmine McGinty - jmcginty@countyofsb.org  
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Fourth Quarter Budget & Cannabis Update  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Paul Clementi - pClementi@countyofsb.org  
American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Adjustments & Status  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Ted Teyber - edteyber@countyofsb.org  
Annual Compliance and Accountability Report  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Suzann Sturz - SMSturz@countyofsb.org  
Renewable Energy Initiatives  
General Services Department  
Contact: Brandon Kaysen - BKaysen@countyofsb.org  
2023-2024 Countywide Library Agreement  
Community Services Department  
Contact: Ashley Watkins - awatkins@countyofsb.org  
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El Nino Preparedness  
Fire Department/Public Works  
Contact: Kelly Hubbard - khubbard@countyofsb.org  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
August 29, 2023  
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Cappello and Noel Appeal of the Las Flores Pipeline Change of Owner/Operator  
Planning and Development Department  
Contact: Jacquelynn Ybarra - jybarra@countyofsb.org  
Management Classification & Compensation Project  
Human Resources Department  
Contact: Erin Jeffery - emjeffery@countyofsb.org  
Emergency Rent Assistance Program Update  
Community Services Department  
Contact: Laurie Baker - lbaker@countyofsb.org  
Appeal of the Calynx, Inc. Cannabis Cultivation Project  
Planning and Development Department  
Contact: Alia Vosburg - avosburg@countyofsb.org  
Adoption of Resolution Establishing The Emergency Medical Care Committee  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Ted Teyber - edteyber@countyofsb.org  
Adjourned at 1:51 PM  
Adjourned to  
September 12, 2023  
Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building  
Board Hearing Room  
511 East Lakeside Parkway  
Santa Maria  
Challenges  
IF YOU CHALLENGE A DETERMINATION MADE ON A MATTER ON THIS AGENDA IN COURT,  
YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED  
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN  
CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE PUBLIC  
HEARING.  
Announcements  
The meeting of Tuesday, August 29, 2023 will be telecast live on County of Santa Barbara TV  
Channel 20 at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 5:00 PM and on  
Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 10:00 AM on CSBTV Channel 20.