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, September 19, 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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the comment is formally part of the record depends on the agenda item it is submitted for and its  
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  
of the Board meetings are available on the Internet at: www.countyofsb.org.  
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:  
http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx#current. Any written ex-parte communication subject to  
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.  
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.  
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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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September 19, 2023  
9:00 A.M. ..... Convened to Regular Session  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Minutes of the September 12, 2023 Meeting  
County Executive Officer's Report  
23-00001  
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.  
12:00 P.M. ..... Recessed to Closed Session  
Closed Session  
23-00917  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION  
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)  
Community Association for the Modoc Preserve v. County of Santa Barbara et al., Santa  
Barbara County Superior Court, Case No. 22CV04768.  
County of Santa Barbara v. Rosser International, Inc., Orange County Superior Court, Case  
No. 30-2021-01180189-CU-BC-CJC.  
S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., LLC v. County of Santa Barbara, Orange County Superior  
Court, Case No. 30-2022-01274057-CU-BC-CJC.  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
(Subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54957.6)  
Employee organization: Santa Barbara County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association.  
Agency-designated representatives: County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato and Human  
Resources Director Maria Elena De Guevara.  
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  
A-1)  
23-00905  
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Transitions-Mental Health  
Association (TMHA) for Fiscal Years 2022-2024 Subrecipient Agreement for American  
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Services, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the  
Subrecipient Agreement for Services with TMHA (BC No. 22-100), a California nonprofit  
corporation (not a local vendor), to extend the agreement term through December 31, 2023  
with no change to the maximum contract amount of $182,400.00 for the period of July 12,  
2022 through December 31, 2023; 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.  
A-2)  
23-00899  
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S  
OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding a Salary Resolution Amendment for the Behavioral  
Wellness (BeWell) Department and Public Defender’s Office, as follows: (4/5 Vote  
Required)  
a) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution, effective September 18, 2023, to add one  
(1.0) Full Time Employee (FTE) Practitioner Intern I/II, one (1.0 FTE) Case Worker, and one  
(1.0 FTE) Recovery Assistant position to the Department of BeWell and one (1.0 FTE) Social  
Service Worker, PS/L position to the Public Defender’s Office;  
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009276 to:  
i) Establish appropriation of $417,760.00 in BeWell Mental Health Services Fund for  
Services/Supplies and Salary/Benefits funded by an operating transfer from the Probation  
General Fund;  
ii) Establish appropriation of $132,300.00 in Public Defender General Fund for Salary and  
Benefits funded by an Intrafund Expenditure Transfer from the Probation General Fund; and  
iii) Transfer total appropriation of $550,060.00 in Probation General Fund from  
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Services/Supplies to Intrafund Expenditure Transfer and Other Financing Uses for an  
operating transfer to BeWell Mental Health; and  
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms  
which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in potential  
physical impacts on the environment, and therefore not a project under the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA  
guidelines.  
A-3)  
23-00894  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP)  
Subrecipient Agreements for the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care  
(CoC) Allocations, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute sub-recipient agreements, effective October 1,  
2023 through September 30, 2025, for the distribution of State of California HHAP funding  
from the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC allocations with the following providers in  
the specified not to exceed amounts, subject to annual appropriations and adopted budget  
funds:  
i) $443,760.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for Interim Housing;  
ii) $638,581.00 to People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) for Interim Housing;  
iii) $541,171.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for Services Coordination; and  
iv) $260,804.00 to Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley for Services Coordination and Street  
Outreach;  
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a sub-recipient agreement, effective  
August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, for the distribution of State of California HHAP  
funding from the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC allocations with NBCC, dba New  
Beginnings, for Services Coordination in the specified not to exceed amount of $541,171.00,  
subject to annual appropriations and adopted budget funds; and  
c) Determine that the above 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 Sections 15378(b)(4) as the actions involve the creation of  
government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve a  
commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical  
impact on the environment; and 15378(b)(5), finding that the recommended actions consist of  
administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
A-4)  
A-5)  
23-00902  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Approve Budget Revision Request Nos. 0008898; 0009280; 0009286; 0009308; and  
0009309. (4/5 Vote Required)  
23-00911  
FIRE DEPARTMENT  
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September 19, 2023  
Consider recommendations regarding the Office of Emergency Management Contract Bid  
Waiver Request with Heritage Publishing and Communications, LTD, as follows: (4/5 Vote  
Required)  
a) Approve and authorize the Chief Procurement Officer as the County Purchasing Agent,  
pursuant to County Code Section 2-39, to procure community resource guides from Heritage  
Publishing and Communications, LTD, in the amount of $42,362.75 without conducting a  
competitive procurement;  
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009280 intrafund expenditure transfer to the Fire  
Department Office of Emergency Management General Fund to fund Public Safety Power  
Shutoff activities in the amount of $160,564.13 for Fiscal Year July 2023 through June 2024;  
and  
c) Determine that these activities are not a “Project” within the meaning of the 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-6)  
23-00898  
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a fourth Amendment to a lease Agreement for the  
Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic at 4440 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, RP File No.  
003527, Second District, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Fourth Amendment (Fourth Amendment)  
to the 2007 Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the United States of  
America, Department of Veterans Affairs (hereinafter “VA”), for the VA’s continued use of  
approximately 6,700 square feet of medical office space in the County-owned building  
located at 4440 Calle Real, on the County’s Calle Real Campus, extending the lease term  
through September 30, 2025, and providing for a 3% annual increase in rent; and  
b) Determine that the proposed action consists of the operation and leasing of existing public  
or private structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use and therefore is  
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA  
Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, and approve and direct staff to file and post the  
Notice of Exemption on that basis.  
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A-7)  
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September 19, 2023  
23-00892  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the Roberts Farmland Security Zone Contract in the  
Toro Canyon Community Plan Area, First District, as follows:  
a) Adopt a Resolution creating Roberts Farmland Security Zone Contract No.  
22AGP-00000-00011 consisting of 53.45 acres located at 3180 and 3220 Foothill Road in the  
Toro Canyon Community Plan area (APN 155-140-075);  
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Roberts Farmland Security Zone Contract No.  
22AGP-00000-00011;  
c) Authorize recordation by the Clerk of the Board; and  
d) Find that the proposed action is an administrative activity of the County which will not  
result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a “project”  
as defined for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State  
CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).  
A-8)  
23-00893  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit Case No. 23EMP-00009: Wallover LLC,  
approved by the Director of Planning and Development on June 8, 2023, which authorized  
grading and dewatering of an active landslide at Vereda Del Ciervo, Eastern Goleta Valley  
Community Plan area, Second District.  
A-9)  
23-00888  
PROBATION DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) -  
Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) 2022-2023 Expenditure and Data Report, as  
follows:  
a) Receive and file the Department’s JJCPA - YOBG 2022-2023 Expenditure and Data  
Report to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) as mandated by statue; 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.  
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A-10)  
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September 19, 2023  
23-00904  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill Ridgeline Tank  
Rehabilitation Phase 2, County Project No. 120017 (formerly County Project No. 828986),  
Third District, as follows:  
a) Approve plans and specifications for the construction of the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill  
Ridgeline Tank Rehabilitation Phase 2 Project, County Project No. 120017, on file in the  
Public Works Department;  
b) Award the construction contract in the amount of $215,000.00 to the lowest responsible  
bidder, Inspec Coatings Inc., 464 Sycamore Drive, Campbell, OH 44405, subject to the  
provision of documents and certifications, as set forth in the plans and specifications  
applicable to the project, as required under California Law;  
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the construction contract with Inspec Coatings  
Inc.;  
d) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve as change orders  
supplemental work itemized in the Estimate of Job Costs in the contract documents up to  
$50,000.00;  
e) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve as change orders for a  
contingency amount up to $21,500.00, for a total not to exceed authorization of $286,500.00;  
and  
f) Determine that as a part of the approval of the authorization to advertise to bid on July 18,  
2023, the project was found by your Board to be exempt from the provisions of the California  
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15301 (Existing Facilities) and that a Notice  
of Exemption was filed on that basis on July 18, 2023.  
A-11)  
23-00906  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor  
for Sandyland Seawall Maintenance District No. 1 Improvements Project, County Project No.  
720839, First District, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent  
Contractor with Moffatt and Nichol (not a local vendor), for an Agreement amount of  
$697,068.00 to provide professional engineering and environmental services for the  
Sandyland Seawall Maintenance District No. 1 Improvements Project;  
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to, in accordance with  
the Agreement: extend the period of performance for up to one additional year (Section 4.B);  
make immaterial amendments (Section 34); and, suspend performance (Section 46.); 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  
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administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
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A-12)  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00907  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a 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-13)  
23-00908  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the authority to advertise for Santa Ynez Recycling and  
Transfer Station (SYVRTS) Operational Repairs and Reorganization Project, County Project  
No. 828987, Third District, as follows:  
a) Authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise the SYVRTS Operational Repairs and  
Reorganization Project (County Project No. 828987); and  
b) Consider and approve the Addendum to the previously certified Environmental Impact  
Report, (90-EIR-14 and 97-SD-02), pursuant to State California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) Guidelines Section 15164 for the Reorganization Project, and determine that no  
subsequent environmental document is required for the Project.  
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A-14)  
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September 19, 2023  
23-00901  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LAGUNA  
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Request for Waiver on Competition in the purchase  
of a tertiary filtration permeate pump process skid replacement at the Laguna County  
Sanitation District Wastewater Reclamation Plant, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote  
Required)  
Acting as the Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District:  
a) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009141 in the amount of $391,300.00 (25% of  
total equipment cost), to purchase a tertiary filtration permeate pump skid replacement for  
fiscal year 2023-2024, funded by the release of Retained Earnings;  
b) Authorize the County Purchasing Agent to waive competitive bidding requirements per  
County Code Section 2-39(c) to procure a tertiary filtration permeate pump skid replacement  
in an amount not to exceed $1,564,975.65 (base price of $1,320,376.00 plus sales tax of  
$102,329.14 and a 10% contingency of $142,270.51) from Veolia Water Technologies  
(formerly Suez Water Technologies and Solutions and parent company of Zenon), not a local  
vendor, without being required to conduct a formal bid process; and  
c) Determine that the proposed action is for the minor alteration of existing public facilities  
involving no expansion of the use beyond that which presently exists, and that the proposed  
action is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14  
CCR Section 15301.  
A-15)  
23-00896  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding a Second Amendment with Telmate LLC to provide  
inmate communication services, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to an Agreement  
with Telmate LLC to continue providing inmate communication services at Sheriff’s Office  
facilities for a period effective from September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2025; and  
b) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5), since the  
activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government and governmental fiscal  
activities or funding mechanisms that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in  
the environment and which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which  
may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment.  
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23-00900  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of $5,000,000.00 in grant funding from  
the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Justice-Involved Reentry  
Initiative Capacity Building Program, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize Sheriff-Coroner or designee to execute the grant award agreement  
accepting anticipated funding of provisional award amount of $5,000,000.00 from the  
California DHCS under the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) 1115  
Demonstration for - Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Capacity Building  
Program to support the planning and implementation of targeted pre-release Medi-Cal  
services to men and women in custody at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail and Northern  
Branch Jail; 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-17)  
23-00909  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding a Medi-Cal County Inmate Program (MCIP)  
Agreement (No. 23-30049) with California for Eligible Inmates, as follows:  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Sheriff or designee to execute the State of  
California-Health Services Agency Department of Health Care Services MCIP Participation  
Agreement No. 23-SANTABARBARA-42;  
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Sheriff or designee to execute the MCIP Agreement  
(No. 23-30049) with the California Department of Health Care Services for Medi-Cal  
reimbursement for eligible inmates in an amount not to exceed $4,982.85 for July 1, 2023,  
through and including June 30, 2024, $5,381.47 for July 1, 2024, through and including June  
30, 2025, and $5,812.07 for July 1, 2025, through and including June 30, 2026; and  
c) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline 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.  
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A-18)  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00897  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the Annual Statement for the Inmate Welfare Fund for  
Fiscal Year 2021-2022, as follows:  
a) Receive and file the Annual Statement for the Inmate Welfare Fund for Fiscal Year  
2021-2022; and  
b) Find that the proposed actions do not constitute a "Project” within the meaning of the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(5), in that they  
are government administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the  
environment.  
Hearing Requests  
A-19)  
23-00914  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding a Resolution in the Matter of the Board  
of Supervisors Agenda Policy and Protocols for the Conduct of Meetings and Amendments to  
Santa Barbara County Code Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2.1 Regarding When and Where  
Regular Board of Supervisors Meetings Are Held, as follows:  
(Set a hearing for October 10, 2023. Time estimate: 20 minutes)  
a) Adopt a Resolution regarding the Board of Supervisors’ Agenda Policies and Protocols for  
the  
Conduct of Meetings rescinding and replacing Resolution No. 09-368;  
b) Consider the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article I,  
Section 2.1 of the Santa Barbara County Code regarding when and where regular Board of  
Supervisors meetings are held;  
c) Read the title and waive further reading of the Ordinance in full; and  
d) Set a hearing on the Administrative Agenda of October 17, 2023 to consider  
recommendations, as follows:  
i) Consider the Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article I,  
Section 2.1 of the Santa Barbara County Code regarding when and where regular Board of  
Supervisors meetings are held; and  
ii) 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.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-20)  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00910  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding the appeal (Case no. 23APL-00034) of  
the Planning Commission’s August 9, 2023 approval of a revision to Permit Condition No.  
38, MM BIO-16 (Golden Eagle Take Permit) for the Strauss Wind Energy Project (Case No.  
23RVP-00031), Third and Fourth Districts, as follows:  
(Set a hearing for October 3, 2023. Time estimate: 1 hour)  
a) Uphold the appeal, Case No. 23APL-00034;  
b) Make the required findings for denial of the project, Case No. 23RVP-00031;  
c) Determine that the denial of the project is exempt from the California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270(a); and  
d) Deny the project, Case No. 23RVP-00031; or  
Alternatively, the Board could deny the appeal and approve the project by taking the  
following actions:  
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 23APL-00034;  
b) Make the required findings for approval of the project (Case No. 23RVP-00031) including  
the CEQA findings;  
c) Approve the Addendum to the previously certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR),  
18EIR-00000-00011, and determine that, as reflected in the CEQA findings, no subsequent  
EIR is required for this project; and  
d) Grant de novo approval of the project, Case No. 23RVP-00031, subject to the Conditions  
of Approval.  
A-21)  
23-00891  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding the Applicant’s Appeal, Case No.  
23APL-00023, of the County Planning Commission’s Denial of the North Fork Ranch Frost  
Ponds Project, Case No. 16CUP-00000-00005, First District, as follows:  
(Set a hearing for October 10, 2023. Time estimate: 1 hour)  
a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 23APL-00000-00023;  
b) Make the required findings for denial of the Project, Case No. 16CUP-00000-00005,  
including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;  
c) Determine that denial of the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines  
Section 15270(a); and  
d) Deny the Project, Case No. 16CUP-00000-00005.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-22)  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00903  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WATER  
AGENCY  
Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Water  
Resources Update, as follows:  
(Set a hearing for October 3, 2023. Time estimate: 45 minutes)  
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:  
a) Receive and file an update on water resources throughout the County of Santa Barbara;  
b) Receive and file the Santa Barbara County 2023 Groundwater Basins Summary Report;  
and  
c) Determine that these actions are not subject to California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) (5), as it is an administrative  
action that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment, and 15306 as  
information collection which does not result in serious or major disturbance to an  
environmental resource.  
Honorary Resolutions  
A-23)  
23-00889  
SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS  
Adopt a Resolution recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the Montecito Emergency Response  
and Recovery Action Group (MERRAG).  
Resolutions to be Presented  
A-24)  
A-25)  
23-00912  
SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS  
Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of October 2, 2023 through October 8, 2023 as  
American Institute of Architects’ “AIA Architecture Appreciation Week” in Santa Barbara  
County.  
23-00916  
SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of September 2023 as Recovery Month in Santa  
Barbara County.  
ADDENDUM  
Administrative Items  
Item A-26) is added to the Administrative Agenda, as follows:  
A-26)  
23-00796  
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations to repeal outdated Sections of the Santa Barbara County Code  
Chapter 18, and to amend Santa Barbara County Code Chapter 18C, Article III, Certified  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
Unified Program Agency (CUPA), and to add Article IV, Release of Waste, to reflect recent  
updates to State laws and regulations, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)  
a) Adopt the Ordinance (Second Reading) to repeal Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter 18,  
titled Health and Sanitation, Article VI Reporting Requirements, Sections 18-41 through  
18-44, and Article VII Monitoring, Section 18-49;  
b) Adopt the Ordinance (Second Reading) to amend Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter  
18C, titled Environmental Health Services, Article III CUPA, Sections 18C-32, 18C-46.2,  
18C-46.5, 18C-47, and 18C-49, and to add Article IV Release of Waste, Sections 18C-54  
through 18C-62; and  
c) Determine that the recommended actions are not a Project within the meaning of California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA  
Guidelines, because the actions are organizational or administrative activities of government  
that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.  
Item A-27) is added to the Administrative Agenda, as follows:  
A-27)  
23-00919  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FLOOD  
CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency  
Response Action from Impacts of Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency  
Actions, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:  
a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency action  
taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050 related to  
emergency operations to restore property adjacent to the Santa Maria River damaged by the  
2023 winter 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 action ordered by the Public  
Works Director (4/5 vote required);  
c) Direct staff to return to the Board every 14 days 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 this emergency action was found by the Board to be exempt from the  
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Executive Order  
N-10-23, as well as State CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) on September 12, 2023, and  
the proposed action is within the scope of that Exemption determination.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00920  
Item A-28) is added to the Administrative Agenda, as follows:  
A-28)  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding an agreement to Provide Law Enforcement Services  
between the County of Santa Barbara and the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, and  
Solvang, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute four (4) separate agreements between  
the County of Santa Barbara and the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, and Solvang for  
the Sheriff to provide law enforcement services for a term of four (4) years with an aggregate  
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023 revenue of $22,528,192.00, increasing by an annual escalator  
thereafter, and three (3) optional one-year extensions;  
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009325 to decrease budgeted revenues of  
$890,800.00 in Sheriff General Fund in Charges for Services offset by an Intrafund  
Expenditure Transfer (-) from the General County Programs General Fund. Increase  
appropriations of $890,800.00 in General County Programs General Fund for Intrafund  
Expenditure Transfers (+) funded by release of Restricted Public Safety Prop 172 fund  
balance ($479,600.00) and Committed Litigation fund balance ($411,200.00); and  
c) Determine that the recommended action is not a “Project” within the meaning of California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since  
the recommended action is a government fiscal activity which does not involve commitment  
to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the  
environment.  
Approval of Administrative Agenda  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00002  
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  
September 19, 2023  
Departmental Agenda  
Planning Items and Public Hearings  
1)  
23-00915  
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an Ambulance Permit Application Review  
and Decision, as follows: (EST. TIME: 2 HR. 15 MIN.)  
a) Receive and file the Ambulance Provider Permit applications received by the Local  
Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA) and the Permit Officer’s assessment of each  
applicants’ satisfaction of the minimum qualification requirements;  
b) Make the required findings for each permit applicant as required in County Code Chapter  
5, Section 5-7(A) for:  
i) Provider Permit Type - Emergency Medical Call;  
ii) Provider Permit Type - IFT and Special Event Stand By; and  
iii) Provider Permit Type - CCT;  
c) Approve, approve with conditions, or deny the following permits for the Santa Barbara  
County Fire Department:  
i) Provider Permit Type - Emergency Medical Call;  
ii) Provider Permit Type - IFT and Special Event Stand By; and  
iii) Provider Permit Type - CCT  
d) Approve, approve with conditions, or deny the following permit for American Medical  
Response:  
i) Provider Permit Type - Emergency Medical Call; and  
e) Determine that the proposed actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b) of the CEQA  
Guidelines, because they consist of governmental fiscal, organizational, and administrative  
activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a  
potentially significant impact on the environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
2)  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00890  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an appeal of the Planning Commission’s  
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: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)  
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 Environmental 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.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
3)  
23-00895  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 Countywide  
Free Library System Annual Agreement, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)  
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute a one-year Agreement for Operation of  
a Countywide Library System (the “Agreement”), by and between the County and the Cities  
of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Lompoc and Santa Maria (“Cities”) for the period of  
July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in the total amount not to exceed $4,613,601.00;  
b) Direct staff to explore potential for the Isla Vista Community Services District to  
administer library services and receive County Per Capita funding for the Isla Vista area; and  
c) Determine that the above 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), finding that the action involves  
government organizational or administrative activities which do not involve any commitment  
to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the  
environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
23-00918  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OCTOBER 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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Appeal of the Strauss Wind Energy Project Condition of Approval No. 38 Revision  
Planning and Development  
Contact: Jacquelynn Ybarra - jybarra@countyofsb.org  
Adoption of Resolution Establishing the Emergency Medical Care Committee  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Ted Teyber - edteyber@countyofsb.org  
El Nino Preparedness  
Fire/Public Works  
Contact: Kelly Hubbard - khubbard@countyofsb.org  
Annual Water Supply Update  
Public Works  
Contact: Matt Young - mcyoung@countyofsb.org  
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Update  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Lindsay Walter - liwalter@countyofsb.org  
Amendments to Board Resolution and Ordinance Related to Board Meeting Protocols  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Jacquelyne Alexander - jralexander@countyofsb.org  
Potential Tax Measure Process, Timeline, and Polling Strategy  
County Executive Office  
Contact: Brittany Odermann - bodermann@countyofsb.org  
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Appeal of the North Fork Ranch Frost Ponds Project  
Planning and Development  
Contact: Travis Seawards - tseawards@countyofsb.org  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
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HASBARCO Issuance of Tax-Exempt Multifamily Housing Revenue Obligations for the  
Benefit of Heritage Ridge Special Needs Family Apartments  
Treasurer-Tax Collector  
Contact: LeAnne Hagerty - Lhagerty@countyofsb.org  
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HASBARCO Issuance of Tax-Exempt Multifamily Housing Revenue Obligations for the  
Benefit of Heritage Ridge Senior Apartments  
Treasurer-Tax Collector  
Contact: LeAnne Hagerty - Lhagerty@countyofsb.org  
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Wellpath Annual Report  
Sheriff  
Contact: Kenny Callahan - kdc3246@sbsheriff.org  
Applicant Appeal of the Planning Commission Denial of the Gerrity Garage Conversions  
Project (22APL-16)  
Planning and Development  
Contact: Veronica King - kingv@countyofsb.org  
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Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness and Encampment Resolution Strategy  
Annual Progress Report  
Community Services Department  
Contact: Lucille Boss - lboss@countyofsb.org  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
September 19, 2023  
Adjourned at 4:06 PM  
Adjourned to  
Tuesday, October 3, 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, September 19, 2023 will be telecast live on County of Santa Barbara TV  
Channel 20 at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM and  
on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 10:00 AM on CSBTV Channel 20.  
http://www.countyofsb.org