County of Santa Barbara

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

First District - Roy Lee

Second District - Laura Capps, Chair

Third District - Joan Hartmann

Fourth District - Bob Nelson, Vice Chair

Fifth District - Steve Lavagnino

Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer

Agenda

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

9:00 AM

COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR

105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA

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 County Administration Building,

Board Hearing Room, Fourth Floor located at 105 East Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara or

the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building Board Hearing Room

located at 511 Lakeside Parkway in 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:

- Televised in English and Spanish (SAP channel via Comcast and Cox) on local cable channel 20;

- Online at: <<https://www.countyofsb.org/1333/CSBTV-Livestream>>; and

- YouTube (English) at: <<https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20>> (Closed Captioning Available)

- YouTube (Spanish) at: <<https://www.youtube.com/@csbtv20espanol>>

2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available:

- Distribution to the Board of Supervisors - Submit your comment via email prior to 5:00 PM on

the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at:

sbcob@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be distributed to the Board and posted online. Whether 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).

- Attend the Meeting In-Person - Individuals are allowed to attend and provide comments at the

Board meeting in-person at the locations noted above.

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Board meeting can do so via Zoom by clicking the below link to register in advance.

Important Note: Zoom is not intended for County staff to view the meeting. Please refer to the

viewing methods outlined above.

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the webinar. Please review the Zoom protocols below, as follows:

1. Once the Chair has announced the item you want to comment on, please join the meeting.

2. You will be placed on mute until it is your turn to speak. You will be able to hear the Board meeting

live after calling in and will need to turn off or mute your TV or the web stream to avoid sound

interference.

3. The Clerk will call you by name. When removed from mute, you will hear a notification that your

line has been unmuted. If you are using a touchtone phone, you may need to press *6.

4. Each person may address the Board for up to three minutes at the discretion of the Chair.

5. When your time is up or you have concluded your comments, please hang up or log out.

If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and

need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the

hearing, please contact the Clerk of the Board's Office at (805) 568-2240.

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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 Cable Channel 20 and on YouTube at:

CSBTV20. For information regarding rebroadcasts of a public hearing, please contact the Clerk of the

Board at (805) 568-2240 or sbcob@countyofsb.org.

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 within the preceding 12 months. 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 within the preceding 12 months, 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 and Accommodation Requests

The Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Barbara is located on the Fourth Floor of the County

Administration Building, 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara. 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. Public access to the County

Administration Building is available through the Anacapa Street entrance.

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.

Spanish interpreters, American Sign Language interpreters, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

requests, sound enhancement equipment, or other accommodations may be arranged by contacting the

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the Board meeting. For information

about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 or at

sbcob@countyofsb.org.

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9:00 A.M. ..... Convene to Regular Session

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Minutes of the August 26, 2025 Meeting

County Executive Officer's Report

25-00001

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.

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.

Resolutions to be Presented

A-1)

25-00762

SUPERVISOR CAPPS

Adopt a Resolution Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the County of Santa Barbara with

the adoption of Aiden Khuiphum’s artwork as the Official Ceremonial Resolution Design in Santa

Barbara County.

A-2)

A-3)

A-4)

25-00764

SUPERVISOR CAPPS, SUPERVISOR LEE

Adopt a Resolution honoring the 150th Anniversary of Santa Barbara High School and the 50th

Anniversary of the Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association in Santa Barbara County.

25-00773

SUPERVISOR CAPPS, SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO

Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Month in

Santa Barbara County.

25-00772

SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO

Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of September 2025 as Recovery Month in Santa

Barbara County.

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A-5)

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September 9, 2025

25-00765

SUPERVISOR CAPPS

Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Christine LaRocco and Ruthie Rodriguez of the

Human Resources Department as the September 2025 Employees of the Month for Santa Barbara

County.

Administrative Items

A-6)

A-7)

25-00766

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER AND WEIGHTS & MEASURES

DEPARTMENT

Approve the appointment of Mary Heyden to the Agricultural Advisory Committee, nominated by

the Santa Barbara County Cattlemen’s Association.

25-00763

COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding a Funding Commitment Letter for Brisa Encina Affordable

Apartments, Fourth District, as follows:

a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Community Services Department (CSD), pursuant to

the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Action Plan approved by the Board on May 7, 2024, to execute a

HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Funding Commitment Letter between the County and the

Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO), in the amount of

$1,500,000.00, for the Brisa Encina Affordable Supportive Housing Development (Project); and

b) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of projects that are subject

to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to

CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are not projects as they are 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)

25-00760

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the 2021 Local Rules of the

Assessment Appeals Boards 1 and 2 of Santa Barbara County, as follows:

a) Adopt a Resolution approving the proposed Amendment to the 2021 Local Rules (Local Rules)

of the Assessment Appeals Boards 1 and 2 (Appeals Board) of Santa Barbara County for use in

processing and deciding Applications for Changed Assessments; and

b) Determine that the amendment of the Local Rules of the Appeals Board is exempt from the

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA guidelines section 15061(b)(3),

finding that the activities are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which

have the potential for causing significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with

certainty that there is no possibility that the activities in question may have a significant effect on the

environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.

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A-9)

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September 9, 2025

25-00767

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Consider recommendations regarding the Challenge Award Submissions for California State

Association of Counties (CSAC), as follows:

a) Authorize the County Executive Officer or designee to submit the County’s entries into the

CSAC 2025 Challenge Awards competition; and

b) Find that the proposed action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it is

government fiscal, organizational or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect

physical changes in the environment.

A-10)

A-11)

25-00768

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Approve Budget Revision Request Nos. 0010781; 0010785; 0010794; 0010796; 0010797; and

0010798 (4/5 Vote Required).

25-00774

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Revenue

Agreement, as follows:

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Grant Agreement No. 25-10210 from the California

Department of Public Health (CDPH) to accept funding for the WIC Supplemental Nutrition

Program for the period of October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028 for a total amount of

$17,009,442.00;

b) Approve and authorize the County Health Director, or designee, to make any required

certifications and to change the Project Representative changes in accordance with the Grant

Agreement;

c) Approve and authorize the County Health Director to execute any future amendments to Grant

Agreement No. 25-10210 including changes to the Scope of Work provided that the amendment

does not exceed ten percent (10%) ($1,700,944.20) of the total agreement amount, upon review

and concurrence by the Auditor Controller’s Office, Risk Management, and County Counsel’s

Office, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and

d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4),

since the recommended actions are creation of a governmental funding mechanisms or other

governmental fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to any specific project which may

result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.

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A-12)

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00776

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding Opioid Unified Response in Santa Barbara County (OUR

SBC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Community Partner Grant Award Allocations, as follows:

a) Approve recommended grant award recipients and authorize the disbursement of allocated funds

in the total amount of $500,000.00 to selected recipients for the FY 2025-2026 OUR SBC

Community Partner Grant Awards for the grant period starting September 15, 2025, and not to

extend beyond August 31, 2027;

b) Approve and authorize the Director of the County Health Department, or designee, to execute

Grantee Award Agreements with the FY 2025-2026 OUR SBC Community Partner Grant

recipients;

c) Authorize the Director of the County Health Department, or designee, to execute future no cost

amendments or modifications to the scope of work upon review and approval of County Counsel,

Auditor-Controller, and Risk Management, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated

authority at any time; and

d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5),

because the recommended actions consist of organizational or administrative activities of

governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.

A-13)

25-00769

FIRE DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding a Grant Agreement No. 5GG23245 between the State of

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the Santa Barbara County

Fire Department, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)

a) Adopt a Resolution ratifying Grant Agreement 5GG23245 with the State of California

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for the acceptance of $999,000.00 in grant funds to

implement a fuel reduction project designated by the Santa Barbara County Unit Strategic Fire Plan

and Agreement from the grant approval date (June, 24, 2025) through March 15, 2029;

b) Approve and authorize the Fire Chief, or designee, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this

delegated authority at any time to:

i) Conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents, including but not limited to,

agreements, amendments, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the completion

of the aforementioned project; and

c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010801; and

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d) Determine this action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to

Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the action 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 impact on the environment. The Agreement requires a copy of the

CEQA document must be approved by and provided to the State before any grant funds are made

available for any Project activity that could directly impact the environment.

A-14)

25-00770

GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Ynez Valley Airport Improvement Program (AIP)

Grant No. 3-06-0243-024-2025, Project No. 25075 - Authorization to Execute a Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant for Runway Rehabilitation (Design Phase), Third District, as

follows:

a) Authorize the Director of General Services to act as agent on behalf of the County of Santa

Barbara pertaining to the acceptance of an FAA Grant in an amount not to exceed $332,595.00 by

executing the FAA Santa Ynez Valley Airport Improvement Program Grant 25 (AIP 25)

Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of such FAA Grant and the Offer therein (Offer)

for Project No. 3-06-0243-024-2025, including ratifying and adopting the assurances, statements,

representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained therein;

b) Authorize the Director of General Services to (i) execute and submit an Application to the State

of California, Department of Transportation (CalTrans) for an AIP Matching Grant of approximately

$16,629.00 (CalTrans Grant), (ii) execute a Grant Agreement with CalTrans accepting, and

memorializing the terms and conditions of, the CalTrans Grant; and

c) Determine that the Project continues to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA which

consists of the repair or minor alteration of existing facilities or topographical features, involving

negligible or no expansion of existing use and; CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 which consists of

replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be

located on the same site as the structure replaced and have substantially the same purpose and

capacity as the structure replaced, and that a Notice of Exemption on this basis was approved by

the Board on November 29, 2022 and filed.

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A-15)

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September 9, 2025

25-00771

GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding Multi-Department Master Service Agreements (MSAs), as

follows:

a) Approve, ratify and direct the Chief Procurement Officer (Purchasing Agent) to execute and

administer the annual MSAs with the contractors, and in the amounts, set forth in the MSA Listing

September 9, 2025 for the services specified in the respective Statement(s) of Work as in Exhibit A

to each such MSA; and

b) Determine that the above action is not a “project” and is exempt from California Environmental

Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA guidelines because it is an

organization or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical

changes to the environment.

A-16)

25-00761

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding revisions to the New Hire and Promotional Incentive Policy,

as follows:

a) Approve administrative revisions and updates to the New Hire and Promotional Incentive Policy

originally adopted by the Board of Supervisors on April 18, 2000, and subsequently revised in

2007, 2018, and 2023; and

b) Determine that the above action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), because it consists of government

funding mechanism and/or government funding mechanisms and/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-17)

25-00786

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to the Employment Contract for County

Executive Officer (CEO), Mona Miyasato, as follows:

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services as

CEO which amends the current agreement by providing additional management leave effective

September 9, 2025, and clarifying language regarding education and professional development; and

b) Determine that the above actions are not projects under the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) because they

consist of government administrative or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical

changes in the environment.

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A-18)

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00785

PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE

Consider recommendations regarding the implementation of Supportive Holistic Intervention for

Early Legal Diversion (SHIELD) Program with Department of State Hospitals (DSH) Growth Cap

Penalty Funds, as follows:

a) Approve a Budget Revision Request (BJE) No. 0010787 to establish appropriations of

$103,500.00 in the Public Defender’s Office Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Budget, funded by the

return of FY 2022-2023 DSH Growth Cap penalty payment, to implement the SHIELD Program

for FY 2025-2026 through FY 2027-2028;

b) Adopt an Amendment to the Salary Resolution to allocate one additional full-time (1.0 FTE)

position to the Public Defender’s Office, effective September 15, 2025; and

c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do

not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant

physical impact on the 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-19)

25-00775

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding Statements of Final Quantities for South County Pavement

Rehabilitation Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024; North and Central County Pavement Rehabilitation FY

2023-2024; and North County Hardscape Repairs FY 2023-2024; County Project Nos.

820790S, 820790N, and 820789, as follows:

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Statement of Final Quantities for:

i) 2023-2024 South County Pavement Rehabilitation, County Project No. 820790S, in the First,

Second, and Third Districts;

ii) 2023-2024 North and Central County Pavement Rehabilitation, County of Project No.

820790N, in Fourth and Fifth Districts; and

iii) 2023-2024 North County Hardscape Repairs, County Project No. 820789 in the Fourth

District; and

b) Determine that the approval of Statement of Final Quantities is an administrative activity that will

not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore exempt from the

provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines

Section 15378(b)(5).

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A-20)

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00779

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding the State of California 2024-2025 Exchange and State Match

Program, Agreement for the Exchange of Federal Highway Dollars, as follows:

a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the agreement with the State of California,

Department of Transportation, for the exchange of Federal Highway dollars for Non-Federal State

Highway Account dollars, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 apportionments in the amount of

$558,115.00;

b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to apportion these Regional

Surface Transportation Program funds to the City of Buellton, the City of Guadalupe and the City of

Solvang for FY 2024-2025, in the amounts established under Section 182.6(d)(1) of the Streets

and Highways Code and by Santa Barbara County Association of Governments guidelines; and

c) Find that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California

Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(4) (government fiscal activities).

A-21)

25-00780

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station - Portland

Cement Concrete Slab Repair and Pit Fill, County Project Number 828992, Second District, as

follows:

a) Approve plans and specifications for the construction of the South Coast Recycling and Transfer

Station Portland Cement Concrete Slab Repair and Pit Fill on file in the Public Works Department

office;

b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Garibay Concrete, Inc., the

lowest responsible bidder, for the construction of the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station

Plain Cement Concrete Slab Repair and Pit Fill for the period of September 9, 2025 through

December 31, 2025, in the amount of $258,911.32;

c) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve change orders for a contingency

amount up to $25,447.57, for the construction of the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station

Portland Cement Concrete Slab Repair and Pit Fill for a total not to exceed authorization of

$284,358.89; and

d) Determine that the above-recommended actions are exempt from the provisions of the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302 and

15304 because they consist of repair, minor reconstruction and minor alterations to an existing

facility and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.

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A-22)

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September 9, 2025

25-00781

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill 2025 Access Road Repair and Site

Improvements, County Project No. 828993; Third District, as follows:

a) Approve plans and specifications for the construction of the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill 2025

Access Road Repair and Site Improvements on file in the Public Works Department office;

b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Construction Contract with Toro Enterprises, Inc.,

the lowest responsible bidder, to construct the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill 2025 Access Road Repair

and Site Improvements for the period of September 9, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in the amount

of $486,552.50;

c) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve change orders for a contingency

amount up to $36,827.63, for the construction of County Project No. 828993 for a total amount

not to exceed $523,380.13; and

d) Determine that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section

15162, no substantial changes are proposed, no substantial changes in circumstances have

occurred, and no new information of substantial importance regarding environmental effects of the

project or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures have occurred, and therefore the

construction of the project is within the scope of the prior environmental review documents for the

Tajiguas Landfill including the Tajiguas Landfill Expansion Project Environmental Impact Report

(EIR) (01-EIR-05) certified by the Board of Supervisors on August 13, 2002, the Addendum to

01-EIR-05 dated November 8, 2006 and accepted by the Board of Supervisors on December 5,

2006, the Tajiguas Landfill Reconfiguration and Baron Ranch Restoration Project Subsequent EIR

(08-EIR-00000-00007) certified by the Board of Supervisors on May 5, 2009 and the Tajiguas

Landfill Capacity Increase Project EIR (23EIR-00001) certified by the Board of Supervisors on

March 19, 2024 and no new environmental document shall be prepared for this action.

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September 9, 2025

25-00782

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement with Clear Water Services, Inc. for

Optimization of the Active Treatment System at the Tajiguas ReSource Center; Third District, as

follows: (4/5 Vote Required)

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Clear Water Services, Inc. to

provide optimization of the Active Treatment System at the Tajiguas ReSource Center for an

amount not to exceed $319,600.00;

b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010778 increasing appropriations in the amount of

$319,600.00 in Fund 1930, funded by the release of Retained Earnings;

c) Determine that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section

15162, no substantial changes are proposed, no substantial changes in circumstances have

occurred, and no new information of substantial importance regarding environmental effects of the

project or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures have occurred, and therefore the

recommended action is within the scope of the prior environmental review documents for this

project, Addendum dated August 12, 2024 considered on September 10, 2024. Addendum dated

August 15, 2023 considered on October 3, 2023, Revised Addendum dated October 26, 2017,

considered on November 14, 2017, Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No.

12EIR-00000- 00002, certified by the Board of Supervisors on July 12, 2016 and Subsequent EIR

Revision Letter and Errata dated May 27, 2016, and no new environmental document shall be

prepared for this project.

A-24)

25-00778

SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE

Consider recommendations regarding the Sheriff’s Voluntary Response (SVR) Agreement between

the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office and the City of Santa Barbara, as follows:

a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with the City of Santa Barbara

to provide law enforcement and custody operations coverage for the 2025 Old Spanish Days

Fiesta, and other events as needed for the period of July 30, 2025 through August 3, 2025, with

revenues not to exceed $60,000.00; and

b) Determine this action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to

Section 15378(b)(5), which are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will

not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

A-25)

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00777

SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between Santa

Barbara County Workforce Development Board and the Santa Barbara County America’s Job

Center of CaliforniaSM One-Stop System Partners for Program Years 2025-2028, as follows:

a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Santa Barbara Chief Elected Official (the Board of Supervisors

of the County of Santa Barbara through its Chair), and the Santa Barbara County Workforce

Development Board (through the Board Executive Director) to execute the MOU with each of the

America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM One-Stop System partners;

b) Approve, ratify and authorize the Santa Barbara Chief Elected Official (the Board of Supervisors

of the county of Santa Barbara Chair), and the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development

Board (through the Board Executive Director) to execute the MOU, on behalf of the Workforce

Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs;

c) Approve, ratify and authorize the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services Director,

or designee, to execute the MOU, on behalf of the Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families/CalWORKs Program, with the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board;

and

d) Determine that the approval and execution of the MOU is exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that

the execution of the MOU is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which

have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with

certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment,

the activities are not subject to CEQA.

Board of Supervisors

A-26)

A-27)

25-00758

SUPERVISOR CAPPS

Approve the appointment of Katherine “Kate” Ford to the Planning Commission, term ending

January 7, 2027, Second District.

25-00756

SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO

Approve the appointment of Galilea Acosta Zavala to the County Riding and Hiking Trails Advisory

Committee, open term, Fifth District.

Approval of Administrative Agenda

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00002

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) (25-00002)

WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS

AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.

12:00 P.M. ..... Recess to Closed Session

Closed Session

25-00787

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION

(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)

Isla Vista Owner, LLC v. County of Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case

Number 24CV04519

Jennifer E. Gardner v. County of Santa Barbara et al.; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case

Number 24CV05837

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION

(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara

County Flood Control and Water Conservation District:

Central Coast Water Authority, et al. v. Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water

Conservation District, et al., Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case Number 21CV02432

Report from Closed Session

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Agenda

September 9, 2025

Departmental Agenda

Planning Items and Public Hearings

25-00784

TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding California Municipal Finance Authority

Financing of Tax-Exempt Facility Bonds on Behalf of San Marcos Ranch Associates, LP, as

follows: (EST. TIME: 5 MIN.)

a) Hold a public hearing in compliance with the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA)

of 1982 regarding the issuance by the California Municipal Finance Authority of tax-exempt facility

bonds, to finance or refinance San Marcos Ranch Associates, LP’s multifamily rental housing facility

for low-income households located in Santa Barbara, and consider public comment;

b) Adopt a Resolution approving the issuance of facility bonds by the California Municipal Finance

in an aggregate principal amount not-to-exceed $90,000,000.00 to finance or refinance a

multifamily rental housing facility for low-income households, for the benefit of San Marcos Ranch,

and certain other matters relating thereto; and

c) Determine that the above actions involve government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities

and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section

15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY

25-00759

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding responses to the 2024-2025 Grand Jury Report

on the South Coast Housing Crisis, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)

a) Consider and adopt the responses as the Board of Supervisors’ response to the 2024-2025

Grand Jury report entitled “Santa Barbara County South Coast Housing Crisis - A Call to Action;”

b) Authorize the Chair to sign the letter and forward the letter and responses to the Presiding Judge

of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court; and

c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline 15378(b)(5) that

the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review because they are governmental

administrative activities that do not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Agenda

September 9, 2025

25-00717

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a report on Case No: 24APL-00006: Bidwell

Appeal of Mariposa Investment Trust Agricultural Water Well, Eastern Goleta Valley Community

Plan Area, Second District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)

a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 24APL-00006;

b) Make the required findings for approval of the project, Case No. 22CDP-00000-00035,

including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;

c) Determine the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 and

15304; and

d) Grant de novo approval of the project, Case Nos. 22CDP-00000-00035 subject to the

conditions of approval.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY

25-00783

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Soutar Appeal of the County Planning

Commission Approval of the Mission Isla Vista Partners LP Housing Development, Case No.

25APL-00010, Goleta Community Plan Area, Second District, as follows:

(EST. TIME: 1 HR. 10 MIN.)

a) Deny the appeal, Case No. 25APL-00010;

b) Make the required findings for approval of the project, Case Nos. 24DVP-00005 and

24CDP-00021, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;

c) Determine the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section

21159.25; and

d) Grant de novo approval of the project, Case Nos. 24DVP-00005 and 24CDP-00021, subject

to the conditions of approval.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Agenda

September 9, 2025

Adjourn to

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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 9, 2025 will be telecast live on County of Santa Barbara TV

Channel 20 at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 5:00 PM

and on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 10:00 AM on CSBTV Channel 20.

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