County of Santa Barbara  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
First District - Das Williams  
Second District - Laura Capps, Vice Chair  
Third District - Joan Hartmann  
Fourth District - Bob Nelson  
Fifth District - Steve Lavagnino, Chair  
Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer  
Agenda  
Tuesday, March 19, 2024  
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.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00269  
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 at: <https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20> (Closed Captioning Available)  
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. Please note, we are following all local and State guidelines and are no 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.  
- Attend the Meeting by Zoom - Individuals wishing to provide public comment remotely during the  
Board meeting can do so via Zoom by clicking the below link to register in advance.  
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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.  
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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.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
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 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.  
Disability Access  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
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. 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.  
American Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement equipment, and/or another request for  
disability accommodation 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.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
9:00 A.M. ..... Convened to Regular Session  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Minutes of the March 12, 2024 Meeting  
County Executive Officer's Report  
24-00001  
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  
24-00103  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION  
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)  
American Medical Response West v. County of Santa Barbara et al.; Santa Barbara  
County Superior Court Case No. 23CV04250.  
Christopher Anderson et al. v. County of Santa Barbara et al., Santa Barbara County Superior  
Court Case No. 22CV01299.  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
(Subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54957.6)  
Employee organizations: All bargaining units, unrepresented employees, managers, and executives.  
Agency-designated representatives: County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato and Human  
Resources Director Kristine Schmidt.  
Report from Closed Session  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
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  
SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
A-1)  
A-2)  
24-00253  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Erica Bottorff of the Public Defender’s Office as the  
March 2024 Employee of the Month in Santa Barbara County.  
24-00249  
SUPERVISOR CAPPS  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Gerald R. Barnes upon his retirement from the  
Public Works Department after over 25 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of  
Santa Barbara County.  
A-3)  
A-4)  
A-5)  
A-6)  
A-7)  
A-8)  
24-00250  
SUPERVISOR CAPPS  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring William Tonoli upon his retirement from the Public  
Works Department after over 38 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa  
Barbara County.  
24-00263  
SUPERVISOR HARTMANN  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Kelly McLaughlin upon her retirement from the  
Child Support Services Department after over 22 years of faithful and distinguished service to the  
citizens of Santa Barbara County.  
24-00251  
SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Kimberly Siegel upon her retirement from the  
District Attorney’s Office after over 21 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of  
Santa Barbara County.  
24-00106  
SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring John Zorovich upon his retirement from the Planning  
and Development Department after over 31 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens  
of Santa Barbara County.  
24-00245  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Scott David McGolpin upon his retirement from the  
Public Works Department after over 35 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of  
Santa Barbara County.  
24-00252  
SUPERVISOR CAPPS  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
Adopt a Resolution Proclaiming the month of March 2024 as Music in Our Schools Month in Santa  
Barbara County.  
Honorary Resolutions  
A-9)  
24-00113  
SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Belinda Gonzalez upon her retirement from the  
Department of Social Services after over 31 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens  
of Santa Barbara County.  
A-10)  
A-11)  
A-12)  
24-00244  
SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Lupe Desales upon her retirement from the  
Department of Social Services after over 22 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens  
of Santa Barbara County.  
24-00266  
SUPERVISOR HARTMANN  
Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Adam Barton Reichick upon his retirement from the  
Sheriff’s Office after over 27 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa  
Barbara County.  
24-00104  
SUPERVISOR LAVAGNINO  
Adopt a Resolution Proclaiming the week of March 24, 2024 through March 30, 2024 as Tsunami  
Preparedness Week in Santa Barbara County.  
Administrative Items  
A-13)  
24-00258  
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the AB1600 Mitigation Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year  
(FY) 2022-2023, as follows:  
a) Receive and review the FY 2022-2023 AB1600 Mitigation Fee Annual Report which includes  
the mitigation fee financial activity for FY 2022-2023 and the fee schedules for the Countywide,  
Orcutt, Goleta, South Coast, Santa Ynez, Lompoc and Santa Maria development impact fee  
programs; and  
b) 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-14)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00254  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with Continuum of Care  
(CoC) required by State Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program Round 5  
Funding, as follows:  
a) Authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, until otherwise ordered by the Board,  
to take the following actions required for the acceptance and administration of HHAP Round 5  
funds allocated to the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC and County of Santa Barbara:  
i) Submit, by March 27, 2024, a joint funding application which includes a Regionally Coordinated  
Homelessness Action Plan, and execute all certifications, standard forms and a grant agreement  
required for disbursement of HHAP Round 5 funds. Such standard agreement shall be in a form  
substantially similar to the HHAP 4 Standard Agreement and subject to concurrence by County  
Counsel, Risk Management, and Auditor-Controller;  
b) Approve and authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, to execute the  
Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC from the HHAP  
5 Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan and their inclusion in the Community Action  
Plan to Address Homelessness, which are required for the application, acceptance, and  
administration of the HHAP Round 5 funds allocated to the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County  
Continuum of Care and the County of Santa Barbara; and  
c) Determine 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 actions are organizational or administrative activities  
of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.  
A-15)  
24-00255  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a State Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA)  
Subrecipient Agreement, as follows:  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a subrecipient agreement (Subrecipient Agreement)  
for the distribution of State of California PLHA grant funds in the amount of $114,272.00 to Good  
Samaritan Shelter for delivery of supportive services at Buena Tierra for a term that begins April 1,  
2024 and ends June 30, 2025; and  
b) Determine that the approval of the recommended actions is exempt from the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) since the  
recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any  
specific project which may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-16)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00270  
COUNTY COUNSEL  
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Legal Services with Rothschild  
Wishek and Sands LLP, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Professional Legal Services with  
Rothschild Wishek and Sands LLP from March 19, 2024 to March 18, 2027 in an amount not to  
exceed $100,000.00; and  
b) Determine that the above action is not a project, under the California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5), because it consists  
of government administrative and fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical  
changes in the environment.  
A-17)  
A-18)  
24-00264  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009603 (Majority Vote Required); and Budget Revision  
Request No. 0009599 (4/5 Vote Required).  
24-00260  
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Second Contract Amendment to the Santa Maria Juvenile  
Hall Security Upgrade Project, Project No. 20005, Fifth District; as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Santa Maria  
Juvenile Hall Security Upgrade Project (Project) contract with Birdi Systems, Inc. (BC22151) to  
increase the base compensation under the contract by $94,719.36, from $913,369.73 to an  
amended base compensation amount of $1,008,089.09, for additional construction scope,  
engineering services, and labor, and to extend the contract term through June 30, 2024;  
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009601; and  
c) Find that these actions fall within the scope of the previously filed Notice of Exemption and are  
categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(a), Existing Facilities - Exterior or Interior  
Modifications, as the project consists of the replacement of existing equipment.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-19)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00105  
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Multi-Department Master Service Agreement (MSA), as  
follows:  
a) Approve, and direct the Chief Procurement Officer (Purchasing Agent) to execute and  
administer, the annual MSA with Carlo Achdjian in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, for the  
services specified in the respective Statements of Work as in Exhibits to such MSA; and  
b) Determine that the above actions are not a “project” and are exempt from California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA guidelines  
because they are organization or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct  
or indirect physical changes to the environment.  
A-20)  
24-00224  
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the Key Site H Development Agreement, Case No.  
23ORD-00004, Fourth District, as follows:  
a) Make the required findings for approval of the project, Case No. 23ORD-00004, including  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, Findings for Approval;  
b) Determine that the ninety-nine (99) unit multifamily residential development project as described  
in the Development Agreement, including Exhibit B (Example Project Plans Implementing  
Development Agreement Provisions), is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines  
Section 15194, Affordable Housing Exemption, and Public Resource Code Section 21159.23,  
Low Income Housing, as specified in the CEQA Notice of Exemption; and  
c) Approve the adoption (second reading) of an Ordinance approving the Key Site H Development  
Agreement (23ORD-00004).  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-21)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00259  
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment with Medical Doctors Associates DBA  
Cross Country Locums Agreement, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the professional  
services Agreement with Medical Doctors Associates DBA Cross Country Locums to increase the  
amount by $575,000.00 for substitute (Locums Tenens), to add temporary healthcare professional  
services, and to add direct hire services for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed  
$1,110,000.00 within the period of performance July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024;  
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Health, or designee, to approve rate changes for  
Temporary Placements in accordance with Exhibit B-2 Section E so long as such increase does not  
result in an increase to the total amount of the Agreement, upon review and approval by the  
Auditor-Controller, Risk Management, and County Counsel, subject to the Board’s ability to  
rescind the authority at any time;  
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009518 in the amount of $575,000.00 to pay for  
current temporary staffing fees; and  
d) Determine that the proposed actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA  
Guidelines, because they consist of 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-22)  
24-00272  
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the allocation of two legal positions and establish budget for  
jail health monitoring by the Public Health Department, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Health to establish and hire a 0.5 Full Time  
Equivalent (FTE) Chief Correctional Health Medical Advisor and a 1.0 FTE Correctional Health  
Quality Care Improvement Coordinator to support the development and expansion of sustainable  
jail health services;  
b) Adopt and approve changes to the Salary Resolution, which allocates to the Public Health  
Department one (1) 0.5 FTE Program/Business Leader-Physician and one (1) 1.0 FTE  
Program/Business Leader-General;  
c) Approve and authorize Budget Revision Request No. 0009598 to establish appropriations of  
$98,700.00 in the Public Health Department, Health Care Fund for Salaries and Employee Benefits  
funded by an operating transfer from the General Fund for Other Financing Uses funded by release  
of Committed Litigation fund balance; and  
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d) Determine that the above actions are not a “Project” under the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) since the recommended actions are an  
organizational or administrative activity of the government that will not result in direct or indirect  
physical change in the environment.  
A-23)  
24-00265  
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 2023 and 2024 storm events (23STM1, 23STM2, 24STM1, 24STM2) 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;  
d) Determine that the 2023 winter storms (23STM1 and 23STM2) 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; and  
e) Determine that the 2024 winter storm (24STM1 and 24STM2) emergency actions were found  
by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of the CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines  
Section 15269(d) on February 27, 2024. A Notice of Exemption was filed on this basis on  
February 27, 2024, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
A-24)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00248  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Budget Revision for the Purchase of ReSource Center  
Equipment, Third District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)  
a) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009577 increasing appropriations in the amount of  
$3,764,100.00 in Public Works Resource Recovery and Waste Management Enterprise Fund for  
the purchase of mobile equipment, which is funded by the release of Retained Earnings; and  
b) Determine that pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162 no  
substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to  
light regarding environmental effects of the project or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation  
measures, and therefore the purchase of replacement equipment for ongoing operation of the  
ReSource Center facilities is within the scope of the project covered by the prior environmental  
review, the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) SCH No. 2012041068 and  
Subsequent EIR Revision Letter and Errata dated May 27, 2016 certified by the Board of  
Supervisors on July 12, 2016, Final Subsequent EIR Addendum dated August 11, 2017 (revised  
October 26, 2017) considered by the Board of Supervisors on November 14, 2017, and second  
Addendum dated July 11, 2023 considered by the Board on October 3, 2023 and November 7,  
2023, therefore, no subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration shall be prepared for this action.  
A-25)  
24-00267  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
Consider recommendations regarding the construction of the Midwest Guardrail System, County  
Project No. 820745, First and Third Districts, as follows:  
a) Approve the plans and specifications on file in the Public Works Department Office, for  
construction of Midwest Guardrail System;  
b) Award a construction contract in the amount of $348,226.00 to the lowest responsible bidder,  
The JF Will Company, Inc, 2640 Industrial Parkway Suite 100, Santa Maria, CA 93455, subject  
to the provision of documents and certifications, as set forth in the specifications applicable to the  
project, as required under California law;  
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a construction contract, which has been reviewed  
and approved by County Counsel, Auditor-Controller and Risk Manager, or their authorized  
representatives;  
d) Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee to approve change orders for a contingency  
amount up to $29,912.00 for the construction of Midwest Guardrail System, for a total not to  
exceed authorization of $378,138.00; and  
e) Determine the project was found by your Board to be exempt from the provisions of the  
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15301(c) (as the proposed project(s)  
consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public or private  
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structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no  
expansion of use beyond that previously existing, including but not limited to existing highways and  
streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities), a Notice of Exemption  
was filed on that basis, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption.  
A-26)  
24-00112  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FLOOD  
CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT  
Consider recommendations regarding a Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response  
Actions from the 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 actions taken  
pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050 related to emergency  
operations responding to flooding, storms, and debris removal projects following the 2023 and  
2024 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 actions 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  
actions and determine, by a 4/5 vote, whether there is a need to continue the emergency actions until  
the actions are terminated;  
d) Determine that the recommended actions related to and continuations of the January 31 -  
February 2024 storms are statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c), and a Notice of Exemption was filed on  
this basis on February 27, 2024, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of  
Exemption;  
e) Determine that these emergency actions related to and continuations of 2023 storm response  
were found by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to State CEQA  
Guidelines Section 15269(c) and a Notice of Exemption was filed on this basis on January 24,  
2023, and the proposed action is within the scope of that Notice of Exemption; and  
f) Determine that emergency actions for the Santa Maria River Restoration of Alignment Project  
were found by the Board to be exempt from the provisions of the State 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 the Notice of Exemption filed on September  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00262  
19, 2023.  
A-27)  
SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE  
Consider recommendations regarding the Sheriff’s Medical Grievance Oversight Coordinator  
2020-2023 Annual Reports, as follows:  
a) Receive and file the Sheriff’s annual medical grievance oversight reports for 2020, 2021, 2022  
and 2023; and  
b) Determine that the approval of the recommended action is not subject to the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b) (5), since the  
recommended action is a government administrative activity which does not involve commitment to  
any specific project which may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment.  
A-28)  
A-29)  
24-00256  
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR  
Receive and file the Annual DNA Identification Fund Report for calendar year 2023.  
24-00257  
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR  
Consider recommendations regarding a request for approval to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property at  
Public Auction via internet from June 17, 2024 to June 20, 2024, as follows:  
a) Receive and accept the Notice of Intention to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property and Request for  
Approval from the Treasurer-Tax Collector;  
b) Adopt a Resolution approving a Tax Sale, by Public Auction via internet, of Tax Defaulted  
Property;  
c) Direct the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of the Resolution to the Treasurer-Tax  
Collector within five days after the date of its adoption; and  
d) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they consist of 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 physical  
impact on the environment.  
Board of Supervisors  
A-30)  
24-00261  
SUPERVISOR HARTMANN  
Approve the appointment of Patrina Jones to the Behavioral Wellness Commission, term ending  
January 1, 2027, Third District.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00271  
Hearing Requests  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
A-31)  
Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding a Jail Healthcare Study Session, as follows:  
(Set a hearing for April 3, 2024. Time estimate: 3 hours)  
a) Set a Special Meeting for April 3, 2024 for a community study session on issues related to  
medical and behavioral healthcare services in the County’s adult custodial facilities (Jail Healthcare  
Study Session); and  
b) Find that the proposed actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California  
Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(2), as it consists of general policy and  
procedure making.  
Approval of Administrative Agenda  
24-00002  
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) (24-00002)  
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS  
AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
Departmental Agenda  
Planning Items and Public Hearings  
Department Requests Withdrawal of Departmental Item No. 1) from the Agenda  
1)  
24-00010  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding reports on Pavement Impact Studies related to:  
Utility Cuts, Heavy Vehicles (Refuse Collection Trucks, Mass Transit/Bus, Fire Trucks and  
Construction Vehicles) and Consider Options for Pavement Impact Mitigation, as follows:  
a) Receive and file reports on Pavement Impact Studies on Roads related to utility cuts and heavy  
vehicles (refuse collection trucks, mass transit/bus, fire trucks and construction vehicles);  
b) Provide direction to Public Works staff on whether to pursue each of the following Pavement  
Impact cost recovery measures:  
i) Direct staff to implement a Pavement Cut Fee increase;  
ii) Direct staff to implement a new Heavy Construction Load Development Impact Fee;  
iii) Direct staff to work with Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division to investigate the  
feasibility of increasing the Solid Waste Program Fee to include compensation to the County for  
Heavy Load Road Impacts; and  
iv) Direct staff to work with the County Executive Office to explore a budget expansion request or  
other options for offsetting costs of pavement impacts caused by Mass Transit/Bus and Fire Trucks;  
or  
c) Provide other direction, as appropriate; and  
d) Determine that the recommended action is not a Project within the meaning of California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines,  
because the action is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in  
direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: WITHDRAW  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00187  
Department Requests Continuance of Departmental Item No. 2) to 4/23/2024  
2)  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the amendment of County Code Chapter 28,  
for use of County Rights-of-Way for business purposes, as follows:  
a) Approve the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County  
Code, Chapter 28-Roads, to allow permitting, regulation, and collection of fees for business  
operations encroaching on County road right-of-way;  
b) Read the title of the Ordinance and waive further reading of the Ordinance in full; and  
c) Set a hearing for the Administrative Agenda (Second Reading) to consider the adoption of an  
Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code, Chapter 28, as follows:  
i) Approve the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Santa Barbara County Code,  
Chapter 28-Roads, to allow permitting, regulation, and collection of fees for business operations  
encroaching in the County road right-of-way; and  
ii) Determine that this action is not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (c), as the proposed project(s) consists of the  
operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities,  
mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond  
that previously existing, including but not limited to existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters,  
bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on  
that basis.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: CONTINUE TO 4/23/2024  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
ADDENDUM  
Departmental Item No. 3) is amended as follows:  
3)  
24-00247  
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, BOARD OF  
SUPERVISORS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2024 Certificates of Participation (COP), as  
follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)  
Acting as the Board of Supervisors:  
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of a Lease, a Sublease, an Assignment  
Agreement, a Trust Agreement, an Official Notice of Sale and a Contract of Purchase; Approving  
execution of COP to finance certain capital improvements; Approving a Preliminary Official  
Statement for said COP; Authorizing the execution and delivery of an Official Statement and a  
Continuing Disclosure Agreement; and authorizing certain other actions in connection with the lease  
financing in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $130,000,000.00 and an aggregate true  
interest cost not to exceed 6.5%;  
b) Authorize the Treasurer-Tax Collector to abandon this issuance if market conditions are deemed  
financially unfavorable;  
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 009604 recording the sale of COP by establishing  
appropriations to increase the 2024 COP Projects fund restricted fund balance in the amount of  
$119,708,000.00, and establishing appropriations in the amount of $1,027,000.00 for the related  
current year financing costs funded by debt proceeds;  
d) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that  
are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section  
15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines;  
e) Certify that the Board has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final  
Mitigated Negative Declaration and make the CEQA Findings required to adopt the Final Mitigated  
Negative Declaration (GS-042022-19014-MND) for the Proposed Probation Headquarters  
Building Project, adopt the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (GS-042022-19014-MND) and  
adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Plan included in the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration; and  
f) Determine that the Santa Barbara County Main Jail Renovation Project is exempt from the  
provisions of the CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, and 15304  
because it consists of replacement or reconstruction, existing facilities, and/or minor alterations to  
land; and  
Acting as the Board of Directors, Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District:  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
a) Approve the 2024 COP financing.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
4)  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
24-00246  
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding approval of the Tajiguas Landfill Capacity  
Increase Project, Third District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 15 MIN.)  
a) Certify that the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), 23EIR-00001, for the  
Tajiguas Landfill Capacity Increase Project has been completed in compliance with the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);  
b) Certify that the Board has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final SEIR,  
23EIR-00001, as well as information presented during the public hearing prior to the approval of  
the project, and make and adopt the CEQA Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations;  
c) Approve the Tajiguas Landfill Capacity Increase Project, which provides an additional capacity  
of 6.1 million cubic yards, increasing the permitted total design capacity of the Tajiguas Landfill from  
23.3 million cubic yards to 29.4 million cubic yards;  
d) Adopt the mitigation measures, with their corresponding monitoring requirements, as the  
Mitigation Monitoring Program for this project;  
e) Direct the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division to acquire local, State and  
Federal permits and approvals to the extent required by law for implementation of the project; and  
f) Authorize the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division to advertise/solicit for  
bids/proposals for construction of the project and for other contracts that may be required to  
implement the project.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
Agenda  
March 19, 2024  
Adjourned at 1:19 PM  
Adjourned to  
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 2:00 PM  
Board of Supervisors Workshop  
Potential Rezone Sites for the County Housing Element  
County Engineering Building  
Planning Commission Hearing Room  
123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara  
Challenges  
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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  
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Channel 20 at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 5:00 PM  
and on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 10:00 AM on CSBTV Channel 20.  
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