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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2030 Climate Action Plan Adoption, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.) a) Adopt the 2030 Climate Action Plan by adopting a Resolution; b) Adopt a Resolution directing staff to (1) identify viable measures and a goal to reduce emissions from oil and gas extraction and processing, (2) return to the Board within six months for consideration of such measures and goals; c) Receive and file the Implementation Cost Analysis Report; d) Make the required findings for certification of the 2030 Climate Action Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (Case No. 23EIR-00002), pursuant to the State Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); e) Make the required findings for approval of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan Energy Element amendment, Case 23GPA-00004, including CEQA findings; f) Find the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Case No. 23GPA-0004, is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); g) Adopt a Resolution approving Case No. 23GPA-00004, amending Policy 8.3 and Research Action 8.3.1 of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan Energy Element; h) Adopt a Resolution approving proposed amendments to Chapter 11, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, of the Environmental Thresholds and Guidelines Manual, to include new non-stationary source greenhouse gas emissions thresholds of significance, and the 2030 Climate Action Plan Consistency Checklist, in compliance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.4; and i) Determine that the amendment to the Environmental Thresholds and Guidelines Manual is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3), 15378 (b)(5), and 15064.7. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
- Committee
- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
- Introduced
- August 16, 2024
- On agenda
- August 27, 2024
- Passed
- August 27, 2024