Establishing Benefit Assessments for County Service Areas 3, 31, and the Santa Barbara North County Lighting District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Summary
SCH Number
2024050433
Public Agency
Santa Barbara County Public Works Department Resource Recovery and Waste Management Div.
Document Title
Establishing Benefit Assessments for County Service Areas 3, 31, and the Santa Barbara North County Lighting District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/9/2024
Document Description
This action is to establish the benefit assessments for streetlighting services in County Service Area 3 (CSA 3) at $24.00 per residential parcel (factored for other development types), County Service Area 31 (CSA 31) at $12.93 per residential parcel (factored for other development types), and to not establish (set to zero) the benefit assessment for zones in the Santa Barbara North County Lighting District (SBNCLD) that have benefit assessments.
Contact Information
Name
Joddi Leipner
Agency Name
SB County PW, RRWMD
Job Title
Engineering Environmental Team Leader
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
unincorporated Santa Barbara County, Goleta, SB, IV, North Cnty
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Unincorporated, urbanized areas Goleta and Santa Barbara (CSA 3), in the community of Isla Vista (CSA 31), and the Santa Barbara North County Lighting District in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Supervisorial Districts.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines (CCR Section 15273(a) (1)-(4), “Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges”.
Reasons for Exemption
The County operates two streetlighting districts and three county service areas. Of these, County Service Area 3 (unincorporated Goleta and Santa Barbara), County Service Area 31 (Isla Vista), and portions of the Santa Barbara North County
Lighting District generate revenue from benefit assessments. Establishing the benefit assessment is required annually pursuant to the Government Code and the Streets and Highways Code and is for the purposes of meeting operating and capital expenses, as well as for meeting financial reserve needs required to maintain services within the existing service areas. Said rates are not for the expansion of the service system. Therefore, consistent with CEQA Guidelines (CCR Section 15273(a) (1)-(4)), the actions are exempt from CEQA.
County Clerk
Santa Barbara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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