2024-06-04 Regular — Santa Maria City Council, June 4, 2024 (part 2 of 5)

3.9. Linear, Grading & Excavation (2025) - Unmitigated
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Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Location
Onsite
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
TOG
Off -Road 0.46
Equipment
Dust
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite
truck
Daily,
Winter
(Max)

0.00 Off -Road 0.46
Equipment
Dust
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite
truck
Average
Daily

0.00 Off -Road 0.03
Equipment
Dust
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite
truck

0.00 ROG

0.46 0.00

0.03 0.00
NOx

12.0 0.00

0.76 0.00
CO

14.9 0.00

0.94 0.00
SO2

0.02 0.00

0.02 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 PM1 OE

0.49 0.00

0.03 0.00
PM10D

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00
PM10T

0.49 0.00

0.00 0.49

0.00 0.00

0.03 0.00

0.00 PM2.5E

0.44 0.00

0.03 0.00
PM2.5D

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00
PM2.5T

0.44 0.00

0.00 0.44

0.00 0.00

0.03 0.00

0.00 BCO2
NBCO2
2,686

0.00 2,686

0.00 169

0.00 CO2T
2,686

0.00 2,686

0.00 169

0.00 CH4

0.11 0.00

0.01 0.00
N2O

0.02 0.00

0.02 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 R

0.00 0.00

0.00 CO2e
2,695

0.00 2,695

0.00 170

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Annual -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Off -Road 0.01 0.01 0.14 0.17 < 0.005 0.01 - 0.01 0.01 - 0.01 - 28.0 28.0 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 28.1 Equipment
Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
From
Material
Movemen :

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Offsite
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Worker 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 47.2 47.2 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.21 48.1 Vendor < 0.005 < 0.005 0.03 0.01 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 17.8 17.8 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.05 18.6 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Daily,
Winter
(Max)
Worker 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 46.2 46.2 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 46.9 Vendor < 0.005 < 0.005 0.03 0.01 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 17.8 17.8 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 18.5 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average
Daily
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.02 0.00 0.00
Vendor < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005
< 0.005 < 0.005

0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 2.92 2.92 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 2.97 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 1.12 1.12 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 1.17 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Annual -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 0.48 0.48 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.49 Vendor < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 0.19 0.19 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.19 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15/30

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3.11. Linear, Drainage, Utilities, & Sub -Grade (2025) - Unmitigated Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Location
Onsite
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
TOG
Off -Road 0.21
Equipment
Dust
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite
truck
Daily,
Winter
(Max)
Average
Daily

0.00 Off -Road 0.07
Equipment
Dust
From
Material
Movemen :

Onsite
truck

0.00 Annual -
Off -Road 0.01
Equipment
ROG

0.21 0.00

0.07 0.00
NOx

5.20 0.00

1.87 0.00
CO

6.96 0.00

2.50 0.00
SO2

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 PM10E

0.29 0.00

0.11 0.00
PM10D

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00
PM 10T

0.29 0.00

0.00 0.11

0.00 0.00
PM2.5E

0.27 0.00

0.10 0.00
PM2.5D

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00
PM2.5T

0.27 0.00

0.00 0.10

0.00 0.00
BCO2
NBCO2
991

0.00 CO2T
991

0.00 356 356

0.00 0.00
CH4

0.04 0.00

0.01 0.00
N2O

0.01 R

0.00 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 CO2e
995

0.00 357

0.00 0.00
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

0.01 0.34

0.46 < 0.005

0.02 0.02

58.9 58.9
< 0.005
< 0.005

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Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 - - - - - - -
From
Material
Movemen :

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Offsite - - - - - - - - - - - -
Daily, - - - - - - - - - - -
Summer
(Max)
Worker 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 47.2 47.2 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.21 48.1 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Daily, - - - - - - - - -
Winter
(Max)
Average - - - - - - - - -
Daily
Worker 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 16.6 16.6 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.03 16.9 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Annual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.02 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 2.75 2.75 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 2.80 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3.13. Linear, Drainage, Utilities, & Sub -Grade (2025) - Unmitigated Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Location
Onsite
TOG
ROG
NOx
CO
SO2
PM10E
PM10D
PM 10T
PM2.5E
PM2.5D
PM2.5T
BCO2
NBCO2
CO2T
CH4
N20
R
CO2e
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Daily, -
Summer
(Max)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Off -Road 0.17 0.17 4.07 4.30 0.01 0.22
Equipment

0.22 0.20 - 0.20 - 604 604 0.02 < 0.005 - 606
Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Daily, - - - - - - - - - - -
Winter
(Max)
Off -Road 0.17 0.17 4.07 4.30 0.01 0.22 - 0.22 0.20 - 0.20 - 604 604 0.02 < 0.005 - 606 Equipment
Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Average - - - - -
Daily
Off -Road 0.01 0.01 0.32 0.34 < 0.005 0.02 - 0.02 0.02 - 0.02 - 48.0 48.0 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 48.2 Equipment
Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
From
Material
Movemerr:

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Annual -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Off -Road < 0.005 < 0.005 0.06 0.06 < 0.005 < 0.005 - < 0.005 < 0.005 - < 0.005 - 7.95 7.95 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 7.97 Equipment
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Dust - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 - - - - - - -
From
Material
Movemen :

Onsite 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 truck
Offsite - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Daily, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Summer
(Max)
Worker 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 47.2 47.2 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.21 48.1 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Daily, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Winter
(Max)
Worker 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 46.2 46.2 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 46.9 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Average - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Daily
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.02 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 3.68 3.68 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 3.74 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Annual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 - 0.61 0.61 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.62 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3.15. Linear, Paving (2025) - Unmitigated
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Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Location
Onsite
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
Daily,
Winter
(Max)
TOG
Off -Road 0.10
Equipment
Onsite
truck
Average
Daily
Off -Road
Equipmen
Onsite
truck

0.00 0.01
t

0.00 Annual -
Off -Road < 0.005
Equipment
Onsite
truck

0.00 Offsite -
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
Daily,
Winter
(Max)
ROG

0.10 0.00

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 NOx

3.19 0.00

0.20 0.00

0.04 0.00
CO

4.31 0.00

0.27 0.00

0.05 0.00
SO2

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 < 0.005

0.00 PM10E

0.13 0.00

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 PM10D

0.00 0.00

0.00 PM10T

0.13 0.00

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 PM2.5E

0.12 0.00

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 PM2.5D

0.00 0.00

0.00 PM2.5T

0.12 0.00

0.01 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 BCO2
NBCO2
614

0.00 38.7

0.00 6.41

0.00 CO2T
614

0.00 38.7

0.00 6.41

0.00 CH4

0.02 0.00
< 0.005

0.00 < 0.005

0.00 N2O
< 0.005

0.00 < 0.005

0.00 R

0.00 0.00

0.00 CO2e
616

0.00 38.8

0.00 -

6.43 0.00
-
Worker 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 - 30.8 30.8 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 31.3 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 / 30

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Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Average
Daily
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.01 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 1.94 1.94 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 1.98 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Annual
Worker < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.00 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.32 0.32 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.33 Vendor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hauling 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4. Operations Emissions Details

4.10. Soil Carbon Accumulation By Vegetation Type

4.10.1. Soil Carbon Accumulation By Vegetation Type - Unmitigated Criteria Pollutants (Ib/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Vegetatio
n
TOG
ROG
NOx
CO
SO2
PM10E
PM1OD
PM1OT
PM2.5E
PM2.5D
PM2.5T
BCO2
NBCO2
CO2T
CH4
N20
R
CO2e
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
Total
Daily,
Winter
(Max)
Total
Annual
Total
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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4.10.2. Above and Belowground Carbon Accumulation by Land Use Type - Unmitigated Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Land
Use
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
Total
Daily,
Winter
(Max)
Total
Annual
Total
TOG
ROG
NOx
CO
SO2
PM10E
PM1OD
PM1OT
PM2.5E
PM2.5D
PM2.5T
BCO2
NBCO2
CO2T
CH4
N20
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

4.10.3. Avoided and Sequestered Emissions by Species - Unmitigated Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Species
Daily,
Summer
(Max)
TOG
Avoided —
ROG
NOx
CO
SO2
PM10E
PM1OD
PM1OT
PM2.5E
PM2.5D
PM2.5T
BCO2
NBCO2
CO2T
CH4
N20
R
CO2e
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Subtotal — —
Sequest
ered
Subtotal —
Remove
d
Subtotal —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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Daily,
Winter
(Max)
Avoided —
Subtotal —
Sequest
ered
Subtotal —
Remove
d
Subtotal —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Annual —
Avoided —
Subtotal —
Sequest
ered
Subtotal —
Remove
d
Subtotal —
-
-
-
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

5. Activity Data

5.1. Construction Schedule
Phase Name
Phase Type
Start Date
Demo / Pavement Cutting Linear, Grubbing & Land 3/3/2025 Clearing
End Date
3/28/2025
Days Per Week
Work Days per Phase
Phase Description

6.00 23.0 Demo/Pavement Cutting
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Site Prep
Grading
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Paving
Linear, Grubbing & Land
Clearing
Linear, Grading &
Excavation
Linear, Grading &
Excavation
Linear, Drainage, Utilities, &
Sub -Grade
Linear, Drainage, Utilities, &
Sub -Grade
Linear, Paving
12/1/2025
3/31/2025
3/31/2025
4/28/2025
9/29/2025
11/3/2025
1/2/2026
4/25/2025
4/25/2025
9/26/2025
10/31/2025
11/28/2025

6.00 6.00

29.0 23.0

23.0 131

29.0 23.0
Site Restoration
Site Prep
Grading
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Paving

5.2. Off -Road Equipment

5.2.1. Unmitigated
Phase Name
Demo / Pavement
Cutting
Site Restoration
Site Prep
Site Prep
Site Prep
Grading
Grading
Grading
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Equipment Type
Excavators
Pumps
Excavators
Rubber Tired Loaders
Sweepers/Scrubbers
Rubber Tired Loaders
Skid Steer Loaders
Sweepers/Scrubbers
Aerial Lifts
Sweepers/Scrubbers
Skid Steer Loaders
Excavators
Fuel Type
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Engine Tier
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Tier 3
Number per Day

1.00 1.00

1.00 1.00
Hours Per Day

8.00 8.00

8.00 8.00
Horsepower

36.0 11.0

36.0 150
423
150
423

84.0 37.0
148

71.0 36.0
Load Factor

0.38 0.74

0.38 0.36

0.48 0.36

0.48 0.37

0.48 0.41

0.37 0.38
Tank Installation
Rubber Tired Loaders
Diesel
Tier 3

1.00 8.00

84.0 0.37
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Paving
Paving
Sweepers/Scrubbers
Pavers
Paving Equipment
Diesel
Diesel
Diesel
Tier 3

1.00 Tier 3 1.00
Tier 3

1.00 8.00

8.00 8.00

37.0 81.0

89.0 0.48

0.42 0.36

5.3. Construction Vehicles

5.3.1. Unmitigated
Phase Name
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Site Prep
Site Prep
Site Prep
Site Prep
Site Prep
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Tank Installation
Tank Installation
Tank Installation
Trip Type
Worker
Vendor
Hauling
Onsite truck
Worker
Vendor
Hauling
Onsite truck
Worker
Vendor
Hauling
Onsite truck
Worker
Vendor
Hauling
One -Way Trips per Day

2.50 0.00

0.00 7.50

1.00 48.9

7.50 0.00

0.00 7.50

0.00 0.00
Miles per Trip

8.80 5.30

20.0 8.80

5.30 20.0

8.80 5.30

20.0 8.80

5.30 20.0
Vehicle Mix
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HHDT
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Tank Installation Onsite truck HHDT
Grading
Grading Worker 7.50 8.80 LDA.LDT1,LDT2
Grading Vendor 1.00 5.30 HHDT,MHDT
Grading Hauling 0.00 20.0 HHDT
Grading Onsite truck HHDT
Site Restoration
Site Restoration Worker 2.50 8.80 LDA.LDT1.LDT2
Site Restoration Vendor 0.00 5.30 HHDT,MHDT
Site Restoration Hauling 0.00 20.0 HHDT
Site Restoration Onsite truck HHDT
Paving
Paving Worker 5.00 8.80 LDA.LDT1.LDT2
Paving Vendor 0.00 5.30 HHDT,MHDT
Paving Hauling 0.00 20.0 HHDT
Paving Onsite truck HHDT

5.4. Vehicles

5.4.1. Construction Vehicle Control Strategies
Non -applicable. No control strategies activated by user.

5.5. Architectural Coatings
Phase Name
Residential Interior Area Coated
(sq ft)
Residential Exterior Area Coated
(sq ft)
Non -Residential Interior Area
Coated (sq ft)
Non -Residential Exterior Area
Coated (sq ft)
Parking Area Coated (sq ft)

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5.6.1. Construction Earthmoving Activities
Phase Name
Material Imported (Cubic Yards)
Material Exported (Cubic Yards)
Acres Graded (acres)
Material Demolished (sq. ft.)
Acres Paved (acres)
Demo / Pavement Cutting
Site Restoration
Site Prep
Grading
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation

0.00 0.00
4,500

0.00 0.00

0.00 5.6.2. Construction Earthmoving Control Strategies

0.00 0.00
4,500

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.74

0.00 0.00

0.00 Control Strategies Applied
Frequency (per day)
PM10 Reduction
PM2.5 Reduction
Water Exposed Area

5.7. Construction Paving
2 61%
61%
Land Use
Area Paved (acres)
Asphalt
Road Construction

0.74 5.8. Construction Electricity Consumption and Emissions Factors kWh per Year and Emission Factor (Ib/MWh)
Year
2025
2026

5.18. Vegetation
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5.18.1. Land Use Change

5.18.1.1. Unmitigated
Vegetation Soil Type
Initial Acres

5.18.1. Biomass Cover Type

5.18.1.1. Unmitigated
Biomass Cover Type
Initial Acres
Final Acres

5.18.2. Sequestration

5.18.2.1. Unmitigated
Number
all Electricity Saved (kWh/year) Natural Gas Saved (btu/year)

6. Climate Risk Detailed Report

6.1. Climate Risk Summary
Cal -Adapt midcentury 2040-2059 average projections for four hazards are reported below for your project location. These are under Representation Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 which assumes GHG emissions will continue to rise strongly through 2050 and then plateau around 2100._ Climate Hazard
Result for Project Location
Temperature and Extreme Heat
Extreme Precipitation
Sea Level Rise
Wildfire

5.70 4.00

0.00 0.00
annual days of extreme heat
annual days with precipitation above 20 mm
meters of inundation depth
annual hectares burned
Temperature and Extreme Heat data are for grid cell in which your project are located. The projection is based on the 98th historical percentile of daily maximum/minimum temperatures from observed historical data (32 climate model ensemble from Cal -Adapt, 2040-2059 average under RCP 8.5). Each grid cell is 6 kilometers (km) by 6 km, or 3.7 miles (mi) by 3.7 mi. 28/30

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Extreme Precipitation data are for the grid cell in which your project are located. The threshold of 20 mm is equivalent to about % an inch of rain, which would be light to moderate rainfall if received over a full day or heavy rain if received over a period of 2 to 4 hours. Each grid cell is 6 kilometers (km) by 6 km, or 3.7 miles (mi) by 3.7 mi.

Sea Level Rise data are for the grid cell in which your project are located. The projections are from Radke et al. (2017), as reported in Cal -Adapt (2040-2059 average under RCP 8.5), and consider different increments of sea level rise coupled with extreme storm events. Users may select from four model simulations to view the range in potential inundation depth for the grid cell. The four simulations make different assumptions about expected rainfall and temperature are: Warmer/drier (HadGEM2-ES), Cooler/wetter (CNRM-CM5), Average conditions (CanESM2), Range of different rainfall and temperature possibilities (MIR005). Each grid cell is 50 meters (m) by 50 m, or about 164 feet (ft) by 164 ft.

Wildfire data are for the grid cell in which your project are located. The projections are from UC Davis, as reported in Cal -Adapt (2040-2059 average under RCP 8.5), and consider historical data of climate, vegetation, population density, and large (> 400 ha) fire history. Users may select from four model simulations to view the range in potential wildfire probabilities for the grid cell. The four simulations make different assumptions about expected rainfall and temperature are: Warmer/drier (HadGEM2-ES), Cooler/wetter (CNRM-CM5), Average conditions (CanESM2), Range of different rainfall and temperature possibilities (MIR005). Each grid cell is 6 kilometers (km) by 6 km, or 3.7 miles (mi) by 3.7 mi.

6.2. Initial Climate Risk Scores
Climate Hazard
Exposure Score
Temperature and Extreme Heat
Extreme Precipitation
N/A
N/A
Sea Level Rise
Wildfire
Flooding
Drought
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Snowpack Reduction
Air Quality Degradation
N/A
N/A
Sensitivity Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Adaptive Capacity Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vulnerability Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
The sensitivity score reflects the extent to which a project would be adversely affected by exposure to a climate hazard. Exposure is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with a score of 5 representing the greatest exposure.

The adaptive capacity of a project refers to its ability to manage and reduce vulnerabilities from projected climate hazards. Adaptive capacity is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with a score of 5 representing the greatest ability to adapt.

The overall vulnerability scores are calculated based on the potential impacts and adaptive capacity assessments for each hazard. Scores do not include implementation of climate risk reduction measures.

6.3. Adjusted Climate Risk Scores
Climate Hazard
Temperature and Extreme Heat
Extreme Precipitation
Exposure Score
N/A
N/A
Sea Level Rise
Wildfire
N/A
N/A
Sensitivity Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Adaptive Capacity Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vulnerability Score
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Drought
Snowpack Reduction
Air Quality Degradation
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A N/A

N/A N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
The sensitivity score reflects the extent to which a project would be adversely affected by exposure to a climate hazard. Exposure is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with a score of 5 representing the greatest exposure.

The overall vulnerability scores are calculated based on the potential impacts and adaptive capacity assessments for each hazard. Scores include implementation of climate risk reduction measures.

8. User Changes to Default Data
Screen
Construction: Construction Phases
Construction: Off -Road Equipment
Construction: Dust From Material Movement
Justification
Modified to match applicant provided construction schedule Modified per applicant provided construction equipment. All equipment would be equipped with Tier 3 or Tier 4 engines. Conservatively assumed all equipment would have Tier 3 engines.

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Appendix B
Biological Resources Assessment

Bonita Elementary School Drinking
Water Improvements Project
Biological Resources Assessment
prepared for
Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201
West Sacramento, California 95691
prepared by
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
1530 Monterey Street, Suite D
San Luis Obispo, California 93401
January 2024
RINCON CONSULTANTS, INC.

Environmental Scientists I Planners I Engineers
rinconconsultants.com

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1

1.1 Project Location 1

1.2 Project Description 1

1.3 Regulatory Summary 4

1.3.1 Definition of Special Status Species 4

1.3.2 Environmental Statutes 4

1.3.3 Guidelines for Determining CEQA Significance 5
2 Methodology 6

2.1 Biological Study Area 6

2.2 Literature Review 6

2.3 Field Reconnaissance Survey 8

2.4 Impact Evaluation 8
3 Existing Conditions 10

3.1 Physical Characteristics 10

3.1.1 Topography and Geography 10

3.1.2 Watershed and Drainages 10

3.1.3 Soils 10

3.2 Vegetation and Other Land Cover 12

3.2.1 Agriculture 12

3.2.2 Ruderal/Developed 12

3.3 General Wildlife 13
4 Regulated Biological Resources 14

4.1 Special Status Species 14

4.1.1 Special Status Plant Species 14

4.1.2 Special Status Wildlife Species 15

4.2 Sensitive Natural Communities and Critical Habitat 15

4.3 Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands 15

4.4 Wildlife Movement 16

4.5 Resources Protected by Local Policies and Ordinances 16

4.6 Habitat Conservation Plans 17
5 Impact Analysis and Mitigation Measures 18

5.1 Special -Status Species 18

5.2 Sensitive Natural Communities and Critical Habitat 20

5.3 Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands 20

5.4 Wildlife Movement 21
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5.5 Resources Protected by Local Policies and Ordinances 21

5.6 Habitat Conservation Plans 21
6 Limitations, Assumptions, and Use Reliance 22
7 References 23
8 List of Preparers 24
Figures
Figure 1 Regional Location Map 2
Figure 2 Biological Study Area 7
Figure 3 Land Cover and Ditches within the Biological Study Area 11 Appendices
Appendix A Regulatory Framework
Appendix B Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Appendix C Floral and Faunal Compendium
Appendix D Site Photographs
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Introduction
1 Introduction
Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) has prepared this Biological Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project (herein referred to as "project"), which includes the connection of the City of Santa Maria's (City) water system to the Bonita Elementary School's water system via approximately 8,100 linear feet of a two-inch diameter service line extending from the planned terminus of the City's water system near the northeast corner of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to Bonita Elementary School. This report presents information on existing conditions, regulated biological resources, potential jurisdictional waters, and other locally protected resources. The assessment of biological resources herein includes the results of a background literature review and reconnaissance -level field survey conducted by Rincon and provides an assessment of potential impacts to regulated biological resources that could result from project activities in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

1.1 Project Location
The project site is located in an unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County approximately 2.9 miles west of Santa Maria, California (Figure 1). The project site includes an approximately 8,100 - linear -foot pipeline alignment that would commence at the terminus of a planned water main in Black Road located at the northeast corner of the City's WWTP, proceed north along Black Road, proceed west along State Route (SR) 166 (also known as West Main Street), proceed north on Bonita School Road, and terminate at its connection to Bonita Elementary School at 2715 West Main Street, Santa Maria (Assessor Parcel Number 113-050-007). The project site also includes portions of Bonita Elementary School that would be modified as part of the proposed project. The project site is located within the Guadalupe and Santa Maria, California United States Geological Survey (USGS)

7.5 -minute topographic quadrangles. The Public Land Survey System depicts the project site within Township 10N, Range 35W, Section 12 and Township 10N, Range 34W, Sections 7, 8, and 17, San Bernardino Meridian.

1.2 Project Description
Background
Bonita Elementary School's water system currently consists of a 430 -foot -deep well, two treatment vessels, a chlorination system, a pump, three expansion tanks, a 10,000 -gallon steel tank, electrical/controls panel, two 500 -gallon propane tanks, and a backup propane generator. The treatment process generates brine waste, which is stored on -site. The Bonita Elementary School water system is currently operated from a single groundwater well and has no redundant source of supply. Bonita Elementary School has encountered elevated sulfate and hexavalent chromium levels, which are common in groundwater in this area. Notices of violation have been issued by the Santa Barbara County Environmental Health for exceedances of state maximum contaminant levels in the water supply for Bonita Elementary School. The water supply for Bonita Elementary School currently exceeds the maximum containment level (MCL) for nitrate and the recommended and upper secondary MCLs for total dissolved solids. In addition, the Kindergarten Building (Building K) is known to contain lead pipes, and lead concentrations in the Building K currently exceed the lead MCL. As a result, Bonita Elementary School is seeking to obtain Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Biological Resources Assessment 1

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Project Description
The proposed project consists of connecting the City's water system to the Bonita Elementary School Water System via approximately 8,100 linear feet of a two-inch diameter service line from the planned terminus of the City's water system near the northeast corner of the City's WWTP to Bonita Elementary School. The City is currently in the design phase of extending City water service to the WWTP separately from the proposed project. To meet peak demand, fire flow requirements, and irrigation demand, the project would also include repurposing the existing on -site 10,000 -gallon storage tank and wells and potentially adding a hydropneumatic tank (up to approximately 1,000 gallons in capacity) with appurtenances such as an air compressor and additional above -grade piping and isolation valves.' Minor piping modifications to the existing system would be required to disconnect the proposed potable, domestic supply from the existing system. In addition, the project would involve replacing lead service lines in the school's Building K. Other improvements would include installation of blowoffs along the proposed pipeline and other appurtenances on Bonita Elementary School's property.

Construction
Construction of the project, including mobilization, would begin January 2025 and would occur over the course of approximately one year. The pipeline would be installed primarily via horizontal directional drilling (HDD), pursuant to California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) requirements. The HDD pits would be placed approximately 500 feet apart from each other and/or be placed at a horizontal end or deflection in the pipe. All pits would be located within the pavement limits or adjacent to the shoulder of SR 166 and Black Road. Open trench construction techniques may also be utilized for minor portions of the pipeline on Bonita School Road and Black Road. The maximum depth of excavation for pipeline installation would be approximately six feet.

Construction of the pipeline would occur within the existing disturbed roadways and road shoulders, and no construction activities would occur within or below the stormwater and agricultural ditches along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road. All existing on -site infrastructure would be repurposed, so demolition activities would be minor. Construction equipment staging would occur in the southwest corner of Bonita Elementary School's property.

Construction workers would park along Bonita School Road on the eastern boundary of the school property. No tree trimming or vegetation removal would be required.

Operation and Maintenance
Inspection and maintenance of the proposed pipeline would occur periodically. The existing fire storage tank as well as the proposed hydropneumatic system would also be recoated as needed to prevent corrosion. In addition, water quality would be monitored, and flushing of the pipeline would occur as necessary. Overall, operation and maintenance activities would be less frequent than the existing treatment system. The project would not require transportation or storage of hazardous ' At this time, it is uncertain whether the hydropneumatic tank will be included in the proposed project and if so, what the exact capacity may be. Therefore, this report conservatively evaluates inclusion of this project element with its maximum estimated capacity of 1,000 gallons.

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1.3 Regulatory Summary
Regulated biological resources studied and analyzed herein include special status plant and wildlife species, nesting birds and raptors, sensitive plant communities, jurisdictional waters and wetlands, wildlife movement, regionally protected resources (e.g., from county -wide Habitat Conservation Plans [HCPs] and Natural Community Conservation Plans [NCCPs]), and locally protected resources, such as protected trees. Regulatory authority over biological resources is shared by federal, state, and local authorities. Primary authority for regulation of general biological resources lies within the land use control and planning authority of local jurisdictions (in this instance, the County of Santa Barbara).

1.3.1 Definition of Special Status Species
For the purposes of this report, special status species include:
■ Species listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (FESA); including proposed and candidate species
■ Species listed as candidate, threatened, or endangered under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA)
■ Species designated as Fully Protected by the California Fish and Game Code (CFGC), and Species of Special Concern (SSC) or Watch List by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) ■ Native Plant Protection Act (NPPA) — State Rare (SR)
■ California Native Plant Society (CNPS) California Rare Plant Ranks (CRPR) 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B.

CRPR List 1B and 2 species are typically regarded as rare, threatened, or endangered under CEQA by CEQA lead agencies and were considered as such in this document. CRPR List 3 and List 4 plant species are typically not considered as special status species for the purpose of analysis under CEQA except where they are designated as rare or otherwise protected by local governments because CRPR List 3 species lack the necessary information to assign them to one of the other ranks (or exclude them) and CRPR List 4 species have limited distribution globally but are fairly common within their range
■ Species designated as locally important by the local agency and/or otherwise protected through ordinance, local policy, or HCPs/NCCPs

1.3.2 Environmental Statutes
For the purpose of this report, potential impacts to biological resources were analyzed based on the following statutes (see Appendix A for additional detail):
■ CEQA
■ FESA
■ CESA
■ CFGC
■ Federal Clean Water Act (CWA)
■ Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
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• The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
• Porter -Cologne Water Quality Control Act

1.3.3 Guidelines for Determining CEQA Significance
The following threshold criteria, as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Appendix G Initial Study Checklist, were used to evaluate potential environmental effects. Based on these criteria, the proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
a) Have substantial adverse effects, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by CDFW or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, and regulations or by CDFW or USFWS. c) Have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means.
d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites.
e) Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance.
f) Conflict with the provisions of an adopted HCP, NCCP, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan.

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2.1 Biological Study Area
The biological study area (BSA) is used in this analysis to inform existing baseline conditions and ecological context and to assist in informing the potential for the project site to support special status species. Considering the narrow scope of the proposed project, the BSA for the project encompasses the project features as well as a 50 -foot buffer (Figure 2).

2.2 Literature Review
Rincon conducted a literature review to characterize the nature and extent of biological resources on and adjacent to the BSA. The literature review included an evaluation of current and historical aerial photographs of the site (Google Earth), regional and site -specific topographic maps, and climatic data.

Queries of the USFWS Information for Planning and Consultation system (IPaC; UFWS 2023a), CDFW California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) (CDFW 2023a), and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California (2023) were conducted to obtain comprehensive information regarding state and federally listed species, and other special status species, considered to have potential to occur within the Guadalupe and Santa Maria, California USGS 7.5 -minute topographic quadrangles and the surrounding seven quadrangles (Nipomo, Huasna Peak, Point Sal, Twitchell Dam, Casmelia, Orcutt, and Sisquoc). The results of database -queries and lists of special status species were reviewed by Rincon's regional biological experts for accuracy and completeness. The final list of special status biological resources (species and sensitive natural communities) was evaluated based on documented occurrences within the nine -quadrangle search area and biologists' expert opinions on species known to occur in the region. The evaluation results and justification were compiled into a table (Appendix B).

The following resources were reviewed for additional information on existing conditions relating to biological resources within the BSA:
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Web Soil Survey (2023)
• USFWS Critical Habitat Portal (2023b)
• CDFW Biogeographic Information and Observation System (CDFW 2023b) • CDFW Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List (2023c) • CDFW Special Animals List (CDFW 2023d)
The vegetation community characterizations for this analysis were based on the classification systems presented in A Manual of California Vegetation, Second Edition (MCV2) (Sawyer et al. 2009).

The potential for wildlife movement corridors was evaluated based on the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project commissioned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and CDFW (Spencer et al. 2010).
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2.3 Field Reconnaissance Survey
A field reconnaissance survey was conducted to document the existing site conditions and to evaluate the potential for presence of regulated biological resources, including special status plant and animal species, sensitive plant communities, and potentially jurisdictional waters and wetlands within the BSA. The field reconnaissance survey was conducted by Rincon Senior Biologist Michael Tom on June 28, 2023. Mr. Tom surveyed the BSA on foot where publicly accessible and where entry was permissible. Portions of the BSA occurring on private property were surveyed using binoculars.

During the survey, an inventory of plant and animal species observed was compiled (Appendix C) and special status species, if observed during the survey, were mapped. Plant species nomenclature and taxonomy followed The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition (Baldwin et al. 2012). All plant species encountered were noted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level. The vegetation classification system used for this analysis is based on MCV2 (Sawyer et al. 2009) with modifications as needed to accurately describe the existing habitats observed on site.

Wildlife identification and nomenclature followed standard reference texts including Field Guide to Birds of Western North America (Sibley 2016), Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (Stebbins 2003), and Mammals of North America (Bowers et al. 2004). The habitat requirements for each regionally occurring special status species were assessed and compared to the type and quality of the habitats observed within the BSA during the field survey. Several special status species were eliminated from consideration for potential to occur on site due to lack of suitable habitat, lack of suitable soils/substrate, and/or known regional distribution.

2.4 Impact Evaluation
Impact evaluations are based on Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines as listed in Section 1.3.3, Guidelines for Determining CEQA Significance. Impacts are defined as project -related activities that destroy, damage, alter, or otherwise affect biological resources. This may include injury or mortality to plant or wildlife species, effects on an animal's behavior (such as through harassment or frightening off an animal by construction noise), as well as the loss, modification, or disturbance of natural resources or habitats. Impacts are defined as either direct or indirect and either permanent or temporary:
• Direct Impacts. Direct impacts are generally those that occur during project implementation and at the same time and location as the cause of the impact. Direct impacts can include injury, death, and/or harassment of special status wildlife species, if present in the work areas or vicinity. Direct impacts can also include the destruction of vegetation communities necessary for special status species breeding, feeding, or sheltering. Direct impacts to plants can include crushing of plants, bulbs, or seeds where present in the impact areas. • Indirect Impacts. Indirect impacts are those that are reasonably foreseeable and caused by a project but occur later in time and/or potentially at locations of some distance from the source of the impact. If a direct physical change in the environment in turn causes another change in the environment, then the other change is an indirect impact. Specific examples include soil compaction that, following completion of the project, prevents wildlife from digging burrows or allows weedy plant species to thrive. Other examples include dust that drifts outside of project 8 Methodology
disturbance areas and covers special status plants, thereby decreasing their photosynthetic capacity, and unintentional introduction of invasive species (particularly weedy plant species that outcompete special status plant species) that over time negatively affect the local ecology. ■ Permanent Impacts. Permanent impacts are those that result in the long-term or irreversible loss of biological resources. For example, construction of a new project that would result in a large, developed, and fenced property where sensitive vegetation communities previously existed would be a permanent impact.
is Temporary Impacts. Temporary impacts to biological resources are those that are reversible over time, with or without implementation of avoidance and minimization measures. Examples include the generation of fugitive dust and noise during project implementation, trimming or crushing vegetation that will regrow following project completion, and removed vegetation that will be actively restored. Temporary impacts typically last during project implementation and shortly thereafter; however, the affected biological resources are anticipated to return to baseline after project completion.

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This section summarizes the results of the literature review and reconnaissance -level field survey.

Discussions regarding the general environmental setting, vegetation communities present, plants and animals observed, potential special status species issues, and other potential constraints regarding the biological resources on site are presented below. Representative photographs of the BSA are provided in Appendix D. A complete list of all plant and animal species observed on site during the field survey is presented as Appendix C.

3.1 Physical Characteristics

3.1.1 Topography and Geography
The BSA is located within the Santa Maria Valley in northern Santa Barbara County. The topography of the BSA is generally flat with on -site elevations at approximately 150 to 180 feet above mean sea level. The predominant land use surrounding the BSA is agriculture. Anthropogenic manipulated and maintained habitat types in the vicinity of the project site include row crop agriculture; ruderal areas associated with agricultural fields and support facilities such as materials storage yards, outbuildings, and machinery lots; developed areas; barren ground; irrigation ponds; industrial; irrigated pasture; and fallow agricultural fields that are vegetated by ruderal plant species and/or non-native grassland.

3.1.2 Watershed and Drainages
The BSA is located within the Carralitos Canyon watershed (Hydrologic Unit Code 180600080503).

Four drainage ditches, which are man-made hydrologic features, occur within and immediately adjacent to the BSA and are located as follows (Figure 3):
■ Along the east side of Bonita School Road
■ Along the north side of SR 166
■ Along the south side of SR 166
■ Along the east side of Black Road
Drainage ditches in the region typically provide drainage for agricultural fields and flood control purposes. The ditches are a major collector of runoff from roadways as well as agricultural and agro- industrial areas in the region. Water flows west along SR 166 and drains into a series of ditches that flow southwesterly until they reach Guadalupe Dunes Natural Reserve where the water ultimately flows to the Santa Maria River. Very little vegetation occurs in the ditches and the vegetation present is comprised of annual non-native species.

3.1.3 Soils
According to the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey of Santa Barbara County, California, Northern Santa Barbara Area, three soil map units are mapped within the BSA: Sorrento Sandy Loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Sorrento Loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, and Sorrento Loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes (USDA NRCS 2023).
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9.2 inches). The parent materials of this soil map unit are alluviums. The Sorrento and similar soils comprise approximately 85 percent of this soil unit. The remaining composition is comprised of a combination of minor components such as Sorrento clay loam, Mocho, and Salinas soils. This soil unit does not meet the national hydric criteria. ■ Sorrento loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes are well drained soils with high water capacity (about 9.6 inches). The parent materials of this soil map unit are alluviums derived from sedimentary rock.

The Sorrento and similar soils comprise approximately 85 percent of the soil unit. The remaining composition is comprised of a combination of minor components such as Sorrento clay loam, Mocho, and Sorrento, moderately/severely eroded soils. This soil unit does not meet the national hydric criteria.

3.2 Vegetation and Other Land Cover
No natural vegetation communities occur within the BSA. The BSA is comprised of two land cover types, agriculture and ruderal/developed. Figure 3 illustrates the extent of the land cover types observed, and each are discussed in greater detail below. Representative photographs of the project site are included as Appendix D, and a complete list of plant species observed during the field surveys is presented in Appendix C.

3.2.1 Agriculture
Given that this land cover is not naturally -occurring, it is not described in the Sawyer et al. (2009) classification system. Agriculture is an anthropogenic, frequently -disturbed land cover and includes irrigated row crops that are usually monotypic. This land cover type occurs within and adjacent to the BSA specifically outside of the County and Caltrans right-of-way boundaries along SR 166, Black Road, and Bonita School Road. During the June 28, 2023 site visit, agricultural fields were in various stages of production from freshly tilled to planted fields of annual crops. Most of the ground cover consisted of bare soil.

3.2.2 Ruderal/Developed
Given that this land cover is not naturally occurring, it is also not described in the Sawyer et al. (2009) classification system. Developed areas within the BSA include paved roads, agro-industrial facilities on the north side of SR 166, and Bonita Elementary School. Developed areas also contain landscaped areas with ornamental planted trees and shrubs. Ruderal land cover occurs in areas that are regularly disturbed by human activities and is commonly associated with road shoulders, fallow fields, abandoned lots, and developed areas. Vegetation can vary depending on the degree of disturbance or development. In less developed areas, ruderal species, including non-native herbaceous species, are dominant. Cover by plant species is generally low due to disturbance, and there is a high percentage of bare soil. Within the BSA, ruderal areas consist of compacted road shoulders along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road. Common plant species that occur within this land cover in the BSA include common purslane (Portulaca oleracea), shortpod mustard 12 Existing Conditions
(Hirschfeldia incana), mallow (Malva spp.), and horseweed (Conyza sp.) as well as non-native grasses such as slender wild oat (Avena barbata), Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum), and common wild oat (Avena fatua), which are the dominant species.

3.3 General Wildlife
The quality of habitat for wildlife within the BSA is limited because the majority of the BSA occurs in the right-of-way of paved roadways and a school and is surrounded by development and agriculture. A list of wildlife observed during surveys is presented in Appendix C. Generally, the native wildlife species expected to occur are those that are adapted to or can tolerate anthropogenic disturbances and/or anthropogenic environments.

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This section discusses special status species and regulated biological resources observed on the project site and evaluates the potential for the project site to support additional regulated biological resources. Assessments for the potential occurrence of special status species are based on known ranges, habitat preferences for the species, species occurrence records from the CNDDB and other sources, species occurrence records from other sites in the vicinity of the survey area, previous reports for the project site, and the results of a survey of the project site. The potential for each special status species to occur in the BSA was evaluated according to the following criteria:
■ No Potential. Habitat on and adjacent to the site is clearly unsuitable for the species requirements (foraging, breeding, cover, substrate, elevation, hydrology, plant community, site history, disturbance regime), and species would have been identifiable on the site if present (e.g., oak trees). Protocol surveys (if conducted) did not detect species. • Low Potential. Few of the habitat components (foraging, breeding, cover, substrate, elevation, hydrology, plant community, site history, disturbance regime) meeting the species requirements are present, and/or the majority of habitat on and adjacent to the site is unsuitable or of very poor quality. The species is not likely to be found on the site. Protocol surveys (if conducted) did not detect species.
• Moderate Potential. Some of the habitat components (foraging, breeding, cover, substrate, elevation, hydrology, plant community, site history, disturbance regime) meeting the species requirements are present, and/or only some of the habitat on or adjacent to the site is unsuitable. The species has a moderate probability of being found on the site. • High Potential. All the habitat components (foraging, breeding, cover, substrate, elevation, hydrology, plant community, site history, disturbance regime) meeting the species requirements are present and/or most of the habitat on or adjacent to the site is highly suitable. The species has a high probability of being found on the site.
■ Present. Species is observed on the site or has been recorded (e.g., CNDDB, other reports) on the site recently (within the last five years).

4.1 Special Status Species

4.1.1 Special Status Plant Species
Based on the database and literature review, 41 special status plant species are known to or have the potential to occur within the regional vicinity of the BSA (Appendix B). Of these, one special status plant species has a low potential to occur within the BSA - La Graciosa thistle (Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis; Federally Endangered and State Candidate Threatened) based on the presence of marginally suitable habitat. Specifically, the ditch systems provide potentially suitable areas for La Graciosa thistle to establish as they provide suitable mesic soils. The CNDDB notes occurrences of this species within the SR 166 man-made ditch systems west of the intersection of SR 166 and SR 1 approximately 3.8 miles west of the BSA. The high amount of disturbance from maintenance and other anthropogenic activities within these ditch systems is likely a limiting factor for establishment of this species. No thistle plants were observed in the ditches within the BSA during the reconnaissance survey, which was conducted during the species' blooming period. 14 Regulated Biological Resources
Therefore, based on the marginal suitability of the habitat within the BSA as well as no observations during the reconnaissance survey, it is unlikely the species occurs in the BSA.

4.1.2 Special Status Wildlife Species
Based on the database and literature review, 32 special status wildlife species are known to or have the potential to occur in the regional vicinity of the BSA (Appendix B). Of those, one special status animal species - California red -legged frog (Rana draytonii; Federally threatened and CDFW SSC) - was determined to have moderate potential to occur within the BSA. During the site reconnaissance surveys, no areas of standing water were of sufficient depth to support CRLF breeding. In addition, based on the design of the ditches within the BSA, it is unlikely CRLF can utilize them for breeding due to flows, shallow water depth, and lack of cover. Therefore, the BSA does not contain suitable breeding habitat for CRLF. However, the on -site ditches can provide dispersal areas if water is present. The ditches within the BSA are a part of the drainage ditch system that parallels SR 166 from Santa Maria west to the Santa Maria River. Multiple CRLF occurrences are documented within these ditch systems. Three CRLF occurrences have been recorded within one mile of the BSA, all of which are located within or immediately adjacent to the ditch systems along SR 166 (CDFW 2023a).

One occurrence was documented in an agricultural pond on private property on the north side of SR 166, just east of Bonita School Road and adjacent to and north of the BSA. The other two occurrences were documented in the ditches on the south side of SR 166, approximately 0.5 mile and 0.8 mile east of the intersection of Black Road and SR 166, respectively. All three occurrences were of adult CRLF, and breeding was not documented. Because of the known use of these ditches by CRLF, the species could occur incidentally in upland portions of the BSA if conditions are conducive to CRLF leaving the ditches (e.g., sufficient moisture from a rain event). However, due to the high amounts of existing human activity and the active highway, movement into upland areas is unlikely.

Nesting birds are protected by the MBTA and CFGC Sections 3503, 3503.5, and 3513. No bird nests were detected during the survey. Trees within the BSA providing suitable nesting habitat for bird species occur at Bonita Elementary School adjacent to the proposed staging area and landscape trees at a residence on the east side of Black Road at the southern extent of the BSA. In addition, wood utility poles located on both sides of SR 166 and along the eastern shoulder of Black Road may provide suitable nesting locations for bird species such as crows, ravens, and red-tailed hawks.

4.2 Sensitive Natural Communities and Critical Habitat
The BSA consists of agricultural and ruderal/developed land cover types. No sensitive natural communities occur within the BSA. The BSA also does not occur within federally designated critical habitat (USFWS 2023b).

4.3 Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands
As noted in Section 3.1.2, Watersheds and Drainages, four ditches occur within the BSA, all of which are likely hydrologically connected to the Santa Maria River and ultimately the Pacific Ocean, a Traditional Navigable Water. These areas are potentially under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, and CDFW, considering the Initial Study -Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the State Route 166/Black Road Intersection Improvement Project (Caltrans 2018), which overlaps with the BSA, determined the Biological Resources Assessment 15

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4.4 Wildlife Movement
Wildlife movement corridors, or habitat linkages, are generally defined as connections between habitat patches that allow for physical and genetic exchange between otherwise isolated animal populations. Such linkages may serve a local purpose, such as providing a linkage between foraging and denning areas, or they may be regional in nature. Some habitat linkages may serve as migration corridors, wherein animals periodically move away from an area and then subsequently return.

Others may be important as dispersal corridors for young animals. A group of habitat linkages in an area can form a wildlife corridor network.

The habitats within the link do not necessarily need to be the same as the habitats that are being linked. Rather, the link merely needs to contain sufficient cover and forage to allow temporary inhabitation by ground -dwelling species. Typically, habitat linkages are contiguous strips of natural areas, although dense plantings of landscape vegetation can be used by certain disturbance -tolerant species. Depending on the species using a corridor, specific physical resources (such as rock outcroppings, vernal pools, or oak trees) may need to be located within the habitat link at certain intervals to allow slower -moving species to traverse the link. For highly mobile or aerial species, habitat linkages may be discontinuous patches of suitable resources spaced sufficiently close together to permit travel along a route in a short period of time.

Wildlife movement corridors can be both large- and small-scale. Regionally, the BSA is not located within an Essential Connectivity Area (ECA) as mapped in the report California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project: A Strategy for Conserving a Connected California (Spencer et al. 2010). ECAs represent principal connections between Natural Landscape Blocks and constitute regions in which land conservation and management actions should be prioritized to maintain and enhance ecological connectivity. ECAs are mapped based on coarse ecological condition indicators rather than the needs of species and thus serve the majority of species in each region.

The BSA is also located in a largely developed area with regular human activities, specifically a school, vehicular traffic on SR 166, and surrounding agriculture. Therefore, the BSA does not likely contribute significantly as an important corridor for regional movement compared to regionally undeveloped habitats.

4.5 Resources Protected by Local Policies and
Ordinances
No local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources pertain to the biological resources present within the BSA. All trees present on the site are landscape trees within 50 feet of an existing structure, which do not meet the definition of protected trees under the County of Santa Barbara's Deciduous Oak Tree Protection and Regeneration ordinance (Santa Barbara County Code Chapter 35, Article IX). Therefore, no resources protected by local policies or ordinances are present. 16 Regulated Biological Resources

4.6 Habitat Conservation Plans
The BSA is not located in an area subject to an adopted HCP, NCCP, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plans.

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5.1 Special -Status Species
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the CDFW or USFWS.

As described in Section 4.1.1, Special Status Plant Species, one special status plant species - La Graciosa thistle - has a low potential to occur within the BSA, specifically within the ditches along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road. However, the project would avoid these ditches, thereby avoiding potentially suitable habitat for La Graciosa thistle. As such, the project would not directly or indirectly impact any special -status plant species. No impact would occur, and no mitigation is recommended.

As described in Section 4.1.2, Special Status Wildlife Species, CRLF has a moderate potential to occur within the BSA. No impacts to suitable breeding habitat for CRLF would occur during implementation of the project because the project would avoid the ditches along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road, and project activities would occur in previously -developed areas and disturbed road shoulders. In addition, impacts to individuals in upland areas at the school are unlikely because construction on the school property would occur during the dry season (between June and September) during daylight hours. However, construction of the proposed pipeline along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road may occur outside of the dry season; therefore, individual CRLF may be encountered dispersing during conditions conducive to CRLF movement, such as during rain and shortly after rain events. The potential for direct impacts to dispersing CRLF is low considering project construction would be conducted during daylight hours when CRLF are less likely to move and would be more visible to construction workers and equipment operators. No indirect impacts to CRLF would occur because the amount of noise and activity from the project would not substantially increase the overall amount of activity around the ditches compared to existing agricultural operations and highway traffic. In addition, no nighttime construction would occur that would increase the amount of artificial light at night. Although no indirect impacts to CRLF are expected, direct impacts would be potentially significant, and implementation of avoidance and minimization measures BIO-1 through B10-3 is recommended.

Project implementation is not expected to result in direct impacts to nesting birds because no tree removal or trimming would occur, and ground nesting species are not expected to be present.

Indirect impacts to common bird species may occur if these species are nesting within the trees, structures, or power poles in the BSA as a result of construction noise that may cause behavioral changes that can result in failure of an established nest. This may be particularly notable at the elementary school if a nest is established when school is out of session and the amount of ambient activity is lower than during the school year. Therefore, impacts to nesting birds would be potentially significant, and implementation of avoidance and minimization measure BIO-4 is recommended.
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Recommended Avoidance and Minimization Measures
The following measures are recommended to reduce impacts to special status species to less -than - significant levels.

BIO-1 Worker Environmental Awareness Program Training
Prior to commencement of project construction activities, a qualified biologist should provide a Worker Environmental Awareness Program training for all construction personnel. At a minimum, the training should include a description of the biology of the CRLF and its habitats; the specific measures that are being implemented to avoid this species; the guidelines that must be followed by all construction personnel to avoid take of this species; and the boundaries within which the project may be accomplished. The qualified biologist should appoint a designated person (e.g., the crew foreman) who will be responsible for ensuring all crew members comply with the guidelines. The training should be conducted for all new personnel before they can participate in construction activities.

BIO-2 Pre -construction Surveys
A qualified biologist familiar with CRLF should conduct a pre -construction survey of the project site within 48 hours prior to the start of construction. If CRLF are encountered during the survey or at any time during project construction, activities should cease and the USFWS should be notified to determine how to proceed. No work should continue until authorized by the USFWS.

BIO-3 Construction Site Best Management Practices
The following construction site best management practices should be implemented during construction activities:
• Work should be conducted during dry weather conditions (days with less than 0.1 inch of predicted rainfall) and should not occur within 48 hours after a rain event of 0.1 inch or more. • All vehicles and equipment should be in good working condition and free of leaks. A spill prevention plan should be established in the event of a leak or spill. • The number of access routes, numbers and sizes of staging areas, and the total area of the activity should be limited to the minimum necessary to achieve the goal of project. Routes and boundaries should be clearly demarcated.
• All areas outside of the project perimeter fence should be designated as Environmentally Sensitive Areas where no construction activities should occur. • Water should not be impounded in a manner that may attract CRLF. • No pets or firearms should be permitted on -site.
• All food -related trash should be disposed of in closed containers and removed from the project at least twice per week during the construction period to avoid attracting predators. • Open excavations should be covered at the end of each day and inspected for CRLF prior to backfilling.

BIO-4 Avoidance and Minimization Measures for Nesting Birds Project -related activities should occur outside of the bird breeding season (February 1 to August 31) to the extent practicable. If construction must occur within the bird breeding season, then no more than two weeks prior to initiation of ground disturbance and/or vegetation removal, a nesting bird Biological Resources Assessment 19

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The pre -construction nesting bird survey should be conducted during the time of day when birds are active and should factor in sufficient time to perform the survey adequately and completely. A report of the nesting bird survey results, if applicable, should be submitted to the Santa Maria Bonita School District for review and approval within two weeks of survey completion.

If nests are found, their locations should be flagged. An appropriate avoidance buffer ranging in size from 25 to 50 feet for passerines, and up to 300 feet for raptors, depending upon the species and the proposed work activity, should be determined and demarcated by a qualified biologist with bright orange construction fencing or other suitable flagging. Active nests should be monitored at a minimum of once per week until it has been determined the nest is no longer being used by either the young or adults. No project activities (including parking and staging) should occur within this buffer until the qualified biologist confirms the breeding/nesting is complete and all the young have fledged. If project activities must occur within the buffer, they should be conducted at the discretion of the qualified biologist. If no nesting birds are observed during the pre -construction survey, no further action is necessary.

5.2 Sensitive Natural Communities and Critical Habitat
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
b) Have a substantial adverse impact on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the CDFW or USFWS.

As described in Section 4.2, Sensitive Natural Communities and Critical Habitat, no sensitive natural communities or riparian habitats occur in the BSA, and the BSA is not located within federally designated critical habitat. Therefore, no impacts to sensitive natural communities, riparian habitats, or federally designated critical habitat would occur, and no mitigation is recommended.

5.3 Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
c) Have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means.

All activities associated with the project would occur outside of the ditches along Bonita School Road, SR 166, and Black Road, thereby avoiding potentially jurisdictional features. Given the limited amount of ground disturbance, the project is not anticipated to contribute to significant sediment erosion or surface water quality impacts during construction activities. Therefore, impacts to potentially jurisdictional waters and wetlands would be less than significant, and no mitigation is recommended.
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5.4 Wildlife Movement
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of wildlife nursery sites.

The project is not located within an ECA (Spencer et al. 2010), and no wildlife nursery sites are located within the BSA. The project site also occurs in a heavily -developed area with SR 166 within the project site and surrounding agricultural uses. Implementation of the project would not disturb or remove native vegetation communities. In addition, no aboveground components of the project would create new barriers to movement. Therefore, the project would not interfere substantially with the local or regional movement of any resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established resident or migratory wildlife corridors or impede the use of wildlife nursery sites. No impacts to wildlife movement or nursery sites would occur, and no mitigation is recommended.

5.5 Resources Protected by Local Policies and
Ordinances
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
e) Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance
The project would not conflict with local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources because no biological resources subject to such local policies or ordinances are present within the BSA, as described in Section 4.5, Resources Protected by Local Policies and Ordinances. Therefore, no impact would occur, and no mitigation is recommended.

5.6 Habitat Conservation Plans
The proposed project would have a significant effect on biological resources if it would:
f) Conflict with the provisions of an adopted HCP, NCCP, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan.

The project would not conflict with the provisions of an adopted HCP, NCCP, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan because the project site is not subject to any such plans, as described in Section 4.6, Habitat Conservation Plans. Therefore, no impact would occur, and no mitigation is recommended.

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This Biological Resources Assessment has been performed in accordance with professionally accepted biological investigation practices conducted at this time and in this geographic area. The biological investigation is limited by the scope of work performed. Reconnaissance biological surveys for certain taxa may have been conducted as part of this assessment but were not performed during a particular blooming period, nesting period, or particular portion of the season when positive identification would be expected if present, and therefore, cannot be considered definitive. The biological surveys are limited also by the environmental conditions present at the time of the surveys. In addition, general biological (or protocol) surveys do not guarantee the organisms are not present and will not be discovered in the future within the site. In particular, mobile wildlife species could occupy the site on a transient basis or re-establish populations in the future. Our field studies were based on current industry practices, which change over time and may not be applicable in the future.

No other guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, are provided. The findings and opinions conveyed in this report are based on findings derived from site reconnaissance, jurisdictional areas, review of CNDDB RareFind5, and specified historical and literature sources. Standard data sources relied upon during the completion of this report, such as the CNDDB, may vary with regard to accuracy and completeness. In particular, the CNDDB is compiled from research and observations reported to CDFW that may or may not have been the result of comprehensive or site -specific field surveys. Although Rincon believes the data sources are reasonably reliable, Rincon cannot and does not guarantee the authenticity or reliability of the data sources it has used. Additionally, pursuant to our contract, the data sources reviewed included only those that are practically reviewable without the need for extraordinary research and analysis.
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Baldwin, B.G. (Ed.), D.H. Goldman (Ed.), D. J. Keil (Ed.), R. Patterson (Ed.), T. J. Rosatti (Ed.), D. H.

Wilken (Ed.). 2012. The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Expanded. University of California Press. Berkeley, California.

Bowers, N., R. Bowers, & K. Kaufman. 2004. Mammals of North America.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). 2023a. California Natural Diversity Database, Rarefind V.
. 2023b. Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS). www.wildlife.ca.gov/data/BIOS
. 2023c. Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List. Biogeographic Data Branch, California Natural Diversity Database.
. 2023d. Special Animals List. Biogeographic Data Branch, California Natural Diversity Database. July 2009.

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2018. Initial Study -Mitigated Negative Declaration for the State Route 166/Black Road Intersection Improvement Project.

California Native Plant Society. 2023. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. Updated online and accessed via: www.rareplants.cnps.org .

Sawyer, J. 0., T. Keeler -Wolf, and J.M. Evens. 2009. A Manual of California Vegetation, Second Edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California.

Sibley. 2016. Sibley Birds West: Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. Knopf; second edition.

Spencer, W. D., et al. 2010. California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project: A Strategy for Conserving a Connected California. Prepared for California Department of Transportation, California Department of Fish and Game, and Federal Highways Administration.

Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 2nd ed. Houghton -Mifflin Company. Boston, Massachusetts.

United States Department of Agricultural, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2023. Web Soil Survey. Soil Survey Area: Santa Barbara County, California. Soil Survey Data. Available at:
https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm .

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2016. Recovery Plan for the Santa Barbara County Distinct Population Segment of the California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) . 2023a. Information for Planning and Consultation online project planning tool. Available at:
https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/
. 2023b. Critical Habitat Portal. Available at: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/table/critical- habitat.html
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Primary Author and Field Reconnaissance Survey
• Michael Tom, Senior Biologist
Technical Review
• Alex Hunt, Director
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Regulatory Setting
The following is a brief summary of the regulatory context under which biological resources are managed at the federal, state, and local levels. A number of federal and state statutes provide a regulatory structure that guides the protection of biological resources. Agencies with the responsibility for protection of biological resources within the project site include the following:
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE; wetlands and other waters of the United States) • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS; federally listed species and migratory birds) • National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS; marine wildlife and anadromous fishes) • Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (waters of the State) • California Department Fish and Wildlife (CDFW; riparian areas, streambeds, and lakes; state - listed species; nesting birds, marine resources)
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The USACE is responsible for administering several federal programs related to ensuring the quality and navigability of the nation's waters.

Clean Water Act Section 404
Congress enacted the Clean Water Act (CWA) "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters." Section 404 of the CWA authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the USACE, to issue permits regulating the discharge of dredged or fill materials into the "navigable waters at specified disposal sites." Section 502 of the CWA further defines "navigable waters" as "waters of the United States, including the territorial seas." "Waters of the United States" are broadly defined at 33 CFR Part 328.3 to include navigable waters, perennial and intermittent streams, lakes, rivers, ponds, as well as wetlands, marshes, and wet meadows. In recent years the USACE and US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have undertaken several efforts to modernize their regulations defining "waters of the United States" (e.g., the 2015 Clean Water Rule, 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule, and the most recent effort promulgated by the USACE and USEPA on January 18, 2023 (88 FR 3004- 3144)), but these efforts have been frustrated by legal challenges which have invalidated the updated regulations. Thus, the agencies' longstanding definition of "waters of the United States," which dates from 1986, remains in effect although it is currently being interpreted consistent with the recent Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency Supreme Court decision as described below.

The USACE and USEPA have announced their intent to issue revised regulations defining "waters of the United States" by September 1, 2023. Waters of the U.S.

In summary, USACE and USEPA regulations define "waters of the United States" as follows:

1. All waters which are currently used, or were used in the past, or may be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide;

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3. All other waters such as intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds, the use, degradation or destruction of which could affect interstate or foreign commerce including any such waters:
i. Which are or could be used by interstate or foreign travelers for recreational or other purposes; or
ii. From which fish or shellfish are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce; or
iii. Which are used or could be used for industrial purpose by industries in interstate commerce;

4. All impoundments of waters otherwise defined as waters of the United States;

5. Tributaries of waters identified in paragraphs (a)(1)-(4) of this section;

6. The territorial sea; and

7. Wetlands adjacent to waters (other than waters that are themselves wetlands) identified in items 1-6 above.

Waters of the United States do not include prior converted cropland. Notwithstanding the determination of an area's status as prior converted cropland by any other federal agency, for the purposes of the CWA, the final authority regarding CWA jurisdiction remains with the USEPA.

Waste treatment systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of CWA are not waters of the United States.

The lateral limits of USACE jurisdiction in non -tidal waters is defined by the "ordinary high-water mark" (OHWM) unless adjacent wetlands are present. The OHWM is a line on the shore or edge of a channel established by the fluctuations of water and indicated by physical characteristics such as a clear, natural line impressed upon the bank, shelving, changes in the character of soil, destruction of vegetation, or the presence of debris (33 CFR 328.3(e)). As such, waters are recognized in the field by the presence of a defined watercourse with appropriate physical and topographic features. If wetlands occur within, or adjacent to, waters of the United States, the lateral limits of USACE jurisdiction extend beyond the OHWM to the outer edge of the wetlands (33 CFR 328.4 (c)). The upstream limit of jurisdiction in the absence of adjacent wetlands is the point beyond which the OHWM is no longer perceptible (33 CFR 328.4; see also 51 FR 41217).

Wetlands
The USACE defines wetlands as "those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions" (33 CFR 328.3(c)(1)). The USACE's delineation procedures identify wetlands in the field based on indicators of three wetland parameters: hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology. The following is a discussion of each of these parameters.

Hydrophytic Vegetation
Hydrophytic vegetation dominates areas where frequency and duration of inundation or soil saturation exerts a controlling influence on the plant species present. Plant species are assigned wetland indicator status according to the probability of their occurring in wetlands. More than fifty A-2

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percent of the dominant plant species must have a wetland indicator status to meet the hydrophytic vegetation criterion. The USACE published the National Wetland Plant List (USACE 2018), which separates vascular plants into the following four basic categories based on plant species frequency of occurrence in wetlands:
is Obligate Wetland (OBL). Almost always occur in wetlands • Facultative Wetland (FACW). Usually occur in wetlands, but occasionally found in non -wetlands • Facultative (FAC). Occur in wetlands or non -wetlands • Facultative Upland (FACU). Usually occur in non -wetlands, but may occur in wetlands ■ Obligate Upland (UPL). Almost never occur in wetlands The USACE considers OBL, FACW and FAC species to be indicators of wetlands. An area is considered to have hydrophytic vegetation when greater than 50 percent of the dominant species in each vegetative stratum (tree, shrub, and herb) fall within these categories. Any species not appearing on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's list is assumed to be an upland species, almost never occurring in wetlands. In addition, an area needs to contain at least 5% vegetative cover to be considered as a vegetated wetland.

Hydric Soils
Hydric soils are saturated or inundated for a sufficient duration during the growing season to develop anaerobic or reducing conditions that favor the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic vegetation. Field indicators of wetland soils include observations of ponding, inundation, saturation, dark (low chroma) soil colors, bright mottles (concentrations of oxidized minerals such as iron), gleying (indicates reducing conditions by a blue -grey color), or accumulation of organic material.

Additional supporting information includes documentation of soil as hydric or reference to wet conditions in the local soils survey, both of which must be verified in the field.

Wetland Hydrology
Wetland hydrology is inundation or soil saturation with a frequency and duration long enough to cause the development of hydric soils and plant communities dominated by hydrophytic vegetation.

If direct observation of wetland hydrology is not possible (as in seasonal wetlands), or records of wetland hydrology are not available (such as stream gauges), assessment of wetland hydrology is frequently supported by field indicators, such as water marks, drift lines, sediment deposits, or drainage patterns in wetlands.

Applicable Case Law and Agency Guidance
The USACE's regulations defining "waters of the United States" have been subject to legal interpretation, and two influential Supreme Court decisions have narrowed the definition to exclude certain classes of waters that bear an insufficient connection to navigable waters. In Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001), the United States Supreme Court stated that the USACE's CWA jurisdiction does not extend to ponds that "are not adjacent to open water." In reaching its decision, the Court concluded that the "Migratory Bird Rule," which served as the basis for the USACE's asserted jurisdiction, was not supported by the CWA. The Migratory Bird Rule extended CWA jurisdiction to intrastate waters "which are or would be used as habitat by birds protected by Migratory Bird Treaties or which are or would be used as habitat by other migratory birds which cross state lines..." The Court was concerned that application of the Biological Resources Assessment A-3

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In 2006, the United States Supreme Court decided Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. United States (collectively "Rapanos"), which were consolidated cases determining the extent of CWA jurisdiction over waters that carry only an infrequent surface flow. The court issued no majority opinion in Rapanos. Instead, the justices authored five separate opinions including the "plurality" opinion, authored by Justice Scalia (joined by three other justices), and a concurring opinion by Justice Kennedy. To guide implementation of the decision, the USACE and USEPA issued a joint guidance memorandum ("Rapanos Guidance Memorandum") in 2008 stating that "regulatory jurisdiction under the CWA exists over a water body if either the plurality's or Justice Kennedy's standard is satisfied."
According to the plurality opinion in Rapanos, "the waters of the United States include only relatively permanent, standing or flowing bodies of water" and do not include "ordinarily dry channels through which water occasionally or intermittently flows." In addition, while all wetlands that meet the USACE definition are considered adjacent wetlands, only those adjacent wetlands that have a continuous surface connection because they directly abut the tributary (e.g., they are not separated by uplands, a berm, dike, or similar feature) are considered jurisdictional under the plurality standard.

Under Justice Kennedy's opinion, "the USACE's jurisdiction over wetlands depends upon the existence of a significant nexus between the wetlands in question and navigable waters in the traditional sense. Wetlands possess the requisite nexus, and thus come within the statutory phrase 'navigable waters,' if the wetlands, either alone or in combination with similarly situated lands in the region, significantly affect the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of other covered waters more readily understood as 'navigable.' When, in contrast, wetlands' effects on water quality are speculative or insubstantial, they fall outside the zone fairly encompassed by the statutory term 'navigable waters.' Justice Kennedy identified "pollutant trapping, flood control, and runoff storage" as some of the critical functions wetlands can perform relative to other waters. He concluded that, given wetlands' ecological role, "mere adjacency" to a non -navigable tributary was insufficient to establish CWA jurisdiction, and that "a more specific inquiry, based on the significant nexus standard, is therefore necessary."
Interpreting these decisions, and according to the Rapanos Guidance Memorandum, the USACE and USEPA will assert jurisdiction over the following waters:
• Traditional navigable waters;
• Wetlands adjacent to traditional navigable waters;
• Non -navigable tributaries of traditional navigable waters that are relatively permanent where the tributaries typically flow year-round or have continuous flow at least seasonally (e.g., typically three months); and,
• Wetlands that directly abut such tributaries.

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The USACE and USEPA will decide jurisdiction over the following waters based on a fact -specific analysis to determine whether they have a significant nexus with a traditional navigable water:
• Non -navigable tributaries that are not relatively permanent; • Wetlands adjacent to non -navigable tributaries that are not relatively permanent; and, • Wetlands adjacent to but that do not directly abut a relatively permanent non -navigable tributary.

Where a significant nexus analysis is required, the USACE and USEPA will apply the significant nexus standard as follows:
• A significant nexus analysis will assess the flow characteristics and functions of the tributary itself and the functions performed by all wetlands adjacent to the tributary to determine if they significantly affect the chemical, physical and biological integrity of downstream traditional navigable waters; and,
• Significant nexus includes consideration of hydrologic and ecologic factors.

The USACE and USEPA generally will not assert jurisdiction over the following features:
• Swales or erosional features (e.g., gullies, small washes characterized by low volume, infrequent, or short duration flow); and,
• Ditches (including roadside ditches) excavated wholly in and draining only uplands and that do not carry a relatively permanent flow of water.

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the petition from the Sacketts, a family in Idaho that was subject to a compliance order from the USEPA for backfilling their lot near Priest Lake, which the USEPA claimed contained federally -regulated wetlands. The wetlands in question were adjacent to a ditch that fed a creek that ultimately drained into Priest Lake, a navigable water body. The USEPA asserted the Sacketts had violated the law by filling the wetlands on their property without a permit. The Court's decision addressed controversy over whether, and under what conditions, the CWA governs navigable waters' tributaries or adjacent wetlands. The Supreme Court's decision in Sackett provides definitive guidance to the agencies in determining the limits of their Clean Water Act authority. Prioritizing a need for clarity and regulatory certainty, the Court set forth an interpretation of Clean Water Act jurisdiction that can be applied without the need for lengthy case -by -case evaluations. This interpretation will have the effect of reducing the Clean Water Act's geographic reach.

The Court decided:
• "Adjacent wetlands" are WOTUS only if there is a continuous surface connection between the wetland and a navigable or relatively permanent water body, such that it is difficult to determine the boundary between the wetland and the water body. The opinion notes that "temporary interruptions to surface connection may sometimes occur because of phenomena like low tides or dry spells."
• The Significant Nexus Standard, introduced by the Court in prior decisions, is not mentioned in the Clean Water Act and should not be used. Additionally, the standard includes ecological factors whose use in determining jurisdiction is not supported by the statute. • Although jurisdiction over tributaries was not addressed by the Court, current agency guidance relies upon the Significant Nexus Standard to establish jurisdiction over tributaries that flow infrequently. In disallowing the use of that standard, the decision suggests that non -relatively Biological Resources Assessment A-5

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Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 requires authorization from the USACE for the construction of any structure in or over any navigable water of the United States. Structures or work outside the limits defined for navigable waters of the United States require a Section 10 permit if the structure or work affects the course, location, or condition of the water body. The law applies to any dredging or disposal of dredged materials, excavation, filling, re-channelization, or any other modification of a navigable water of the United States, and applies to all structures and work. It further includes, without limitation, any wharf, dolphin, weir, boom breakwater, jetty, groin, bank protection (e.g., riprap, revetment, bulkhead), mooring structures such as pilings, aerial or subaqueous power transmission lines, intake or outfall pipes, permanently moored floating vessel, tunnel, artificial canal, boat ramp, aids to navigation, and any other permanent, or semi -permanent obstacle or obstruction. It is important to note that Section 10 applies only to navigable waters, and thus does not apply to work in non -navigable wetlands or tributaries. In some cases, Section 10 authorization is issued by the USACE concurrently with CWA Section 404 authorization, such as when certain Nationwide Permits are used.

Regional Water Quality Control Board
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) have jurisdiction over "waters of the State," which are defined as any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state (California Water Code sec. 13050(e)). These agencies also have responsibilities for administering portions of the CWA.

Clean Water Act Section 401
Section 401 of the CWA requires an applicant requesting a federal license or permit for an activity that may result in any discharge into navigable waters (such as a Section 404 Permit) to provide state certification that the proposed activity will not violate state and federal water quality standards. In California, CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification (Section 401 Certification) is issued by the RWQCBs and by the SWRCB for multi -region projects. The process begins when an applicant submits an application to the RWQCB and informs the USACE (or the applicable agency from which a license or permit was requested) that an application has been submitted. The USACE will then determine a "reasonable period of time" for the RWQCB to act on the application; this is typically 60 days for routine projects and longer for complex projects but may not exceed one year.

When the period has elapsed, if the RWQCB has not either issued or denied the application for Section 401 Certification, the USACE may determine that Certification has been waived and issue the requested permit. If a Section 401 Certification is issued it may include binding conditions, imposed either through the Certification itself or through the requested federal license or permit.

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Porter -Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The Porter -Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Porter -Cologne Act) is the principal law governing water quality regulation in California. It establishes a comprehensive program to protect water quality and the beneficial uses of water. The Porter -Cologne Act applies to surface waters, wetlands, and ground water and to both point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Pursuant to the Porter - Cologne Act (California Water Code section 13000 et seq.), the policy of the State is as follows:
• The quality of all the waters of the State shall be protected • All activities and factors affecting the quality of water shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality within reason
is The State must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of water in the State from degradation
The Porter -Cologne Act established nine RWQCBs (based on watershed boundaries) and the SWRCB, which are charged with implementing its provisions and which have primary responsibility for protecting water quality in California. The SWRCB provides program guidance and oversight, allocates funds, and reviews RWQCB decisions. In addition, the SWRCB allocates rights to the use of surface water. The RWQCBs have primary responsibility for individual permitting, inspection, and enforcement actions within each of nine hydrologic regions. The SWRCB and RWQCBs have numerous nonpoint source related responsibilities, including monitoring and assessment, planning, financial assistance, and management.

Section 13260 of the Porter -Cologne Act requires any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste that could affect the quality of waters of the State to file a Report of Waste Discharge with the appropriate RWQCB. The RWQCB may then authorize the discharge, subject to conditions, by issuing Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs). While this requirement was historically applied primarily to outfalls and similar point source discharges, the SWRCB's State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State, effective May 2020, make it clear that the agency will apply the Porter -Cologne Act's requirements to discharges of dredge and fill material as well. The Procedures state that they are to be used in issuing CWA Section 401 Certifications and WDRs, and largely mirror the existing review requirements for CWA Section 404 Permits and Section 401 Certifications, incorporating most elements of the USEPA's Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. Following issuance of the Procedures, the SWRCB produced a consolidated application form for dredge/fill discharges that can be used to obtain a CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification, WDRs, or both.

Non -Wetland Waters of the State
The SWRCB and RWQCBs have not established regulations for field determinations of waters of the state except for wetlands currently. In many cases the RWQCBs interpret the limits of waters of the State to be bounded by the OHWM unless isolated conditions or ephemeral waters are present.

However, in the absence of statewide guidance each RWQCB may interpret jurisdictional boundaries within their region and the SWRCB has encouraged applicants to confirm jurisdictional limits with their RWQCB before submitting applications. As determined by the RWQCB, waters of the State may include riparian areas or other locations outside the OHWM, leading to a larger jurisdictional area over a given water body compared to the USACE.

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Procedures for defining wetland waters of the State pursuant to the SWRCB's State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State went into effect May 28, 2020. The SWRCB defines an area as wetland if, under normal circumstances:
(i) the area has continuous or recurrent saturation of the upper substrate caused by groundwater, or shallow surface water, or both;
(ii) the duration of such saturation is sufficient to cause anaerobic conditions in the upper substrate; and
(iii) the area's vegetation is dominated by hydrophytes or the area lacks vegetation.

The SWRCB's Implementation Guidance for the Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredge and Fill Material to Waters of the State (2020), states that waters of the U.S. and waters of the State should be delineated using the standard USACE delineation procedures, taking into consideration that the methods shall be modified only to allow for the fact that a lack of vegetation does not preclude an area from meeting the definition of a wetland.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The USFWS implements several laws protecting the Nation's fish and wildlife resources, including the Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16 United States Code [USC] Sections 153 et seq.), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA; 16 USC Sections 703-711) and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 USC Section 668).

Endangered Species Act
The USFWS and NMFS share responsibility for implementing the ESA. Generally, the USFWS implements the FESA for terrestrial and freshwater species, while the NMFS implements the FESA for marine and anadromous species. Projects that would result in "take" of any threatened or endangered wildlife species, or a threatened or endangered plant species if occurring on federal land, are required to obtain permits from the USFWS or NMFS through either Section 7 (interagency consultation with a federal nexus) or Section 10 (Habitat Conservation Plan) of the ESA, depending on the involvement by the federal government in funding, authorizing, or carrying out the project.

The permitting process is used to determine if a project would jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species and what measures would be required to avoid jeopardizing the species. "Take" under federal definition means to harass, harm (which includes habitat modification), pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. Proposed or candidate species do not have the full protection of the ESA; however, the USFWS and NMFS advise project applicants that they could be elevated to listed status at any time.

Migratory Bird Treaty Act
The MBTA of 1918 implements four international conservation treaties that the U.S. entered into with Canada in 1916, Mexico in 1936, Japan in 1972, and Russia in 1976. It is intended to ensure the sustainability of populations of all protected migratory bird species. The law has been amended with the signing of each treaty, as well as when any of the treaties were amended, such as with Mexico in A-8

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1976 and Canada in 1995. The MBTA prohibits the take (including killing, capturing, selling, trading, and transport) of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization by the USFWS.

The list of migratory bird species protected by the law, in regulations at 50 CFR Part 10.13, is primarily based on bird families and species included in the four international treaties. A migratory bird species is included on the list if it meets one or more of the following criteria:

1. It occurs in the United States or U.S. territories as the result of natural biological or ecological processes and is currently, or was previously listed as, a species or part of a family protected by one of the four international treaties or their amendments.

2. Revised taxonomy results in it being newly split from a species that was previously on the list, and the new species occurs in the United States or U.S. territories as the result of natural biological or ecological processes.

3. New evidence exists for its natural occurrence in the United States or U.S. territories resulting from natural distributional changes and the species occurs in a protected family.

In 2004, the Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act limited the scope of the MBTA by stating the MBTA applies only to migratory bird species that are native to the United States or U.S. territories, and that a native migratory bird species is one that is present as a result of natural biological or ecological processes. The MBTRA requires the USFWS to publish a list of all nonnative, human - introduced bird species to which the MBTA does not apply, and an updated list was published in 2020. The 2020 update identifies species belonging to biological families referred to in treaties the MBTA implements but are not protected because their presence in the United States or U.S. territories is solely the result of intentional or unintentional human -assisted introductions.

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the USFWS, from "taking" bald or golden eagles, including their parts (including feathers), nests, or eggs. The Act provides criminal penalties for persons who "take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or any manner, any bald eagle ... [or any golden eagle], alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof." The Act defines "take" as "pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb." "Disturb" means "to agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available, 1) injury to an eagle, 2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or 3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior."
In addition to immediate impacts, this definition also covers impacts that result from human - induced alterations initiated around a previously used nest site during a time when eagles are not present, if, upon the eagle's return, such alterations agitate or bother an eagle to a degree that interferes with or interrupts normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering habits, and causes injury, death or nest abandonment.

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The CDFW derives its authority from the Fish and Game Code of California and administers several State laws protecting fish and wildlife resources and the habitats upon which they depend.

California Endangered Species Act
The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) (Fish and Game Code Section 2050 et. seq.) prohibits take of state listed threatened or endangered. Take under CESA is defined as "Hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill" (Fish and Game Code sec. 86).

This definition does not prohibit indirect harm by way of habitat modification, except where such harm is the proximate cause of death of a listed species. Where incidental take would occur during construction or other lawful activities, CESA allows the CDFW to issue an Incidental Take Permit upon finding, among other requirements, that impacts to the species have been minimized and fully mitigated. Unlike the federal ESA, CESA's protections extend to candidate species during the period (typically one year) while the California Fish and Game Commission decides whether the species warrants CESA listing.

Native Plant Protection Act
The CDFW also has authority to administer the Native Plant Protection Act (NPPA) (Fish and Game Code Section 1900 et seq.). The NPPA requires the CDFW to establish criteria for determining if a species, subspecies, or variety of native plant is endangered or rare, and prohibits the take of listed plant species. Effective in 2015, CDFW promulgated regulations (14 CCR 786.9) under the authority of the NPPA, establishing that the CESA's permitting procedures would be applied to plants listed under the NPPA as "Rare." With this change, there is little practical difference for the regulated public between plants listed under CESA and those listed under the NPPA.

Fully Protected Species Laws
The CDFW enforces Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, and 5515 of the Fish and Game Code, which prohibit take of species designated as Fully Protected. The CDFW is not allowed to issue an Incidental Take Permit for Fully Protected species; therefore, impacts to these species must be avoided. The exception is situations where a Natural Community Conservation Plan (NCCP) is in place that authorizes take of the fully protected species.

Avian Protection Laws
California Fish and Game Code sections 3503, 3503.5, and 3513 describe unlawful take, possession, or destruction of native birds, nests, and eggs. Section 3503.5 of the Code protects all birds -of -prey and their eggs and nests against take, possession, or destruction of nests or eggs. Section 3513 makes it a state -level offense to take any bird in violation of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Protection of Lakes and Streambeds
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channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake" without first notifying the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) of that activity. Thereafter, if CDFW determines and informs the entity that the activity will not substantially adversely affect any existing fish or wildlife resources, the entity may commence the activity. If, however, CDFG determines that the activity may substantially adversely affect an existing fish or wildlife resource, the entity may be required to obtain from CDFW a Streambed Alteration Agreement (SAA), which will include reasonable measures necessary to protect the affected resource(s), before the entity may conduct the activity described in the notification. Upon receiving a complete Notification of Lake/Streambed Alteration, CDFW has 60 days to present the entity with a Draft SAA. Upon review of the Draft SAA by the applicant, any problematic terms are negotiated with CDFW and a final SAA is executed.

The CDFW has not defined the term "stream" for the purposes of implementing its regulatory program under Section 1602, and the agency has not promulgated regulations directing how jurisdictional streambeds may be identified, or how their limits should be delineated. However, four relevant sources of information offer insight as to the appropriate limits of CDFW jurisdiction as discussed below.
• The plain language of Section 1602 of CFGC establishes the following general concepts:
• References "river," "stream," and "lake"
▪ References "natural flow"
• References "bed," "bank," and "channel"
• Applicable court decisions, in particular Rutherford v. State of California (188 Cal App. 3d 1276 (1987), which interpreted Section 1602's use of "stream" to be as defined in common law. The Court indicated that a "stream" is commonly understood to:
▪ Have a source and a terminus
▪ Have banks and a channel
▪ Convey flow at least periodically, but need not flow continuously and may at times appear outwardly dry
• Represent the depression between the banks worn by the regular and usual flow of the water
• Include the area between the opposing banks measured from the foot of the banks from the top of the water at its ordinary stage, including intervening sand bars • Include the land that is covered by the water in its ordinary low stage O Include lands below the OHWM
• CDFW regulations defining "stream" for other purposes, including sport fishing (14 CCR 1.72) and streambed alterations associated with cannabis production (14 CCR 722(c)(21)), which indicate that a stream:
• Flows at least periodically or intermittently
• Flows through a bed or channel having banks
• Supports fish or aquatic life
• Can be dry for a period of time
• Includes watercourses where surface or subsurface flow supports or has supported riparian vegetation
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• A stream may flow perennially or episodically
• A stream is defined by the course in which water currently flows, or has flowed during the historic hydrologic course regime (approximately the last 200 years) • Width of a stream course can reasonably be identified by physical or biological indicators • A stream may have one or more channels (single thread vs. compound form) • Features such as braided channels, low -flow channels, active channels, banks associated with secondary channels, floodplains, islands, and stream -associated vegetation, are interconnected parts of the watercourse
• Canals, aqueducts, irrigation ditches, and other means of water conveyance can be considered streams if they support aquatic life, riparian vegetation, or stream -dependent terrestrial wildlife
• Biologic components of a stream may include aquatic and riparian vegetation, all aquatic wildlife including fish, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and terrestrial species which derive benefits from the stream system
• The lateral extent of a stream can be measured in different ways depending on the particular situation and the type of fish or wildlife resource at risk The tenets listed above, among others, are applied to establish the boundaries of streambeds in various environments. Importance of each factor may be weighted based on site -specific considerations and the applicability of the indicators to the streambed at hand.

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Appendix B
Special Status Species Evaluation Tables

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Special Status Plant Species in the Regional Vicinity of the Project Site Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Agrostis hooveri
Hoover's bent grass
None/None
G2/S2

16.2 Aphanisma blitoides None/None
aphanisma G3G4/S2

16.2 Arctostaphylos pilosulo None/None
Santa Margarita manzanita G2?/S2?

16.2 Arctostaphylos purissimo None/None
La Purisima manzanita G2/S2

16.1 Arctostaphylos refugioensis None/None
Refugio manzanita G3/S3

16.2 Arctostaphylos rudis None/None
sand mesa manzanita G2/S2

16.2 Arenorio paludicola
marsh sandwort
Astragalus didymocorpus
var. milesianus
Miles' milk -vetch
FE/SE
G1/S1

16.1 None/None
G5T2/S2

16.2 Perennial herb. Chaparral, cismontane woodland, None closed -cone coniferous forest, valley and foothill
grassland. Sandy (usually). Elevations: 20-2000ft.
(6-610m.) Blooms Apr -Jul.

Annual herb. Coastal bluff scrub, coastal dunes, None
coastal scrub. Gravelly (sometimes), sandy
(sometimes). Elevations: 5-1000ft. (1-305m.)
Blooms Feb -Jun.

Perennial evergreen shrub. Broadleafed upland None
forest, chaparral, cismontane woodland, closed -
cone coniferous forest. Sandstone (sometimes).

Elevations: 245-3610ft. (75-1100m.) Blooms Dec -
May.

Perennial evergreen shrub. Chaparral, coastal None
scrub. Sandstone outcrops, sandy soil. Elevations:
195-1280ft. (60-390m.) Blooms Nov -May.

Perennial evergreen shrub. Chaparral. On
sandstone. Elevations: 900-2690ft. (274-820m.)
Blooms (May)Dec-Mar.

Perennial evergreen shrub. Chaparral, coastal
scrub. Sandy. Elevations: 80-1055ft. (25-322m.)
Blooms Nov -Feb.

Perennial stoloniferous herb. Marshes and
swamps. Openings, sandy. Elevations: 10-560ft. (3-
170m.) Blooms May -Aug.

None
None
None
Annual herb. Coastal scrub. Clay soils. Elevations: None 65-295ft. (20-90m.) Blooms Mar -Jun.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
within the BSA. The
ruderal/developed
not expected to
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Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Castilleja densiflora var.
obispoensis
San Luis Obispo owl's -clover
Ceanothus impressus var.
impressus
Santa Barbara ceanothus
Ceanothus impressus var.
nipomensis
Nipomo Mesa ceanothus
Chenopodium littoreum
coastal goosefoot
Cicuta maculata var.
bolanderi
Bolander's water -hemlock
Cirsium occidentale var.
compactum
compact cobwebby thistle
Cirsium rhothophilum
surf thistle
Cirsium scariosum var.
loncholepis
La Graciosa thistle
None/None
G5T2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G3T3/S3
1B.2
None/None
G3T2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G1/S1
1B.2
None/None
G5T4T5/S2?
2B.1
None/None
G3G4T2/S2
1B.2
None/ST
G1/S1
1B.2
FE/ST
G5T1/S1

16.1 Annual herb (hemiparasitic). Meadows and seeps, None valley and foothill grassland. Serpentinite
(sometimes). Elevations: 35-1410ft. (10-430m.)
Blooms Mar -May.

Perennial shrub. Chaparral. Sandy. Elevations: 130- None 1540ft. (40-470m.) Blooms Feb -Apr.

Perennial shrub. Chaparral. Sandy. Elevations: 100- None 805ft. (30-245m.) Blooms Feb -Apr.

Annual herb. Coastal dunes. Generally on sandy
soils, and on dunes. Elevations: 35-100ft. (10-
30m.) Blooms Apr -Aug.

None
Perennial herb. Marshes and swamps. In fresh or None
brackish water. Elevations: 0-655ft. (0-200m.)
Blooms Jul -Sep.

Perennial herb. Chaparral, coastal dunes, coastal None
prairie, coastal scrub. On dunes and on clay in
chaparral; also in grassland. Elevations: 15-490ft.
(5-150m.) Blooms Apr -Jun.

Perennial herb. Coastal bluff scrub, coastal dunes. None Open areas in central dune scrub; usually in
coastal dunes. Elevations: 10-195ft. (3-60m.)
Blooms Apr -Jun.

Perennial herb. Cismontane woodland, coastal Low
dunes, coastal scrub, marshes and swamps, valley
and foothill grassland. Mesic, sandy. Elevations:
15-720ft. (4-220m.) Blooms May -Aug.

No suitable habitat types occur within the BSA. The
BSA consists of agriculture and ruderal/developed
land cover types. The species is not expected to
occur.

Marginally suitable habitat present within the BSA,
specifically the ditches. Species was not observed
during the June 28, 2023 reconnaissance survey. A
CNDDB occurrence is located within the same ditch
system approximately 3.8 miles west on SR 166.

B-2

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Cladium californicum
California saw -grass
Clarkia speciosa ssp.
immaculata
Pismo clarkia
Cordylanthus rigidus ssp.
littoralis
seaside bird's -beak
Deinandra increscens ssp.
villosa
Gaviota tarplant
Delphinium parryi ssp.
blochmaniae
dune larkspur
Dithyrea maritima
beach spectaclepod
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp.
blochmaniae
Blochman's dudleya
None/None
G4/S2
2B.2
FE/SR
G4T1/S1
1B.1
None/SE
G5T2/S2
1B.1
FE/SE
G3T2/S2
1B.1
None/None
G4T2/S2
1B.2
None/ST
G1/S1
1B.1
None/None
G3T2/S2
1B.1
Perennial rhizomatous herb. Marshes and
swamps, meadows and seeps. Freshwater or
alkaline moist habitats. Elevations: 195-5250ft.
(60-1600m.) Blooms Jun -Sep.

Annual herb. Chaparral, cismontane woodland, None
valley and foothill grassland. Sandy. Elevations: 80-
605ft. (25-185m.) Blooms May -Jul.

None
Annual herb (hemiparasitic). Chaparral, None
cismontane woodland, closed -cone coniferous
forest, coastal dunes, coastal scrub. Disturbed
areas (often), sandy. Elevations: 0-1690ft. (0-
515m.) Blooms Apr -Oct.

Annual herb. Coastal bluff scrub, coastal scrub, None
valley and foothill grassland. Known from coastal
terrace near Gaviota; sandy blowouts amid sandy
loam soil; grassland/coast scrub ecotone.

Elevations: 65-1410ft. (20-430m.) Blooms May -
Oct.

Perennial herb. Chaparral, coastal dunes. On rocky None areas and dunes. Elevations: 0-655ft. (0-200m.)
Blooms Apr -Jun.

Perennial rhizomatous herb. Coastal dunes,
coastal scrub. Sea shores, on sand dunes, and
sandy places near the shore. Elevations: 10-165ft.
(3-50m.) Blooms Mar -May.

Perennial herb. Chaparral, coastal bluff scrub,
coastal scrub, valley and foothill grassland. Open,
rocky slopes; often in shallow clays over
serpentine or in rocky areas with little soil.

Elevations: 15-1475ft. (5-450m.) Blooms Apr -Jun.

None
None
No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Erigeron blochmaniae
Blochman's leafy daisy
Eriodictyon capitatum
Lompoc yerba santa
Horkelia cuneata var.
puberula
mesa horkelia
None/None
G2/S2
1B.2
FE/SR
G2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G4T1/S1
1B.1
Horkelia cuneata var. sericea None/None
Kellogg's horkelia G4T1?/S1?
1B.1
Layia carnosa
beach layia
Layia erubescens
blushing layia
Layia heterotricho
pale -yellow layia
Lupinus ludovicianus
San Luis Obispo County
lupine
FT/SE
G2/S2
1B.1
None/None
G2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G2/S2
1B.1
None/None
G1/S1
1B.2
Perennial rhizomatous herb. Coastal dunes,
coastal scrub. Sand dunes and hills. Elevations: 10-
150ft. (3-45m.) Blooms Jun -Aug.

None
Perennial evergreen shrub. Chaparral, closed -cone None coniferous forest, coastal bluff scrub. Sandy soils
on terraces. Elevations: 130-2955ft. (40-900m.)
Blooms May -Sep.

Perennial herb. Chaparral, cismontane woodland, None
coastal scrub. Sandy or gravelly sites. Elevations:
230-2660ft. (70-810m.) Blooms Feb-Jul(Sep).

Perennial herb. Chaparral, closed -cone coniferous None forest, coastal dunes, coastal scrub. Old dunes,
coastal sandhills; openings. Sandy or gravelly soils.

Elevations: 35-655ft. (10-200m.) Blooms Apr -Sep.

Annual herb. Coastal dunes, coastal scrub. On None
sparsely vegetated, semi -stabilized dunes, usually
behind foredunes. Elevations: 0-195ft. (0-60m.)
Blooms Mar -Jul.

Coastal dunes, coastal scrub. Prefers loose, fine None
sand of stabilized dunes and sandhills. 10-245m.

Blooms (Feb)Mar-May(Jun).

Annual herb. Cismontane woodland, coastal scrub, None
pinyon and juniper woodland, valley and foothill
grassland. Alkaline or clay soils; open areas.

Elevations: 985-5595ft. (300-1705m.) Blooms Mar -
Jun.

Perennial herb. Chaparral, cismontane woodland. None
Open areas in sandy soil, Santa Margarita
formation. Elevations: 165-1725ft. (50-525m.)
Blooms Apr -Jul.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Lupinus nipomensis
Nipomo Mesa lupine
Malacothomnus gracilis
slender bush -mallow
Monardella sinuata ssp.
sinuata
southern curly -leaved
monardella
Monardella undulata ssp.
crispa
crisp monardella
Monardella undulata ssp.
undulata
San Luis Obispo monardella
Muhlenbergia utilis
aparejo grass
Nasturtium gambelii
Gambel's water cress
Nemacaulis denudata var.
denudata
coast woolly -heads
FE/SE
G1/S1
1B.1
None/None
G1Q/S1
1B.1
None/None
G3T2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G3T2/S2
1B.2
None/None
G2/S2

16.2 None/None
G4/S2S3
2B.2
FE/ST
G1/S1

16.1 None/None
G3G4T2/S2

16.2 Annual herb. Coastal dunes. Dry sandy flats,
restricted to back dunes, associated with central
dune scrub habitat - a rare community type.

Elevations: 35-165ft. (10-50m.) Blooms Dec -May.

Perennial deciduous shrub. Chaparral. Dry, rocky None
slopes. Elevations: 625-1885ft. (190-575m.)
Blooms May -Oct.

Annual herb. Chaparral, cismontane woodland,
coastal dunes, coastal scrub. Sandy soils.

Elevations: 0-985ft. (0-300m.) Blooms Apr -Sep.

None
None
Perennial rhizomatous herb. Coastal dunes, None
coastal scrub. Often on the borders of open, sand
areas, usually adjacent to typical backdune scrub
vegetation. Elevations: 35-395ft. (10-120m.)
Blooms Apr-Aug(Dec).

Perennial rhizomatous herb. Coastal dunes, None
coastal scrub. Stabilized sand of the immediate
coast. Elevations: 35-655ft. (10-200m.) Blooms
May -Sep.

Perennial rhizomatous herb. Chaparral, None
cismontane woodland, coastal scrub, marshes and
swamps, meadows and seeps. Alkaline
(sometimes), Serpentinite (sometimes).Elevations:
80-7630ft. (25-2325m.) Blooms Mar -Oct.

Perennial rhizomatous herb. Marshes and None
swamps. Freshwater and brackish marshes at the
margins of lakes and along streams, in or just
above the water level. Elevations: 15-1085ft. (5-
330m.) Blooms Apr -Oct.

Annual herb. Coastal dunes. Elevations: 0-330ft. None
(0-100m.) Blooms Apr -Sep.

No suitable habitat types occur
BSA consists of agriculture and
land cover types. The species is
occur.

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in BSA
Habitat Suitability/
Observations
Scrophularia atrata
None/None
black -flowered figwort G2?/S2?
1B.2
Symphyotrichum defoliatum None/None
San Bernardino aster G2/S2
1B.2
Perennial herb. Chaparral, closed -cone coniferous
forest, coastal dunes, coastal scrub, riparian scrub.

Sand, diatomaceous shales, and soils derived from
other parent material; around swales and in sand
dunes. Elevations: 35-1640ft. (10-500m.) Blooms
Mar -Jul.

Perennial rhizomatous herb. Cismontane
woodland, coastal scrub, lower montane
coniferous forest, marshes and swamps, meadows
and seeps, valley and foothill grassland. Vernally
mesic grassland or near ditches, streams and
springs; disturbed areas. Elevations: 5-6695ft. (2-
2040m.) Blooms Jul -Nov.

None
None
No suitable habitat types occur within the BSA. The
BSA consists of agriculture and ruderal/developed
land cover types. The species is not expected to
occur.

No suitable habitat types occur within the BSA. The
BSA consists of agriculture and ruderal/developed
land cover types. The species is not expected to
occur.

Regional Vicinity refers to within a nine -quad search radius of site.

FESA = Federal Endangered Species Act
CESA = California Endangered Species Act
Status (Federal/State)
FE =
FT =
FPE =
FPT =
FD =
FC =
SE =
ST =
SCE =
SCT =
SR =
SD =
SSC =
FP =
WL =
Federal Endangered
Federal Threatened
Federal Proposed Endangered
Federal Proposed Threatened
Federal Delisted
Federal Candidate
State Endangered
State Threatened
State Candidate Endangered
State Candidate Threatened
State Rare
State Delisted
CDFW Species of Special Concern
CDFW Fully Protected
CDFW Watch List
CRPR = California Rare Plant Rank
CNPS = California Native Plant Society
CRPR (CNPS California Rare Plant Rank)
1A = Presumed extirpated in California, and rare or extinct elsewhere 1B = Rare, Threatened, or Endangered in California and elsewhere 2A = Presumed extirpated in California, but common elsewhere 2B= Rare, Threatened, or Endangered in California, but more common elsewhere 3 = Need more information (Review List)
4 = Limited Distribution (Watch List)
CRPR Threat Code Extension
.1 = Seriously endangered in California (>80% of occurrences threatened/high degree and immediacy of threat) .2 = Moderately threatened in California (20-80% of occurrences threatened/moderate degree and immediacy of threat) .3 = Not very endangered in California (<20% of occurrences threatened/low degree and immediacy of threat) B-6

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Status

FESA/CESA
Scientific Name Global Rank/State Rank
Common Name CRPR
Habitat Requirements
Potential to Habitat Suitability/
Occur in BSA Observations
Other Statuses
G1 or 51 Critically Imperiled Globally or Subnationally (state) G2 or S2 Imperiled Globally or Subnationally (state)
G3 or S3 Vulnerable to extirpation or extinction Globally or Subnationally (state) G4/5 or S4/5 Apparently secure, common and abundant
GH or SH Possibly Extirpated — missing; known from only historical occurrences but still some hope of rediscovery Additional notations may be provided as follows
T — Intraspecific Taxon (subspecies, varieties, and other designations below the level of species) Q— Questionable taxonomy that may reduce conservation priority ? — Inexact numeric rank
Biological Resources Assessment B-7

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Special Status Wildlife Species in the Regional Vicinity of the Project Site Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Invertebrates
Branchinecta lynchi
vernal pool fairy shrimp
Danaus plexippus plexippus pop. 1
monarch - California overwintering
population
FT/None
G3/S3
None
FC/None
G4T1T2Q/S2
None
Endemic to the grasslands of the Central
Valley, Central Coast mountains, and South
Coast mountains, in astatic rain -filled pools.

Inhabit small, clear -water sandstone -
depression pools and grassed swale, earth
slump, or basalt -flow depression pools.

Winter roost sites extend along the coast from None
northern Mendocino to Baja California,
Mexico. Roosts located in wind -protected tree
groves (eucalyptus, Monterey pine, cypress),
with nectar and water sources nearby.

None
No vernal pools present. The BSA consists of
agriculture and ruderal/developed land cover
types. The species is not expected to occur.

No suitable habitat present. The BSA consists of
agriculture and ruderal/developed land cover
types. Trees within the BSA do not provide
adequate shelter for roosting. The species is not
expected to occur.

Fish
Eucyclogobius newberryi
tidewater goby
FE/None
G3/S3
None
Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni FE/SE
unarmored threespine stickleback G5T1/51
FP
Gila orcuttii
arroyo chub
None/None
G2/S2
SSC
Brackish water habitats along the California None
coast from Agua Hedionda Lagoon, San Diego
County to the mouth of the Smith River. Found
in shallow lagoons and lower stream reaches,
they need fairly still but not stagnant water
and high oxygen levels.

Weedy pools, backwaters, and among None
emergent vegetation at the stream edge in
small Southern California streams. Cool (<24
C), clear water with abundant vegetation.

Native to streams from Malibu Creek to San None
Luis Rey River basin. Introduced into streams
in Santa Clara, Ventura, Santa Ynez, Mojave
and San Diego river basins. Slow water stream
sections with mud or sand bottoms. Feeds
heavily on aquatic vegetation and associated
invertebrates.

No suitable aquatic habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

No suitable aquatic habitat present. Species is
not expected to occur.

No suitable aquatic habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

B-8

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus pop. 10
steelhead - southern California DPS
Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus pop. 9
steelhead - south-central California
coast distinct population segment
FE/SCE
G5T1Q/S1
None
FT/None
G5T2Q/S2
None
Federal listing refers to populations from
Santa Maria River south to southern extent of
range (San Mateo Creek in San Diego County).

Southern steelhead likely have greater
physiological tolerances to warmer water and
more variable conditions.

None
Federal listing refers to runs in coastal basins None
from the Pajaro River south to, but not
including, the
Santa Maria River.

No suitable aquatic habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

Amphibians
Ambystoma californiense pop. 2
California tiger salamander - Santa
Barbara County distinct population
segment
Anaxyrus californicus
arroyo toad
Rana boylii pop. 6
foothill yellow -legged frog - south
coast distinct population segment
FE/ST
G2G3T2/S2
WL
FE/None
G2G3/S2
SSC
FPE/SE
G3T1/S1
None
Lives in vacant or mammal -occupied burrows None
throughout most of the year; in grassland,
savanna, or open woodland habitats. Need
underground refuges, especially ground
squirrel burrows, and vernal pools or other
seasonal water sources for breeding.

Semi -arid regions near washes or intermittent None
streams, including valley -foothill and desert
riparian, desert wash, etc. Rivers with sandy
banks, willows, cottonwoods, and sycamores;
loose, gravelly areas of streams in drier parts
of range.

Southern Coast Ranges from Monterey Bay None
south through San Gabriel Mountains; west of
the Salinas River in Monterey Co, south
through Transverse Ranges, and east through
San Gabriel Mountains. Historically may have
ranged to Baja California. Partly shaded
shallow streams and riffles with a rocky
substrate in a variety of habitats. Needs at
least some cobble -sized substrate for egg -
laying and at least 15 weeks to attain
metamorphosis.

The BSA is located outside of the geographic
range of the species in Santa Barbara County and
is not located in a metapopulation area (USFWS
2016).

No suitable habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

Biological Resources Assessment B-9

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Rana draytonii
California red -legged frog
Spea hammondii
western spadefoot
FT/None
G2G3/5253
SSC
None/None
G2G3/53S4
SSC
Lowlands and foothills in or near permanent
sources of deep water with dense, shrubby or
emergent riparian vegetation. Requires 11-20
weeks of permanent water for larval
development. Must have access to estivation
habitat.

Moderate
Occurs primarily in grassland habitats, but can Low
be found in valley -foothill hardwood
woodlands. Vernal pools are essential for
breeding and egg -laying.

Marginally suitable habitat present within the
BSA, namely the ditches (expected to be used as
dispersal habitat only), but no observations were
made during reconnaissance field survey. CRLF
are known to use the ditch systems in the BSA
based on CNDDB occurrences outside of the BSA
within the same ditches. Due to the highly -
disturbed condition of upland areas and almost
constant human activity, the species would only
be encountered incidentally in upland areas, if at
all.

Marginally suitable habitat present within the
BSA, namely the ditches. Species is not expected
to occur in upland areas due to highly compacted
soils.

Reptiles
Anniella pulchra None/None
Northern California legless lizard G3/S2S3
SSC
Emys marmorata
western pond turtle
Phrynosoma blainvillii
coast horned lizard
None/None
G3G4/S3
SSC
None/None
G4/S4
SSC
Sandy or loose loamy soils under sparse
vegetation. Soil moisture is essential. They
prefer soils with a high moisture content.

Low
A thoroughly aquatic turtle of ponds, marshes, None
rivers, streams and irrigation ditches, usually
with aquatic vegetation, below 6000 ft
elevation. Needs basking sites and suitable
(sandy banks or grassy open fields) upland
habitat up to 0.5 km from water for egg -laying.

Frequents a wide variety of habitats, most None
common in lowlands along sandy washes with
scattered low bushes. Open areas for sunning,
bushes for cover, patches of loose soil for
burial, and abundant supply of ants and other
insects.

Marginally suitable habitat present in upland
portions of the BSA; however, soil compaction
would be a limiting factor for occurrence of the
species. Species has a low likelihood of occurring.

No suitable habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

B-10

Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Thamnophis hammondii
two -striped gartersnake
None/None
G4/S3S4
SSC
Coastal California from vicinity of Salinas to
northwest Baja California. From sea to about
7,000 ft elevation. Highly aquatic, found in or
near permanent fresh water. Often along
streams with rocky beds and riparian growth.

None
No suitable habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

Birds
Accipiter striatus
sharp -shinned hawk
Agelaius tricolor
tricolored blackbird
Aimophila ruficeps canescens
southern California rufous -crowned
sparrow
Athene cunicularia
burrowing owl
Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's hawk
Charadrius nivosus nivosus
western snowy plover
None/None
G5/S4
WL
None/ST
G1G2/S2
SSC
None/None
G5T3/S4
WL
None/None
G4/S2
SSC
None/ST
G5/S4
None
FT/None
G3T3/S3
SSC
Ponderosa pine, black oak, riparian deciduous, None
mixed conifer, and Jeffrey pine habitats.

Prefers riparian areas. North -facing slopes
with plucking perches are critical
requirements. Nests usually within 275 ft of
water.

Highly colonial species, most numerous in None
Central Valley and vicinity. Largely endemic to
California. Requires open water, protected
nesting substrate, and foraging area with
insect prey within a few km of the colony.

Resident in Southern California coastal sage None
scrub and sparse mixed chaparral. Frequents
relatively steep, often rocky hillsides with
grass and forb patches.

Open, dry annual or perennial grasslands, Low
deserts, and scrublands characterized by low -
growing vegetation. Subterranean nester,
dependent upon burrowing mammals, most
notably, the California ground squirrel.

Breeds in grasslands with scattered trees, None
juniper -sage flats, riparian areas, savannahs,
and agricultural or ranch lands with groves or
lines of trees. Requires adjacent suitable
foraging areas such as grasslands, or alfalfa or
grain fields supporting rodent populations.

Sandy beaches, salt pond levees and shores of None
large alkali lakes. Needs sandy, gravelly or
friable soils for nesting.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is
not expected to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present within the
BSA, and no California ground squirrel burrows
observed during the reconnaissance survey. The
species may occur transiently and has a low
potential to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

Biological Resources Assessment B-1 1

Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Eremophila alpestris actia
California horned lark
None/None
G5T4Q/S4
WL
Falco peregrinus anatum FD/SD
American peregrine falcon G4T4/S3S4
FP
Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus None/ST
California black rail G3T1/S2
FP
Setophaga petechia None/None
yellow warbler G5/S3
SSC
Sternula antillarum browni
California least tern
Vireo bellii pusillus
least Bell's vireo
FE/SE
G4T2T3Q/S2
FP
FE/SE
G5T2/S3
None
Coastal regions, chiefly from Sonoma County
to San Diego County. Also main part of San
Joaquin Valley and east to foothills. Short -
grass prairie, "bald" hills, mountain meadows,
open coastal plains, fallow grain fields, alkali
flats.

Low
Near wetlands, lakes, rivers, or other water; None
on cliffs, banks, dunes, mounds; also, human -
made structures. Nest consists of a scrape or a
depression or ledge in an open site.

Inhabits freshwater marshes, wet meadows None
and shallow margins of saltwater marshes
bordering larger bays. Needs water depths of
about 1 inch that do not fluctuate during the
year and dense vegetation for nesting habitat.

Riparian plant associations in close proximity None
to water. Also nests in montane shrubbery in
open conifer forests in Cascades and Sierra
Nevada. Frequently found nesting and
foraging in willow shrubs and thickets, and in
other riparian plants including cottonwoods,
sycamores, ash, and alders.

Nests along the coast from San Francisco Bay None
south to northern Baja California. Colonial
breeder on bare or sparsely vegetated, flat
substrates: sand beaches, alkali flats, landfills,
or paved areas.

Summer resident of Southern California in low None
riparian in vicinity of water or in dry river
bottoms; below 2000 ft. Nests placed along
margins of bushes or on twigs projecting into
pathways, usually willow, Baccharis, mesquite.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species may
occur transiently or forage on site. Species is not
likely to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

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Special Status Species Evaluation Tables
Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the
BSA
Habitat Suitability/
Observations
Mammals
Antrozous pallidus
pallid bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
Townsend's big -eared bat
Lasiurus frantzii
western red bat
Taxidea taxus
American badger
None/None
G4/S3
SSC
None/None
G4/S2
SSC
None/None
G4/S3
SSC
None/None
G5/S3
SSC
Found in a variety of habitats including
deserts, grasslands, shrublands, woodlands,
and forests. Most common in open, dry
habitats with rocky areas for roosting. Roosts
in crevices of rock outcrops, caves, mine
tunnels, buildings, bridges, and hollows of live
and dead trees which must protect bats from
high temperatures. Very sensitive to
disturbance of roosting sites.

Occurs throughout California in a wide variety None
of habitats. Most common in mesic sites,
typically coniferous or deciduous forests.

Roosts in the open, hanging from walls &
ceilings in caves, lava tubes, bridges, and
buildings. This species is extremely sensitive to
human disturbance.

Roosts primarily in trees, 2-40 ft above
ground, from sea level up through mixed
conifer forests. Prefers habitat edges and
mosaics with trees that are protected from
above and open below with open areas for
foraging.

Most abundant in drier open stages of most Low
shrub, forest, and herbaceous habitats, with
friable soils. Needs sufficient food, friable soils
and open, uncultivated ground. Preys on
burrowing rodents. Digs burrows.

None
None
No suitable habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

No suitable nesting habitat present. Species is not
expected to occur.

Marginally suitable habitat present; however, due
to the amount of existing human activity, the
species would be expected to only occur
transiently as it moves through the region.

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Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Scientific Name
Common Name
Status

FESA/CESA
Global Rank/State Rank
CDFW
Habitat Requirements
Potential to
Occur in the Habitat Suitability/
BSA Observations
Regional Vicinity refers to within a nine -quad search radius of site.

FESA = Federal Endangered Species Act
CESA = California Endangered Species Act
CDFW = California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Status (Federal/State)
FE =
FT =
FPE =
FPT =
FD =
FC =
SE =
ST =
SCE =
SCT =
SD =
SSC =
FP =
WL=
Federal Endangered
Federal Threatened
Federal Proposed Endangered
Federal Proposed Threatened
Federal Delisted
Federal Candidate
State Endangered
State Threatened
State Candidate Endangered
State Candidate Threatened
State Delisted
CDFW Species of Special Concern
CDFW Fully Protected
CDFW Watch List
Other Statuses
G1 or S1
G2 or S2
G3 or S3
G4/5 or S4/5
GH or SH
Critically Imperiled Globally or Subnationally (state)
Imperiled Globally or Subnationally (state)
Vulnerable to extirpation or extinction Globally or Subnationally (state) Apparently secure, common and abundant
Possibly Extirpated — missing; known from only historical occurrences but still some hope of rediscovery Additional notations may be provided as follows
T — Intraspecific Taxon (subspecies, varieties, and other designations below the level of species) Q— Questionable taxonomy that may reduce conservation priority ? — Inexact numeric rank
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Appendix C
Floral and Faunal Compendium

Floral and Faunal Compendium
Plant Species Observed Within the Biological Study Area on June 28, 2023 Scientific Name Common Name Status Native or Introduced Amaranthus blitoides
Iambs quarter
Conyza sp.
horseweed
None
None
Introduced
Introduced
Hirschfeldia incana shortpod mustard
None
Introduced
Malva sp.

Mallow
None Introduced
Avena barbarta slender wild oat None Introduced
Avena fatua common wild oat None Introduced
Lolium multiflorum
Portulaca oleracea
Italian ryegrass None Introduced
common purslane
None
Introduced
Wildlife Species Observed Within the Biological Study Area on June 28, 2023 Scientific Name Common Name Status Native or Introduced Buteojamaicensis
Cathartes aura
Corvus brachyrhynchos
red-tailed hawk
turkey vulture
American crow
None
None
None
Native
Native
Native
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Appendix D
Site Photographs

Site Photographs
Photograph 1. Photograph of the ditches on the east side of Bonita School Road, facing south. June 28, 2023.

Photograph 2. Photograph of the existing ditch along the south side of State Route 166, facing southeast.

June 28, 2023.

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Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Photograph 3. Photograph of road and road shoulder of Bonita School Road and the Bonita Elementary School, facing south. June 28, 2023.
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Photograph 4. Photograph of landscape trees that are part of Bonita Elemantary School in the vicinty of the project site. Facing north. June 28, 2023.

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Appendix C
Cultural Resources Assessment

Rincon Consultants, Inc.
319 East Carrillo Street, Suite 105
Santa Barbara, California 93101
805-319-4092
January 10, 2024
Rincon Project No. 21-11997
Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201
West Sacramento, California 95691
Subject: Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project, Santa Maria, California 93458
MKN & Associates, Inc. retained Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) to conduct a cultural resources assessment in support of the Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project (project) located in unincorporated Santa Barbara County, California. This letter report documents the results of the tasks performed by Rincon, including the following: a search of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS), a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search through the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), background and archival research, a pedestrian field survey, and historical resources evaluation of the Bonita Elementary School campus. The proposed project is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). With the Santa Maria -Bonita School District as the lead agency. All work was performed in accordance with CEQA regulations.

Project Site and Description
The project site includes an approximately 8,100 -linear -foot pipeline alignment that would extend from the terminus of a planned water main in Black Road located at the northeast corner of the City of Santa Maria's (City) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), proceed north along Black Road, proceed west along State Route (SR) 166 (also known as West Main Street), proceed north on Bonita School Road, and connect to the property encompassing Bonita Elementary School (Assessor Parcel Number 113-050-007) at 2715 West Main Street (Figure 1 and Figure 2).

The proposed project consists of connecting the City's water system to the Bonita Elementary School Water System via approximately 8,100 linear feet of a two-inch diameter service line from the planned terminus of the City's water system near the northeast corner of the City's WWTP to Bonita Elementary School. The City is currently in the design phase of extending City water service to the WWTP separately from the proposed project. To meet peak demand, fire flow requirements, and irrigation demand, the project would also include repurposing the existing on -site 10,000 -gallon storage tank and wells and potentially adding a hydropneumatic tank (up to approximately 1,000 gallons in capacity) with appurtenances such as an air compressor and additional above -grade piping and isolation valves.1 Minor piping modifications to the existing system would be required to disconnect the proposed potable domestic supply from the existing system. In addition, the project would involve replacing lead service lines in the school's Kindergarten Building (Building K). Other improvements would include installation of blowoffs along the proposed pipeline and other appurtenances on Bonita Elementary School campus.
1 At this time, it is uncertain whether the hydropneumatic tank will be included in the proposed project and if so, what the exact capacity may be. Therefore, this report conservatively evaluates inclusion of this project element with its maximum estimated capacity of 1,000 gallons.
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Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project California Historical Resources Information System Records Search
On May 19, 2023, Rincon received CHRIS records search results (Records Search File No.: 23-112) from the Central Coast Information Center (CCIC) for the project site vicinity (Attachment 1). The CCIC is the official state repository for cultural resources records and reports for Santa Barbara County. The purpose of the records search was to identify previously recorded cultural resources, as well as previously conducted cultural resources studies within the project site and a 0.5 -mile radius surrounding the project site. Rincon also reviewed the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), the California Historical Landmarks list, and the Built Environment Resources Directory, as well as its predecessor, the California State Historic Property Data File. Additionally, Rincon reviewed the Archaeological Determination of Eligibility list.

Previously Conducted Studies
The CCIC records search identified five previously -conducted cultural resources studies within the project site and an additional seven previously -conducted cultural resource studies outside the project site but within a 0.5 -mile radius (Attachment 1). Table 1 summarizes these 12 studies, with additional detail on the five previously -conducted cultural resource studies within the project site provided following the table.

Table 1 Previous Cultural Resource Studies within a 0.5 -mile Radius of Project Site Report Number
Author
Year Title
Relationship
to Project Site
SL -02035a, b,
c
SR -00378
SR -00845
SR -01286
SR -04842
SR -05180
SR -01876
ERCE
Spanne, Larry
Snethkamp, P.,
Michels, L., and J.

Costello
Sheets, R. and J.L.

Rudolph
Billet, Lorna
Ramirez, R. and H.

Haas
Farris, G., Hines, P.,
Rhoades, M., Rivers,
B. and R. Gibson
1991 San Luis Obispo Water Lines and Facilities
Project, Cultural Resources Report
1977 Archaeological Component for City of Santa
Maria Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Facilities Environmental Impact Report
1989 Draft: Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey for
the proposed California Coastal Aqueduct
between Devils Den, Kern County and Mission
Hills, Santa Barbara County (Volume I)
1991 Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed
Santa Maria Valley Water Treatment Plant
2012 New Tower ("NT") Submission Packet, Santa
Maria Water Treatment Facility, 601 S Black
Road, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County
2015 Historic Property Survey Report/Archaeological
Survey Report for the State Route 166 and
Black Road Intersection Improvements Project,
Santa Maria
Within
Within
Within
Within
Outside
Within
1995 Coastal Branch, Phase II State Water Project Outside Cultural Resources Survey, Reaches 5B and 6,
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties,
California
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Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Report Number Author Year Title
Relationship
to Project Site
SR -02740
Lebow, C., et al,
2001 Final Report of Archaeological Investigations for Outside Reaches 5B and 6, Coastal Branch Aqueduct,
Phase 11
SR -02900 Holson, J. 2002 Clayton Cell Tower, 70-02613.00, Santa Maria, Outside Santa Barbara County
SR -04572 Wlodarski, Robert J. 2010 A Phase 1 Archaeological Study: For the Area 9 Outside Specific Plan, an 890 acre Project Site located
in the city of Santa Maria, Santa Barbara
County, California
SR -05057 Haas, H., Hunt, K., and 2013 Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey for the Atlas Outside R. Ramirez Copco Mafi-Trench Project
SR -05141 Leter, Rachael J. 2014 Phase I Cultural Resources Study for Unit 11 Outside Channel Drainage Capacity Improvements
Project, Santa Barbara County, California
Source: Central Coastal Information Center 2023
SL -02035
In 1991, Environmental and Energy Services Company, Inc. (ERCE) conducted a study entitled "Cultural Resources Report: San Luis Obispo Water Lines and Facility Project" for the proposed pipeline segments and facility sites of the State Water Project, Coastal Branch, Phase II, Local Distribution Lines and Facilities Project in San Luis Obispo County, California. The project encompassed approximately 43 miles of pipeline segments, a water treatment plant, and two hydroelectric plants located at seven different community locations in San Luis Obispo County. Although the report primarily focused on San Luis Obispo County, a portion of the State Water Project pipeline that was evaluated is located in Santa Barbara County within the current project site. The report consisted of a record search and archival review, an intensive field survey, and recommendations. Within that project's right-of-way, the report identified 32 cultural resources, none of which were found within the current project site or within a 0.5 -mile radius. The report recommended that if realignment is not feasible, a mitigation plan should be developed, potentially including data recovery, to alleviate the impacts of pipeline construction on the identified resources (ERCE 1991).

SR -00378
In 1977, L. Spanne conducted a study entitled "Archaeological Component: City of Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Facilities Environment Impact Report" for the Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Facilities located south of the intersection of Main Street and Black Road.

Although the exact purpose of the study was not identified, it included a search of available archaeological site records at the CCIC as well as an intensive field survey. The results of these efforts indicated there are no archaeological resources within the current project area along Black Road.

Consequently, the study recommended the execution of archaeological investigations prior to initiating any new construction activities in the vicinity of that project area (Spanne 1977).

SR -00845
In 1989, P. Snethkamp, L. Michals, and J. Costella of Painted Cave Archaeological Associates conducted a study entitled "Final Report: Phase I Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed California Coastal Aqueduct between Devils Den, Kern County and Mission Hills, Santa Barbara County." The 5 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project proposed project involved the realignment of approximately 46 miles of the aqueduct along the San Luis Obispo/Santa Maria/Lompoc Coastal Plain, terminating three miles north of Lompoc. A cultural resources assessment for the entire aqueduct had already been conducted by Larson and Coombs in 1988. The original survey within the current project site vicinity did not identify any cultural resources, and no cultural resources were encountered during the realignment survey. The study recommended that if cultural resources were encountered during the project implementation, a Section 106 assessment pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act and/or a CEQA Appendix K assessment would be necessary (Snethkamp et al. 1989).

SR -01286
In 1991, R. Sheets and J.L. Rudolph of Science Applications International Corporation conducted a study entitled "Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Santa Maria Valley Water Treatment Plant." That project proposed construction of a municipal water treatment plant in the Santa Maria Valley on approximately 25 acres of undeveloped non-agricultural lands near the route of the Mission Hills Extension pipeline of the Coastal Branch Phase II of the California Aqueduct of the State Water Project.

The proposed facilities included a new Santa Maria Valley Water Treatment Plant and pipelines. The study included a record search of the CCIC aerial photographs housed at the Map and Imagery Library at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), previous studies conducted for other projects in the area, Native American consultations, and a Phase I cultural resources survey. The results of these efforts did not locate any prehistoric, historic, or historic architectural remains and determined the proposed construction of the water treatment plant would not affect cultural resources. The study recommended that if ground disturbing construction activities uncovered any cultural remains, all activities in the area of the discovery should halt and a qualified archaeologist should be contacted to assess the significance of the discovery (Sheets and Rudolph 1991).

SR -05180
In 2015, R. Ramirez and H. Haas of Rincon Consultants, Inc. conducted a study titled "Archaeological Survey Reportforthe State Route 166 and Black Road Intersection Improvement Project, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California." The purpose of that project was to enhance traffic operations and improve safety at the intersection. That study consisted of several activities, including a search of cultural resource records housed at the CCIC as well as a search of the NAHC SLF. Additionally, Native American consultations were conducted, and an archaeological survey of the APE was performed. The results of the CCIC records search, Native American consultations, and archaeological survey revealed no previously recorded or newly identified archaeological resources were located within the APE.

Consequently, the study concluded the APE is not sensitive for the presence of archaeological deposits. However, the study acknowledged the potential for subsurface deposits remained in areas with limited visibility (Ramirez and Haas 2015).

Previously Recorded Resources
The CCIC records search results identified four historic -era built environment resources and one historic trash refuse within a 0.5 -mile radius of the project site. There are no cultural (prehistoric or historic) resources recorded within the project site. Table 2 summarizes the resources located within a 0.5 -mile radius of the project site. None of these historic -era resources would be impacted or altered by the proposed project (Attachment 2).
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Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Table 2 Previously Recorded Resources within a 0.5 -mile Radius of the Project Site Primary
Number
Trinomial
Resource Type
Description
Recorder(s)
and Year(s)
Relationship
to Project
Eligibility Status Site
P -42-
002712H

CA -SBA -
002712H
P-42- CA -SBA -
002716H 002716H
P-42- CA -SBA -
002717H 002717
Historic Oil Field Santa Maria
Refining Oil Field
Historic Trash
Refuse
Historic
Structure
P-42- CA -SBA- Historic Railroad
002726H 002726 Crossing
P-42-003617 CA -SBA- Historic Earthen
003617H Berms, Tree
Stumps, and
Trash Scatter
Adams Barn
Dump
Adams Barn
Santa Maria
Valley
Railroad Crossing
2 Earthen Berms,
30 Eucalyptus
Tree Stumps, and
Trash Scatter
L. Steidl and B.

Steidl (1994)
P. Hines
(1995)
P. Hines and G.

Farris (1994)
E. Barter and L.

Ramirez
(1994)
L. Leach -Palm
and S. Mikesell
(1999)
7N1: (Formerly NR Outside
SC4). Needs to be
reevaluated, may
become eligible for
National Register of
Historic Places with
restoration or when
meets other
specific conditions.

Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Outside
Outside
Outside
Outside
Source: Central Coastal Information Center 2023
Sacred Lands File Search
Rincon contacted the NAHC on May 18, 2023, to request an SLF search of the project site. As part of this request, Rincon asked the NAHC to provide a contact list of Native American groups and/or individuals culturally affiliated with the area who may have knowledge of tribal heritage resources at the project site and/or in the vicinity. The NAHC emailed a response on June 19, 2023, stating the SLF search results were positive and indicating a tribe has reported a sacred site within a one to three mile vicinity of the current project site (Attachment 3).

Assembly Bill 52 Administrative Assistance
On August 11, 2023, the Santa Maria -Bonita School District received the AB 52 Tribal Notification List from the NAHC, The Santa Maria -Bonita School District, with administrative assistance from Rincon, prepared notification letters and commenced tribal notifications pursuant to AB 52. As of this date, no requests for consultation under AB 52 have been received.

Pedestrian Survey
Methods
Rincon Cultural Resources Specialist, Catherine Johnson, PhD, conducted a pedestrian archaeological survey of the project site on June 9, 2023. The pedestrian survey used transect intervals spaced 15 meters north and south of the centerline along SR 166 and transect intervals spaced 15 meters east and west of the centerline along Black Road to include staging/laydown areas and portions of Bonita Elementary School. Exposed ground surfaces were examined for artifacts (e.g., flaked stone tools, tool- making debris, stone milling tools), ecofacts (marine shell and bone), soil discoloration that might 7 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
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Survey accuracy was maintained using a handheld Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) unit.

Additionally, Ms. Johnson conducted a built environment field survey of the project site under the direction of Architectural Historian Rachel Perzel, MA. Ms. Johnson visually inspected all built environment features within the project site, including buildings, structures, and landscape elements.

Pursuant to the California Office of Historic Preservation's Instructions for Recording Historical Resources (1995), properties over 45 years of age were recorded and evaluated for inclusion in the NRHP, CRHR, and local designation on California Department of Parks 523 series forms. During the field survey, the overall condition and integrity of built features on the project site as well as site characteristics and conditions were assessed and documented using notes and digital photographs.

Notes and photographs, which were later reviewed by Ms. Perzel, are maintained at Rincon's Santa Barbara office.

Results
The field survey of the proposed project alignment along SR 166 and Black Road identified heavily - traveled paved roads lined with active agricultural fields that are highly disturbed by underground and aboveground utilities, including electrical poles, manholes, pipelines, and irrigation ditches. Ground visibility along the shoulders and areas adjacent to SR 166 and Black Road was very good, ranging from 80 to 90 percent. The soil consisted of hard -packed sandy loam sediment covered by imported gravel. Vegetation consisted of ruderal plants, various weeds, and seasonal grasses. Modern debris and trash, including clear and amber glass bottle fragments, plastic bottle caps, paper and plastic food wrappers, cardboard fragments, and metal fragments, were observed throughout this portion of the project site (Attachment 4: Photograph 1 through Photograph 5).

Spare quantities of modern trash, including paper and plastic wrappers, plastic bottles, and caps, were also observed throughout the portion of the project site within the Bonita Elementary School campus.

The school's vegetation consisted of modern landscaping, including manicured grass lawns, shrubs, and trees (Attachment 4: Photograph 6 through Photograph 10).

No archaeological resources were identified within the project site during the pedestrian field survey.

Built Environment Resources
The following section summarizes the results of all background research and fieldwork as they pertain to built environment resources that may qualify as historical resources. This study resulted in the identification of one historic -period building within the project site, the Kindergarten Building, located on the southeast corner of the Bonita Elementary School campus. Due to the presence of a historic period building on the campus, the campus was evaluated for listing in the NRHP and CRHR.

Corresponding California Department of Parks 523 series forms were prepared (Attachment 5) and summarized below.

Physical Description
The Bonita Elementary School campus (subject property) is comprised of seven permanent buildings in addition to a number of temporary structures neatly organized on a roughly rectangular property on the northwestern corner of Bonita School Road and SR 166 in unincorporated Santa Barbara County (Photograph 6). All of the campus buildings are concentrated on the southern half of the property in proximity to SR 166 and are organized around a central quad consisting of greenspace and pathways 8 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project in addition to two shade structures. The campus additionally includes a rectangular -shaped field and a blacktop -covered area, which occupy much of its northern half. Two paved parking lots and a maintenance area are located along the eastern property line. Aside from the aforementioned field and quad, landscaping is minimal throughout the campus and consists of scattered trees.

The campus includes one historic -period building, the Kindergarten Building (Photograph 7 and Photograph 8), which is situated adjacent to the SR 166 and Bonita School Road intersection. All other present buildings post-date the historic period. The Kindergarten Building is one-story in height, sits on a concrete base, has an irregular footprint, and integrates elements of the Spanish Revival Style.

Indicative of its progressive development, roof forms are varied and include gabled and truncated hipped roof forms, sheathed in barrel clay tiles. The building is clad in smooth stucco and features solid metal doors; window type varies throughout. A covered walkway extends from its southern elevation, and a play area featuring blacktop and playground equipment is located just west of the building.

Along with the Kindergarten Building, the campus includes six permanent buildings and one temporary building organized around the previously -noted quad (Photograph 9). These buildings, all of which were added to the campus following 1994, house essential campus functions such as the administration building, cafeteria, and several classroom buildings. They all feature a simple, utilitarian design aesthetic and do not embody a particular architectural style. All buildings are one-story and feature rectilinear footprints. Siding throughout these buildings is wood panel or stucco, and roof forms are gabled or flat, many with red metal cladding. Between the two parking lots along the campus's eastern property line is a maintenance area that consists of an additional permanent building, which features a barn -like design aesthetic, in addition to a water tank and various equipment, such as generators, enclosed in a chain link fence (Photograph 10). There are also five temporary mobile classroom buildings sited in the southwest portion of the campus, west of the quad area.

All of the campus buildings and facilities appear in good condition.

Developmental History
The research conducted for this study indicates Bonita Elementary School (then referred to as Bonita School) was originally a one -room schoolhouse, teaching multiple grades in one structure and serving a limited student body. Archival research was unable to determine when the original schoolhouse was built. However, a review of newspaper articles indicates it was established by 1897 (Santa Maria Times 1897). The school retained a small student body for several decades early in its history. The original schoolhouse, a small rectangular building, was located roughly in the current location of the Kindergarten Building (UCSB 2023). Two additional buildings sited along SR 166 were added to the campus between 1957 and 1961 (UCSB 2023). The campus retained this configuration until the mid - 1970s, when the original schoolhouse and one of the buildings added to the campus in the late 1950s were replaced with the current Kindergarten Building and an associated paved parking lot. Although the entirety of the current Kindergarten Building appears present in the 1975 aerial imagery, its roof form indicates it may have been constructed in two phases. Between 1975 and 1981, the building added in the late 1950s building was also demolished.

Following the historic period, buildings were routinely constructed and demolished on campus to accommodate the needs of its attending population, and all extant buildings with the exception of the Kindergarten Building were constructed after 1994. The campus was modernized in 2004, and the Kindergarten Building appears to feature contemporary stucco siding, roofing materials, windows, and doors. Most recently, following 2000, five temporary mobile classroom buildings were sited in the southwest portion of the campus.
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As detailed below, the subject property is recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR under any significance criteria.

The Bonita School was initially developed prior to the turn of the 20th century as a one -room schoolhouse to serve the surrounding rural population. The original one -room schoolhouse was demolished and replaced with the current Kindergarten Building circa 1975. As the student body slowly expanded throughout the 20th century, the school campus was further developed with an initial expansion between 1957 and 1967 and another more recently, between 1994 and 2000. In addition to the Kindergarten Building, the current campus consists of six permanent buildings which date to the post -historic period along with a number of temporary buildings and structures. The research conducted for this assessment did not indicate the Bonita Elementary School campus or any individual building within it played an important role in the developmental history of unincorporated Santa Barbara County, the city of Santa Maria, or the surrounding region. Although the current campus occupies the site of the area's original one -room schoolhouse, none of the present buildings date to this early period of construction, and none of the current buildings appear to possess a significant association with the development of the surrounding region. As a result of the information summarized above, the subject property is not associated with events important to the history of the city, region, state, or nation. It is therefore recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP and CRHR under Criteria A/1.

Research conducted for this assessment does not suggest the subject property possesses an association with any individual significant to the community, state, or nation. It is therefore recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP and CRHR under Criteria B/2.

The Kindergarten Building features limited elements of the Spanish Revival Style, primarily its stucco cladding and barrel tile roofing material. However, the building is limited in its expression of the Spanish Revival Style and has also been recently modernized. The building therefore does not embody the Spanish Revival or any other particular architectural style, and it does not represent the work of a master or possess high artistic value. Additionally, the rest of the buildings on campus embody a utilitarian design aesthetic and do not embody a particular architectural style, represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic value. Therefore, the campus is recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP and CRHR under Criteria C/3.

A review of available evidence and the CCIC records search results did not indicate the subject property may yield important information pertaining to the prehistory or history of the region, state, or nation.

Therefore, it is recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR under Criteria D/4.

Aerial Imagery and Topographic Map Review
Aerial Imagery Review
Historical aerial photographs from 1957 to 1967 depict Bonita Elementary School on SR 166 and depict SR 166 as a major east -west highway. Black Road is shown as a two -track paved road, and the City's WWTP is situated adjacent to Black Road on the west, outside the project site. The entire project site is shown surrounded by agricultural fields on the north, south, east, and west. Historical topographical maps from 1994 to 2020 show the expansion of both Bonita Elementary School and the City's WWTP complex, along with the construction of new commercial facilities located adjacent to SR 166 to the north. Agricultural fields still surround the project site on all four sides (NETR Online 1994-2023).
10 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Topographic Map Review
Historical topographic maps from 1947 to 1959 depict Bonita Elementary School and SR 166 as a major east -west highway (State Route 166). Black Road is depicted as a paved two -track road running in a north -south direction, and the WWTP is shown as a small facility located adjacent to and west of Black Road. Agricultural fields surround the project site on all four sides (NETR Online 1959-2023).

Topographic maps from 1960-2021 depict Bonita Elementary School, SR 166, and Black Road with little to no change. However, they show a rapid western expansion of the WWTP complex (NETR Online 1960-2023).

Findings and Recommendations
This study identified one property within the project site, the Bonita Elementary School campus, that includes historic -period development - the Kindergarten Building. The campus was recorded, evaluated, and recommended ineligible for historical resources eligibility. It is therefore not considered a historical resource pursuant to CEQA and the project does not have the potential to impact historical resources. Rincon therefore recommends a finding of no impact to historical resources pursuant to CEQA.

This study determined there are no archaeological (prehistoric or historic) resources located within the project site, and there is one historic -era trash refuse (P -42-002716H) within a 0.5 -mile radius of the project site. This assessment did not identify archaeological (prehistoric or historic) resources existing within the project site. Given the negative results of the background research, the negative results of previous studies within the project site, and the lack of known archaeological resources existing within the project site, there is a low potential to encounter intact surface and/or subsurface archaeological deposits during project implementation.

Rincon recommends a finding of no impact to archaeological resources with the implementation of the following best management practice to address the potential for an unanticipated discovery of archaeological resources during project construction and a finding of no impact to human remains with regulatory compliance with the California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 in the unlikely event that human remains are unexpectedly encountered.

Best Management Practice
Unanticipated Discovery of Cultural Resources
In the event archaeological resources are unexpectedly encountered during ground -disturbing activities, work within 50 feet of the find shall halt, and an archaeologist meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards for archaeology (National Park Service 1983) shall be contacted immediately to evaluate the resource. If the resource is determined by the qualified archaeologist to be prehistoric, then a Native American representative shall also be contacted to participate in the evaluation of the resource. If the qualified archaeologist and/or Native American representative determines it to be appropriate, archaeological testing for CRHR eligibility shall be completed. If the resource proves to be eligible for the CRHR and significant impacts to the resource cannot be avoided via project redesign, a qualified archaeologist shall prepare a data recovery plan tailored to the physical nature and characteristics of the resource, per the requirements of CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4(b)(3)(C). The data recovery plan shall identify data recovery excavation methods, measurable objectives, and data thresholds to reduce any significant impacts to cultural resources. Pursuant to the data recovery plan, the qualified archaeologist and Native American representative, as appropriate, shall recover and document the scientifically consequential 11 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project information that justifies the resource's significance. The Santa Maria -Bonita School District shall review and approve the treatment plan and archaeological testing as appropriate, and the resulting documentation shall be submitted to the CCIC pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4(b)(3)(C).

Regulatory Compliance
Unanticipated Discovery of Human Remains
No human remains are known to be present within the project site. However, the discovery of human remains is always a possibility during ground disturbing activities. If human remains are unexpectedly found, California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 states no further disturbance shall occur until the County Coroner has made a determination of origin and disposition pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5097.98. In the event of an unanticipated discovery of human remains, the County Coroner must be notified immediately. If the human remains are determined to be of Native American origin, the Coroner will notify the NAHC, which will determine and notify a most likely descendant (MLD). The MLD has 48 hours from being granted site access to make recommendations for the disposition of the remains. If the MLD does not make recommendations within 48 hours, the landowner shall reinter the remains in an area of the property secure from subsequent disturbance.

Should you have any questions concerning this assessment, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (213) 267-8096 or [email protected].

Sincerely,
Rincon Consultants, Inc.

Ken Victorino
Senior Principal Investigator
Rachel Perzel, MA
Architectural Historian
Attachments
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Attachment 4
Attachment 5
Chris Purtell, MA, RPA
Senior Archaeologist/Project Manager
CCIC Previously Conducted Cultural Resource Studies
CCIC Previously Recorded Cultural Resources
NAHC Sacred Lands File Search and Native American Contact List Photographs
California Department of Parks 523 Series Forms
12 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project References
Billat, L.
2012 New Tower (NT) Submission Packet: FCC Form 620. Prepared for the Office of Historic Preservation Department of Parks and Recreation (Sacramento, California); prepared by Earth Touch, Inc., (Layton Utah). On file at the Central Coast Information Center at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Environmental and Energy Services Company (ERCE)
1991 Cultural Resources Study: San Luis Obispo Water Lines and Facilities Project. Prepared for the County of San Luis Obispo.

National Park Service
1983 36 CFR Part 61 -The Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Professional Qualifications Standards. Accessed July 2023. https://www.doi.gov/pam/asset- management/historic-preservation/pqs.

NETR Online
Var. "Historic Aerials." Various historic aerials and topographic maps of the project area.

Accessed July 2023, https://www.historicaerials.com/ .

Office of Historic Preservation
1995 Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. Accessed July 2023, https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/manual95.pdf .

Ramirez, R. and Haas, H.
2015 Archaeological Survey Report for the State Route 166 and Black Road Intersection Improvements Project, Santa Marina, Santa Barbara County, California. Prepared for California Department of Transportation 5 (San Luis Obispo, California) and Psomas Engineering (Roseville, California); prepared by Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Ventura, California). On file at the Central Coast Information Center at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Santa Maria Times
1897 "Holiday Goods." December 11, 1897, page 3. Accessed July 2023, https://www . newspa pers.com/image/628906537/?terms=%22bon ita%20school%22& match=1.

Sheets, R.S. and Rudolph, J.L.
1991 Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Santa Maria Valley Water Treatment Plant.

Prepared for; Santa Barabara Water Purveyors Agency 110 East Cook Street Santa Maria, California 93454; prepared by Science Applications International Corporation, Santa Barabara, California. On file at the Central Coast Information Center at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Snethkamp, P., Michals, L., and Costella, J.
1989 Phase I Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed California Coastal Aqueduct between Devils Den, Kern County and Missions Hills, Santa Barbara County. Prepared for the State of California Department of Water Resources (DRW Contract No. B-56928), 13 Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project Sacramento, California; prepared by Painted Cave Archaeological Associates, Santa Barabara, California. On file at the Central Coast Information Center at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Spanne, Laurance W.
1977 Archaeological Component for the City of Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Facilities Environmental Impact Report. Prepared for the City of Santa Maria; prepared by Laurance W. Spanne. On file at the Central Coast Information Center at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 "Frame Finder." Historic aerial database. Accessed July 2023, https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ .
14 Attachment I.

CCIC Previously Conducted Cultural Resource Studies

California
Historical
Resource
Information
System
Central Coast Information Center
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
PHONE (805) 682-4711 ext. 181
FAX (805) 682-3170
EMAIL [email protected]
5/19/2023 Records Search # 23-112
Chris Purtell
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
180 N. Ashwood Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
Re: 21-11997 Bonita School Water System Project
The Central Coast Information Center received your record search request for the project area referenced above, located on the Santa Maria and Guadalupe USGS 7.5' quad(s). The following reflects the results of the records search for the project area and a one half mile radius:

As indicated on the data request form, the locations of reports and resources are provided in the following format: 0 custom GIS maps • shapefiles 0 hand -drawn maps ❑ none Resources within project area:

None.

Resources within %2 mile radius:

Five; see enclosed list.

Reports within project area:

Eight; see enclosed list.

Reports within %2 mile radius:

Four; SR -01876, SR -04572, SR -05057, SR -05141.

Resource Database Printout (list): • enclosed
Resource Database Printout (details): 0 enclosed
Resource Digital Database Records: 0 enclosed
Report Database Printout (list): ■ enclosed
Report Database Printout (details): 0 enclosed
Report Digital Database Records: 0 enclosed
Resource Record Copies: • enclosed
Report Copies: • enclosed
OHP Historic Properties Directory: 0 enclosed
Archaeological Determinations of Elieibility: 0 enclosed 0 not requested
• not requested
• not requested
0 not requested
• not requested
• not requested
❑ not requested
❑ not requested
• not requested
❑ not requested
0 nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
❑ nothing listed
• nothing listed
The following sources of information are available at httn://ohp.parks.ca.eov/?page id=28065. Some of these resources used to be available through the CHRIS but because they are now online, they can be accessed directly. The Office of Historic Preservation makes no guarantees about the availability, completeness, or accuracy of the information provided through the sources listed below.

California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Database
Caltrans Historic Bridge Inventory
U.S. Geological Survey Historic Topographic Maps
Rancho Plat Maps
National Park Service National Register of Historic
Places Nominations
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Soil Survey Maps
US Bureau of Land Management General Land Office
Records
California Historical Landmarks Listing
(by county)
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (1988)
Historical Soil Survey Maps
Please forward a copy of any resulting reports from this project to the office as soon as possible. Due to the sensitive nature of archaeological site location data, we ask that you do not include resource location maps and resource location descriptions in your report if the report is for public distribution. If you have any questions regarding the results presented herein, please contact the office at the phone number listed above.

The provision of California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) data via this records search response does not in any way constitute public disclosure of records otherwise exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act or any other law, including, but not limited to, records related to archeological site information maintained by or on behalf of, or in the possession of, the State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, State Historic Preservation Officer, Office of Historic Preservation, or the State Historical Resources Commission.

Due to processing delays and other factors, not all of the historical resource reports and resource records that have been submitted to the Office of Historic Preservation are available via this records search.

Additional information may be available through the federal, state, and local agencies that produced or paid for historical resource management work in the search area. Additionally, Native American tribes have historical resource information not in the CHRIS Inventory, and you should contact the California Native American Heritage Commission for information on local/regional tribal contacts.

Should you require any additional information for the above referenced project, reference the record search number listed above when making inquiries. Requests made after initial invoicing will result in the preparation of a separate invoice.

Thank you for using the CHRIS.

Sincerely,
0 4/ t -
Rebecca Albert, M.A.

Assistant Coordinator

Report List
Report No. Other IDs Year Author(s)
Title
Affiliation
Resources
SL -02035
SL -02035b
SL -02035C
SR -00378
SR -00845
SR -01286
SR -01876
SR -02740
SR -02900
SR -04572
SR -04842
1991 ERCE
1991 ERCE
1991 N/A
1977 Spanne, Larry
1989 Snethkamp, P., Michals,
L., and Costello, J.
1991 Sheets, R. and Rudolph,
J.
1995 Farris, G., Hines, P.,
Rhoades, M., Rivers, B.,
and Gibson, R.
2001 Lebow, C., et al, and
Applied Earthworks
2002 Holson, J.
2010 Robert J Wlodarski
2012 Billat, Lorna
San Luis Obispo Water Lines and Facilities ERCE
Project, Cultural Resources Report
Draft Environmental Impact Report State ERCE
Water Project Coastal Branch (Phase II)
Local Distribution Lines and Facilities
maps ERCE
Archaeological Component for City of Santa UCSB
Maria Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Facilities Environmental Impact Report.

Draft: Phase 1 cultural resources survey for
the proposed California Coastal Aqueduct
between Devils Den, Kern County and
Mission Hills, Santa Barbara County (Volume
I)
Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed
Santa Maria Valley Water Treatment Plant
Coastal Branch, Phase II State Water Project
Cultural Resources Survey, Reaches 5B and
6, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
Counties, California
Final Report of Archaeological Investigations Applied Earthworks, Inc. for Reaches 5B and 6, Coastal Branch (AE)
Aqueduct, Phase II
Clayton Cell Tower, 70-02613.00, Sand
Maria, Santa Barbara County
A Phase 1 Archaeological Study: For the HEART
Area 9 Specific Plan, an 890 acre Project Site
located in the city of Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calfironia
New Tower ("NT") Submission Packet, Santa EarthTouch, Inc.

Maria Water Treatment Facility, 601 S Black
Road, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County
Painted Cave
Archaeological Associates
Science Applications
International Corporation
40-000122, 40-000164, 40-000165,
40-000168,40-000172,40-000181,
40-000584, 40-000596, 40-000758,
40-000879, 40-001240, 40-001372,
40-001375,40-001376,40-001377,
40-001378,40-001379,40-001380,
40-001381,40-001382,40-001383,
40-001384, 40-001385, 40-001386,
40-001387
42-000574,42-000575,42-001209
42-001019,42-001052,42-001088,
42-001174, 42-001923, 42-001926,
42-002360,42-002361,42-002362,
42-002363, 42-002364, 42-038256,
42-039169
42-002688,42-002697,42-002711,
42-002712, 42-002713, 42-002714,
42-002715, 42-002716, 42-002717,
42-002726
40-000806,40-001764,40-001765,
40-001767,40-001770,40-002714,
40-002767

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Report List
Report No. Other IDs Year Author(s)
Title
Affiliation
Resources
SR -05057
SR -05141
SR -05180
2013 Haas, Hannah, Hunt,
Kevin, and Ramirez,
Robert
2014 Rachael J. Leter, M.S.,
RPA
Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey for the Rincon Consultants Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Project
Phase I Cultural Resources Study for Unit II
Channel
Drainage Capacity Improvements Project,
Santa Barbara
County, California
2015 Historic Property Survey Report/
Archaeological Survey Report for the State
Route 166 and Black Road Intersection
Improvements Project, Santa Maria
Padre Associates, Inc.

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Attachment 2
CCIC Previously Recorded Cultural Resources

Resource List
Primary No. Trinomial
Other IDs
Type
Age
Attribute codes
Recorded by
Reports
P-42-002712
P-42-002716
CA -SBA -002712H
CA -SBA -002716H
P-42-002717 CA -SBA -002717
P-42-002726 CA -SBA -002726
P-42-003617 CA -SBA -003617H
Agency Nbr - Santa Maria Site
Refining Oil Field
Agency Nbr - Adams Barn Dump Site
Agency Nbr - Adams Barn
Historic
Historic
Building, Site Historic
Agency Nbr - Santa Maria Valley Site
RR at Black Rd Crossing
Other - SS -2H
Site
Historic
Historic
Al -116
AH04
HP94
AI -107
AI -103; AH04
1994 (L. Steidl, B. Steidl)
1995 (P. Hines)
1994 (P. Hines, G. Farris,
Department of Parks and
Recreation)
1994 (E. Barter, L. Ramirez)
1999 (L. Leach -Palm (FW), S.

Mikesell (JRP), Far Westem
Anthropological Research Group,
Inc ., P.O. Box 413, Davis, CA
95617; JRP Historical Con)
SR -01876
SR -01876, SR -
01877
SR -01876, SR -
01877
SR -01876, SR -
01877

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Attachment 3
NAHC Sacred Lands File Search and Native American Contact List

ACTING CHAIRPERSON
Reginald Pagaling
Chumash

SECRETARY
Sara Dutschke
Miwok

COMMISSIONER
Isaac Bojorquez
Ohlone-Costanoan

COMMISSIONER
Buffy McQuillen
Yokayo Pomo, Yuki,
Nomlaki

COMMISSIONER
Wayne Nelson
Luiseno

COMMISSIONER
Stanley Rodriguez
Kumeyaay

COMMISSIONER
Vacant

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Raymond C.

Hitchcock
Miwok, Nisenan

NAHC HEADQUARTERS
1550 Harbor Boulevard
Suite 100
West Sacramento,
California 95691
(916) 373-3710
[email protected]
NAHC.ca.gov

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Gavin Newsom Governor

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
June 15, 2023
Christopher Purtell
Rincon Consultants, Inc.

Via Email to: [email protected]
Re: Bonita School Water System (21-11997) Project, Santa Barbara County To Whom It May Concern:

A record search of the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) Sacred Lands File (SLF) was completed for the information submitted for the above referenced project. The results were positive. Please contact the tribes on the attached list for information. Please note that tribes do not always record their sacred sites in the SLF, nor are they required to do so. A SLF search is not a substitute for consultation with tribes that are traditionally and culturally affiliated with a project's geographic area. Other sources of cultural resources should also be contacted for information regarding known and recorded sites, such as the appropriate regional California Historical Research Information System (CHRIS) archaeological Information Center for the presence of recorded archaeological sites.

Attached is a list of Native American tribes who may also have knowledge of cultural resources in the project area. This list should provide a starting place in locating areas of potential adverse impact within the proposed project area. Please contact all of those listed; if they cannot supply information, they may recommend others with specific knowledge. By contacting all those listed, your organization will be better able to respond to claims of failure to consult with the appropriate tribe. If a response has not been received within two weeks of notification, the Commission requests that you follow-up with a telephone call or email to ensure that the project information has been received.

If you receive notification of change of addresses and phone numbers from tribes, please notify the NAHC. With your assistance, we can assure that our lists contain current information.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at my email address: [email protected].

Sincerely,
Cody Campagne
Cultural Resources Analyst
Attachment

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Native American Heritage Commission
Native American Contact List
Santa Barbara County
6/15/2023
BarbarenoNentureno Band of
Mission Indians
Matthew Vestuto, Chairperson
Phone: (805) 746 - 6685
[email protected]
Chumash Council of
Bakersfield
Julio Quair, Chairperson
729 Texas Street
Bakersfield, CA, 93307
Phone: (661) 322 - 0121
[email protected]
Coastal Band of the Chumash
Nation
Gabe Frausto, Chairperson
P.O. Box 40653
Santa Barbara, CA, 93140
Phone: (805) 568 - 8063
[email protected]
Northern Chumash Tribal
Council
Violet Walker, Chairperson
P.O. Box 6533
Los Osos, CA, 93412
Phone: (760) 549 - 3532
[email protected]
Salinan Tribe of Monterey, San
Luis Obispo Counties
Patti Dunton, Tribal Administrator
8270 Morro Rd.

Atascadero, CA, 93422
Phone: (805) 464 - 2650
[email protected]
San Luis Obispo County
Chumash Council
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Indians
Kenneth Kahn, Chairperson
P.O. Box 517
Santa Ynez, CA, 93460
Phone: (805) 688 - 7997
Fax: (805) 686-9578
[email protected]
Chumash
Chumash
Chumash
Chumash
Salinan
Chumash
Chumash
yak tityu tityu yak tilhini —
Northern Chumash Tribe
Mona Tucker, Chairperson
660 Camino Del Rey
Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420
Phone: (805) 748 - 2121
[email protected]
Chumash
This list is current only as of the date of this document. Distribution of this list does not relieve any person of statutory responsibility as defined in Section 7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 5097.94 of the Public Resource Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code.

This list is only applicable for contacting local Native Americans with regard to cultural resources assessment for the proposed Bonita School Water System (21- 11997) Project, Santa Barbara County.

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Attachment 4
Photographs

MKN & Associates. Inc.

Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project Photograph 1. South side of State Route (SR) 166, view east.

Photograph 2. North side of SR 166, view east.
4-1

MKN & Associates, Inc.

Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project Photograph 3. Black Road, view north.

Photograph 4. Black Road and the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant, view south. 4-2

Photograph 5. Modern trash on east side of Black Road, view north.

MKN & Associates. Inc.

Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project Photograph 6. Overview of Bonita Elementary School campus, view north. 4-3

MKN & Associates, Inc.

Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project Photograph 7. North and east elevations of Bonita Elementary School Kindergarten Building, view southwest.

Photograph 8. South and west elevations of Bonita Elementary School Kindergarten Building, view northeast.
4-4

MKN & Associates, Inc.

Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Water System Project Photograph 9. Overview of the buildings surrounding Bonita Elementary School quad, view northwest.

Photograph 10. Barn -like building located in maintenance area in eastern portion of Bonita Elementary School campus, view northwest.
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Attachment 5
California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 Forms

State of California —The Resources Agency

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

PRIMARY RECORD
Primary #
HRI #
Trinomial
NRHP Status Code
Other Listings
Review Code Reviewer
Date

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P1. Other Identifier: N/A
*P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication 0 Unrestricted
and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *Resource Name or #:Bonita Elementary School
*a. County: Santa Barbara
*b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Guadalupe Date:1959 T 1ON ; R 34 & 35W ; 1/4 of 1/4 of Sec 7 & 12 ; S.B. B.M. c. Address: 2715 West Main Street City: N/A Unincorporated Zip:93458 d. UTM: Zone: mE/ mN (G.P.S.)
e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate): APN 113-050-007 Elevation:
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Bonita Elementary School campus (subject property) is comprised of seven permanent buildings in addition to a number of temporary structures neatly organized on a roughly rectangular property on the northwestern corner of Bonita School Road and State Route (SR) 166 in unincorporated Santa Barbara County. All of the campus buildings are concentrated on the southern half of the property in proximity to SR 166 and are organized around a central quad consisting of greenspace and pathways in addition to two shade structures. The campus additionally includes a rectangular -shaped field and a blacktop -covered area, which occupy much of its northern half. Two paved parking lots and a maintenance area are located along the eastern property line. Aside from the aforementioned field and quad, landscaping is minimal throughout the campus and consists of scattered trees.

The campus includes one historic -period building, the Kindergarten Building, which is situated adjacent to the SR 166/Bonita School Road intersection. All other present buildings post-date the historic period. The Kindergarten Building is one-story in height, sits on a concrete base, has an irregular footprint, and integrates elements of the Spanish Revival Style. Indicative of its progressive development, roof forms are varied and include gabled and truncated hipped roof forms, sheathed in barrel clay tiles.

The building is clad in smooth stucco and features solid metal doors; window type varies throughout. A covered walkway extends from its southern elevation, and a play area featuring blacktop and playground equipment is located just west of the building.

See Continuation Sheet.
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP15. Educational Building *P4. Resources Present: 'Building ❑Structure ❑Object ❑Site ❑District ❑Element of District ❑Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date,
accession #)
North and east elevations of Bonita Elementary
School Kindergarten Building, view southwest.
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources:
'Historic ❑Prehistoric ❑Both
c. 1975 (Kindergarten Building)
Post 1994 (all other buildings)
*P7. Owner and Address:

N/A
*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address)
Rachel Perzel
Rincon Consultants
180 North Ashwood Avenue
Ventura California 93003
*P9. Date Recorded: June 9, 2023
*P10. Survey Type: (Describe)
Intensive
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Rincon Consultants, Inc. "Cultural Resources Assessment for the Bonita Elementary School Drinking Water Improvements Project, Santa Maria, California 93458." Rincon project number 21-11997. August 2023. *Attachments: ❑NONE ■Location Map ❑Sketch Map 'Continuation Sheet "Building, Structure, and Object Record DArchaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record ❑Milling Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record 0 Other (List):

DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information

State of California —The Resources Agency

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

LOCATION MAP
Primary #
HRI#
Trinomial

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*Required information

State of California —The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#

BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD

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*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Bonita Elementary School B1. Historic Name: Bonita Elementary School
B2. Common Name:

B3. Original Use: School B4. Present Use: School
*B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Revival Style (Kindergarten Building); N/A (all other buildings) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) The Kindergarten Building was constructed ca. 1975. All other buildings post-date 1994. The campus was modernized in 2004. *NRHP Status Code 6Z
*B7. Moved? ■No ❑Yes ❑Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features: N/A
B9a. Architect: N/A b. Builder: N/A
*B10. Significance: Theme: N/A Area:

Period of Significance: N/A Property Type: N/A Applicable Criteria: N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Developmental History
The research conducted for this study indicates Bonita Elementary School (then referred to as Bonita School) was originally a one - room schoolhouse, teaching multiple grades in one structure and serving a limited student body. Archival research was unable to determine when the original schoolhouse was built. However, a review of newspaper articles indicates it was established by 1897 (Santa Maria Times 1897). The school retained a small student body for several decades early in its history. The original schoolhouse, a small rectangular building, was located roughly in the current location of the Kindergarten Building (University of California, Santa Barbara 2023). Two additional buildings sited along SR 166 were added to the campus between 1957 and 1961 (University of California, Santa Barbara 2023). The campus retained this configuration until the mid -1970s, when the original schoolhouse and one of the buildings added to the campus in the late 1950s were replaced with the current Kindergarten Building and an associated paved parking lot. Although the entirety of the current Kindergarten Building appears present in the 1975 aerial imagery, its roof form indicates it may have been constructed in two phases. Between 1975 and 1981, the building added in the late 1950s was also demolished.

See Continuation Sheet.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References:

See Continuation Sheet.

B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Rachel Perzel, Rincon Consultants
*Date of Evaluation: August 2023
(This space reserved for official comments.)
DPR 523B (1/95)
*Required information

State of California - The Resources Agency

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: Bonita Elementary School

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P3a. Description (Continued):

Along with the Kindergarten Building, the campus includes six permanent buildings and one temporary building organized around the previously -noted quad. These buildings, all of which were added to the campus following 1994, house essential campus functions such as the administration building, cafeteria, and several classroom buildings. They all feature a simple, utilitarian design aesthetic and do not embody a particular architectural style.

All buildings are one-story and feature rectilinear footprints. Siding throughout these buildings is wood panel or stucco, and roof forms are gabled or flat, many with red metal cladding. Between the two parking lots along the campus's eastern property line is a maintenance area that consists of an additional permanent building, which features a barn -like design aesthetic, in addition to a water tank and various equipment, such as generators, endosed in a chain -link fence. There are also five temporary mobile dassroom buildings sited in the southwest portion of the campus, west of the quad area.

All of the campus buildings and facilities appear in good condition.

Overview of Bonita Elementary School campus, view north.

Overview of the buildings surrounding the Bonita Elementary School quad, view northwest.

DPR 523L (9/2013)

State of California - The Resources Agency

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: Bonita Elementary School

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B10. Significance (Continued):

Historical Resources Evaluation
As detailed below, the subject property is recommended ineligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or California Register of Historical resources (CRHR) under any significance criteria.

The Bonita School was initially developed prior to the turn of the 20th century as a one -room schoolhouse to serve the surrounding rural population. The original one -room schoolhouse was demolished and replaced with the current Kindergarten Building circa 1975. As the student body slowly expanded throughout the 20th century, the school campus was further developed with an initial expansion between 1957 and 1967 and another more recently, between 1994 and 2000. In addition to the Kindergarten Building, the current campus consists of six permanent buildings which date to the post -historic period along with a number of temporary buildings and structures. The research conducted for this assessment did not indicate the Bonita Elementary School campus or any individual building within it played an important role in the developmental history of unincorporated Santa Barbara County, the city of Santa Maria, or the surrounding region. Although the current campus occupies the site of the area's original one - room schoolhouse, none of the present buildings date to this early period of construction, and none of the current buildings appear to possess a significant association with the development of the surrounding region. As a result of the information summarized above, the subject property is not associated with events important to the history of the city, region, state, or nation. It is therefore recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP and CRHR under Criteria A/1.

A review of available evidence and the Central Coast Information Center records search results did not indicate the subject property may yield important information pertaining to the prehistory or history of the region, state, or nation. Therefore, it is recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR under Criteria D/4.

DPR 523L (9/2013)

State of California - The Resources Agency

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: Bonita Elementary School

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B12. References (Continued)
NETR Online
2023 "Historic Aerials." Various historic aerials and topographic maps of the project area. Accessed July 2023, https://www.historicaerials.com/ .

Santa Maria Times
1897 "Holiday Goods." December 11, 1897, page 3. Accessed July 2023, https://www.newspapers.com/image/628906537/?terms=%22bonita%20school%22&match=1 .

University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 "Frame Finder." Historic aerial database. Accessed July 2023, https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ .

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Appendix D
Energy Calculations

Bonita School Water System Improvements Station
Last Updated: 8/3/2023
Compression -Ignition Engine Brake -Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) Factors [1):

Values above ore expressed in gallons per horsepower-hour/BSFC.

Construction Equipment

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Hours per Load Fuel Used
4 Day Horsepower Factor Construction Phase (gallons)
Excavators
Pumps
Excavators 1 8 36 0.38 Site Preparation Phase 148
Rubber Tired Loaders 1 8 150 0.36 Site Preparation Phase 525 Sweepers/Scrubbers 1 8 423 0.48 Site Preparation Phase 1,975 Rubber Tired Loaders 1 8 150 0.36 Grading Phase 525
Skid Steer Loaders 1 8 423 0.48 Grading Phase 1,975
Sweepers/Scrubbers 1 8 84 0.37 Grading Phase 336
Aerial Lifts 1 8 37 0.48 Pipeline Installation 1,094
Sweepers/Scrubbers 1 8 148 0.41 Pipeline Installation 3,361 Skid Steer Loaders 1 8 71 0.37 Pipeline Installation 1,618 Excavators 1 8 36 0.38 Tank lnstallation 187
Rubber Tired Loaders 1 8 84 0.37 Tank Installation 424
Sweepers/Scrubbers 1 8 37 0.48 Tank Installation 242
Pavers 1 8 81 0.42 Paving Phase 368
Paving Equipment 1 8 89 0.36 Paving Phase 346
Total Fuel Used 13,382
(Gallons)
1 8 36 0.38 Demolition Phase/ Paving Cutting
1 8 11 0.74 Site Restoration
148
111
Construction Phase Days of Operation
Demolition Phase/ Paving Cutting 23
Site Restoration 29
Site Preparation Phase 23
Grading Phase 23
Pipeline Installation 131
Tank Installation 29
Paving Phase 23
Total Days 281
Constuction Phase

WORKER TRIPS
MPG [2] Trips
Trip Length (miles)
Fuel Used
(gallons)
Demolition Phase/ Paving Cutting
Site Restoration
Site Preparation Phase
Grading Phase
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Paving Phase

24.1 24.1

24.1 2.5

2.5 7.5

7.5 7.5

7.5 5.0
Fuel

8.8 8.8

8.8 21.00

26.47 62.99

62.99 358.76

79.42 41.99
653.61
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HAULING AND VENDOR TRIPS
Trip Class
MPG [2]
Trips
Trip Length (miles)
Fuel Used
(gallons)
Demolition Phase/ Paving Cutting
Site Restoration
Site Preparation Phase
Grading Phase
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Paving Phase

7.5 7.5

7.5 0
0 48.9
0 0
0 0
Fuel

20.0 20.0

20.0 0.00

0.00 2999.20

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00
2,999.20

VENDOR TRIPS
Demolition Phase/ Paving Cutting
Site Restoration
Site Preparation Phase
Grading Phase
Pipeline Installation
Tank Installation
Paving Phase

7.5 7.5

7.5 0
0 1.0

1.0 0
0 0
Fuel

5.3 5.3

5.3 0.00

0.00 16.25

16.25 0.00

0.00 0.00

32.51 Total Gasoline Consumption (gallons) 654
Total Diesel Consumption (gallons) 16,414
Sources:
[1] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2021. Exhaust and Crankcase Emission Factors for Nonroad Compression -Ignition Engines in MOVES3.0.2 . September. Available at: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-08/420r21021.pdf . [2] United States Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 2021. National Transportation Statistics . Available at:
https://www.bts.gov/topics/national-transportation-statistics . 2 11/3/2023 7:14 AM

Appendix E
Noise and Vibration Modeling

Freq weight : A
Time Weight : SLOW
Level Range : 40-100
Max dB : 77.6 - 2023/06/05 09:41:18
Level Range : 40-100
SEL : 94.6
Leq : 65.1
No. s
Date Time (dB)
1 2023/06/05 09:32:21
6 2023/06/05 09:32:36
11 2023/06/05 09:32:51
16 2023/06/05 09:33:06
21 2023/06/05 09:33:21
26 2023/06/05 09:33:36
31 2023/06/05 09:33:51
36 2023/06/05 09:34:06
41 2023/06/05 09:34:21
46 2023/06/05 09:34:36
51 2023/06/05 09:34:51
56 2023/06/05 09:35:06
61 2023/06/05 09:35:21
66 2023/06/05 09:35:36
71 2023/06/05 09:35:51
76 2023/06/05 09:36:06
81 2023/06/05 09:36:21
86 2023/06/05 09:36:36
91 2023/06/05 09:36:51
96 2023/06/05 09:37:06
101 2023/06/05 09:37:21
106 2023/06/05 09:37:36
111 2023/06/05 09:37:51
116 2023/06/05 09:38:06
121 2023/06/05 09:38:21
126 2023/06/05 09:38:36
131 2023/06/05 09:38:51
136 2023/06/05 09:39:06
141 2023/06/05 09:39:21
146 2023/06/05 09:39:36
151 2023/06/05 09:39:51
156 2023/06/05 09:40:06
161 2023/06/05 09:40:21
166 2023/06/05 09:40:36
171 2023/06/05 09:40:51
176 2023/06/05 09:41:06
181 2023/06/05 09:41:21
186 2023/06/05 09:41:36
191 2023/06/05 09:41:51
196 2023/06/05 09:42:06
201 2023/06/05 09:42:21
206 2023/06/05 09:42:36
211 2023/06/05 09:42:51
216 2023/06/05 09:43:06
221 2023/06/05 09:43:21
226 2023/06/05 09:43:36
231 2023/06/05 09:43:51
236 2023/06/05 09:44:06
241 2023/06/05 09:44:21
246 2023/06/05 09:44:36
251 2023/06/05 09:44:51
256 2023/06/05 09:45:06
261 2023/06/05 09:45:21
266 2023/06/05 09:45:36
271 2023/06/05 09:45:51
276 2023/06/05 09:46:06
281 2023/06/05 09:46:21
286 2023/06/05 09:46:36
291 2023/06/05 09:46:51
296 2023/06/05 09:47:06

49.6 49.8 59.9 61.9 57.3

61.4 68.8 67.4 59.4 51.1

47.1 48.1 50.6 64.5 63.1

66.1 60.3 56.2 59.7 61.8

67.5 66.3 72.4 66.3 63.0

64.0 57.5 57.3 65.3 73.9

68.9 67.9 66.2 65.7 56.7

49.6 46.1 47.6 62.8 66.1

66.7 59.5 53.3 52.1 54.5

57.2 62.5 63.4 58.4 56.0

61.3 63.5 56.4 50.6 46.7

44.7 45.3 48.9 49.8 53.7

59.5 74.1 69.0 62.8 69.0

60.8 67.9 68.5 65.5 66.6

66.1 62.4 55.7 54.7 58.5

63.6 64.8 61.9 63.2 57.3

51.2 50.5 65.9 64.9 57.2

51.2 48.6 52.2 55.8 61.2

67.0 61.5 57.2 53.5 60.4

68.9 69.7 70.2 67.8 65.0

67.7 64.6 71.3 64.2 58.8

57.2 54.9 52.9 52.4 61.6

63.8 57.0 63.3 62.4 62.4

65.5 63.9 56.2 51.6 50.8

49.1 47.3 49.6 49.7 49.0

49.3 58.0 68.5 68.6 64.4

58.4 54.3 55.2 68.2 64.0

65.5 59.4 55.2 52.7 51.1

51.8 60.2 62.9 58.4 62.5

68.7 69.0 64.7 66.7 68.1

70.3 62.3 64.1 70.7 63.7

65.1 66.0 64.5 58.1 66.7

59.7 54.8 70.2 69.3 61.6

56.8 54.2 53.0 52.6 53.6

56.8 60.6 65.6 69.6 70.3

65.1 60.6 60.4 77.6 69.8

63.5 71.5 65.1 64.8 65.7

61.9 65.9 67.7 68.5 74.2

69.7 64.4 71.8 65.3 67.0

61.9 60.7 56.6 57.5 60.4

67.6 71.6 68.9 67.9 72.1

72.8 73.3 66.3 58.7 56.7

54.4 52.6 53.0 51.9 47.9

46.9 44.1 43.2 45.7 47.2

48.6 51.5 47.6 47.7 47.1

52.4 57.0 68.5 66.7 68.9

71.2 64.8 59.8 54.8 51.2

50.4 52.6 56.7 55.6 63.2

73.6 68.2 58.6 51.3 58.8

64.2 67.6 70.3 63.9 65.7

65.8 64.8 57.6 51.9 53.4

55.8 56.7 53.4 53.7 57.7

65.6 67.3 63.8 61.4 64.1

60.0 57.2 63.6 70.5 69.6

58.7 50.1 50.3 53.8 69.3

72.1 71.0 71.2 68.6 69.3

63.4 57.1 55.0 48.8 49.1

51.6 44.7 50.5 46.6 50.3

52.9 56.0 60.5 62.2 63.4

57.4 60.3 65.9 66.9 73.7

Freq weight : A
Time Weight : SLOW
Level Range : 40-100
Max dB : 71.1 - 2023/06/05 10:42:48
Level Range : 40-100
SEL : 91.4
Leq : 61.9
No. s
Date Time (dB)
1 2023/06/05 10:37:02
6 2023/06/05 10:37:17
11 2023/06/05 10:37:32
16 2023/06/05 10:37:47
21 2023/06/05 10:38:02
26 2023/06/05 10:38:17
31 2023/06/05 10:38:32
36 2023/06/05 10:38:47
41 2023/06/05 10:39:02
46 2023/06/05 10:39:17
51 2023/06/05 10:39:32
56 2023/06/05 10:39:47
61 2023/06/05 10:40:02
66 2023/06/05 10:40:17
71 2023/06/05 10:40:32
76 2023/06/05 10:40:47
81 2023/06/05 10:41:02
86 2023/06/05 10:41:17
91 2023/06/05 10:41:32
96 2023/06/05 10:41:47
101 2023/06/05 10:42:02
106 2023/06/05 10:42:17
111 2023/06/05 10:42:32
116 2023/06/05 10:42:47
121 2023/06/05 10:43:02
126 2023/06/05 10:43:17
131 2023/06/05 10:43:32
136 2023/06/05 10:43:47
141 2023/06/05 10:44:02
146 2023/06/05 10:44:17
151 2023/06/05 10:44:32
156 2023/06/05 10:44:47
161 2023/06/05 10:45:02
166 2023/06/05 10:45:17
171 2023/06/05 10:45:32
176 2023/06/05 10:45:47
181 2023/06/05 10:46:02
186 2023/06/05 10:46:17
191 2023/06/05 10:46:32
196 2023/06/05 10:46:47
201 2023/06/05 10:47:02
206 2023/06/05 10:47:17
211 2023/06/05 10:47:32
216 2023/06/05 10:47:47
221 2023/06/05 10:48:02
226 2023/06/05 10:48:17
231 2023/06/05 10:48:32
236 2023/06/05 10:48:47
241 2023/06/05 10:49:02
246 2023/06/05 10:49:17
251 2023/06/05 10:49:32
256 2023/06/05 10:49:47
261 2023/06/05 10:50:02
266 2023/06/05 10:50:17
271 2023/06/05 10:50:32
276 2023/06/05 10:50:47
281 2023/06/05 10:51:02
286 2023/06/05 10:51:17
291 2023/06/05 10:51:32
296 2023/06/05 10:51:47

48.8 61.1 55.7 54.8 58.6

51.6 50.4 49.6 51.0 56.0

59.7 61.9 58.0 61.5 67.7

60.7 62.8 56.4 60.1 57.3

49.8 51.0 52.4 54.1 54.1

58.6 65.1 65.6 63.8 67.5

62.4 61.9 66.4 62.8 64.1

63.4 65.3 61.1 53.7 48.5

51.1 56.0 61.0 57.9 49.8

47.3 54.1 68.1 69.4 67.1

60.3 53.9 50.1 48.7 59.0

60.0 53.6 52.4 57.2 67.5

64.8 63.9 63.7 63.0 63.5

59.1 63.5 68.0 69.5 61.8

56.8 51.4 50.7 48.3 58.6

68.0 59.5 51.0 46.5 46.9

60.7 57.8 51.2 46.9 47.0

64.0 66.0 62.3 62.6 60.6

51.2 45.5 43.4 42.5 43.1

55.9 61.7 55.2 49.2 45.8

45.1 47.0 53.7 64.8 67.5

66.5 59.0 58.7 60.2 64.4

59.7 61.0 68.8 66.0 66.6

70.7 65.6 62.4 58.1 56.2

65.5 60.5 57.7 62.3 59.4

66.2 66.6 62.7 61.3 58.1

52.5 50.8 60.1 64.2 62.8

60.5 65.3 58.3 55.3 58.6

62.2 63.9 59.1 57.6 59.8

61.4 65.0 56.9 52.3 50.4

50.4 50.1 51.3 50.3 50.3

52.0 53.3 53.1 58.2 59.1

56.4 62.2 65.0 63.8 63.9

63.4 65.2 66.2 68.1 65.2

64.4 58.9 56.4 60.0 59.7

62.3 60.9 58.1 60.8 53.4

49.9 50.0 50.4 52.1 53.2

54.8 56.2 58.1 61.0 65.3

63.2 65.2 63.1 58.8 62.0

56.6 64.2 63.1 54.1 50.3

51.5 63.5 64.8 66.6 58.8

53.4 54.4 52.6 48.3 47.4

49.8 53.0 63.8 61.8 63.2

69.1 67.9 66.8 59.0 56.4

69.0 62.1 62.2 64.0 56.2

63.0 59.6 56.9 63.1 65.5

66.7 57.7 61.2 54.7 49.3

50.6 46.0 45.9 61.0 59.1

52.4 48.3 52.4 56.9 62.1

60.2 70.1 63.2 66.9 63.6

57.3 52.9 52.8 55.2 60.9

63.9 62.3 59.6 66.2 65.4

69.8 64.1 60.0 61.7 58.9

53.5 54.2 60.9 56.7 53.0

52.7 51.6 51.8 54.6 65.5

64.2 68.1 64.2 57.4 54.6

58.2 63.2 66.6 65.4 62.8

62.6 60.8 58.9 55.2 60.6

57.8 62.9 57.9 52.7 53.9

58.6 59.1 53.5 52.5 53.1

Freq weight : A
Time Weight : SLOW
Level Range : 40-100
Max dB : 79 3 - 2023/06/05 11:03:55
Level Range : 40-100
SEL : 96.9
Leq : 67.4
No. s
Date Time (dB)
1 2023/06/05 10:58:24
6 2023/06/05 10:58:39
11 2023/06/05 10:58:54
16 2023/06/05 10:59:09
21 2023/06/05 10:59:24
26 2023/06/05 10:59:39
31 2023/06/05 10:59:54
36 2023/06/05 11:00:09
41 2023/06/05 11:00:24
46 2023/06/05 11:00:39
51 2023/06/05 11:00:54
56 2023/06/05 11:01:09
61 2023/06/05 11:01:24
66 2023/06/05 11:01:39
71 2023/06/05 11:01:54
76 2023/06/05 11:02:09
81 2023/06/05 11:02:24
86 2023/06/05 11:02:39
91 2023/06/05 11:02:54
96 2023/06/05 11:03:09
101 2023/06/05 11:03:24
106 2023/06/05 11:03:39
111 2023/06/05 11:03:54
116 2023/06/05 11:04:09
121 2023/06/05 11:04:24
126 2023/06/05 11:04:39
131 2023/06/05 11:04:54
136 2023/06/05 11:05:09
141 2023/06/05 11:05:24
146 2023/06/05 11:05:39
151 2023/06/05 11:05:54
156 2023/06/05 11:06:09
161 2023/06/05 11:06:24
166 2023/06/05 11:06:39
171 2023/06/05 11:06:54
176 2023/06/05 11:07:09
181 2023/06/05 11:07:24
186 2023/06/05 11:07:39
191 2023/06/05 11:07:54
196 2023/06/05 11:08:09
201 2023/06/05 11:08:24
206 2023/06/05 11:08:39
211 2023/06/05 11:08:54
216 2023/06/05 11:09:09
221 2023/06/05 11:09:24
226 2023/06/05 11:09:39
231 2023/06/05 11:09:54
236 2023/06/05 11:10:09
241 2023/06/05 11:10:24
246 2023/06/05 11:10:39
251 2023/06/05 11:10:54
256 2023/06/05 11:11:09
261 2023/06/05 11:11:24
266 2023/06/05 11:11:39
271 2023/06/05 11:11:54
276 2023/06/05 11:12:09
281 2023/06/05 11:12:24
286 2023/06/05 11:12:39
291 2023/06/05 11:12:54
296 2023/06/05 11:13:09

44.8 44.7 44.6 47.3 47.0

50.0 52.2 53.0 60.3 64.0

63.4 69.7 71.1 71.4 64.3

60.7 66.8 72.1 70.6 68.4

70.0 68.6 67.3 65.6 59.8

59.2 74.4 73.3 68.9 60.2

54.2 56.3 62.8 72.9 70.9

61.2 54.1 54.8 53.8 48.9

45.2 45.5 46.7 49.9 53.6

63.0 65.7 65.2 66.9 68.8

71.2 67.1 63.3 72.5 65.0

57.9 67.2 71.6 67.7 63.2

54.3 47.6 48.8 52.5 61.8

66.8 59.5 51.2 54.5 65.7

65.7 59.3 53.1 62.9 65.9

58.7 59.2 57.3 56.6 65.0

65.7 58.8 61.1 66.6 64.0

63.9 64.2 67.4 68.9 61.9

54.2 63.1 59.2 53.7 60.3

62.3 65.2 69.7 67.9 69.1

68.2 63.4 73.0 72.5 69.5

65.2 60.6 59.2 65.1 73.0

78.3 70.9 70.5 73.4 70.2

63.7 55.5 51.6 53.4 51.9

53.7 64.4 70.3 63.2 65.9

67.0 58.7 58.5 74.0 72.3

64.8 56.0 51.0 57.0 59.9

58.7 61.7 70.3 68.1 61.4

55.3 56.9 68.6 70.4 76.3

78.3 73.5 67.7 65.9 65.7

57.5 55.3 64.0 67.8 64.7

67.5 64.8 66.0 63.9 68.9

69.3 64.6 62.6 64.0 62.9

62.6 60.6 55.6 54.4 59.1

60.4 53.1 47.5 46.8 52.9

59.3 69.3 75.0 69.6 69.2

63.8 70.5 70.8 66.2 71.6

72.9 68.0 61.5 64.4 66.6

63.9 65.3 67.3 62.3 63.0

65.7 61.6 61.3 56.0 57.9

60.5 62.1 60.7 62.9 67.6

63.2 75.1 69.6 67.7 66.8

71.4 69.7 69.5 65.6 67.1

59.3 53.4 52.9 63.5 67.1

61.1 65.0 72.9 70.0 69.3

66.9 65.2 65.3 68.8 69.7

64.9 58.9 59.2 58.5 55.6

58.6 67.0 69.1 67.4 63.3

60.8 62.1 66.4 72.3 70.7

66.7 65.3 58.9 67.4 71.3

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RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA

MARIA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN

APPLICATION TO THE SANTA BARBARA LOCAL AGENCY

FORMATION COMMISSION FOR AN OUT -OF -AGENCY WATER

SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SANTA MARIA BONITA SCHOOL

DISTRICT FOR THEIR BONITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
WHEREAS, the applicant, Santa Maria Bonita School District, in accordance with the Cortese -Knox -Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 and Santa Barbara County LAFCO Policies and Procedures, requested an out -of -agency service agreement with the City of Santa Maria for domestic water at Bonita Elementary School located at 2715 West Main Street; and
WHEREAS, Bonita Elementary School is located outside the city boundary of Santa Maria; and
WHEREAS, Bonita Elementary School is currently served by a ground well water; and
WHEREAS, the water quality has been determined by the County of Santa Barbara Department of Public Health Environmental Health Services to be in excess of maximum nitrate contaminant levels and in violation of the California Safe Drinking Water Act, as stated in a compliance order to Bonita Elementary School, dated June 20, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 56133 states that LAFCO may authorize a city or district to provide new or extended services outside its jurisdictional boundary to respond to an existing or impending threat to the health and safety of the public or the residents of the affected territory, if the entity applying for approval has provided LAFCO with documentation of a threat to the health and safety of the public or the affected residents; and
WHEREAS, provision of domestic water from the City of Santa Maria to Bonita Elementary School, through connection, would mitigate the identified health and safety threat to the public; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the proposed request for an application to the Santa Barbara LAFCO on June 4, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the proposed water connection would not result in additional impacts since there will be no change in use. The water connection would be provided solely to mitigate a threat to the health and safety of the public.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Maria, California, as follows:

1. That the Director of Community Development is authorized to apply and submit an application to the Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Commission for an out -of -agency domestic water service agreement with Santa Maria Bonita School District; and

2. The Chief Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized to make minor changes herein to address clerical errors, so long as substantial conformance of the intent of this document is maintained. In doing so, the Chief Deputy City Clerk shall consult with the City Manager and City Attorney concerning any changes deemed necessary.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Maria held this 4th day of June 2024.

Mayor
ATTEST:

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Chief Deputy City Clerk
BY:

CITY ATTORNEY
CONTENTS:

BY:

DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
BY:

CITY MANAGER

FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 4, 2024

COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Interim City Manager Alex Posada
BY: Interim Director of Recreation and Parks Angela Oslund SUBJECT: Landscape Maintenance Districts — 2024 Assessments Description:

The City Council will consider confirming the diagrams and assessment rates for the Northeast, Northwest, South Miller/South College Drive, and Southwest Landscape Maintenance Districts and their 19 associated Special Benefit Zones for Fiscal Year 2024- 2025.

Environmental Notice: The activity is not a "Project" as defined under Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to State Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) no environmental review is required.

RECOMMENDATION:
1) Adopt a Resolution confirming the diagram and assessment rates for the Northeast Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. DS -10 and its associated Special Benefit Zones for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
2) Adopt a Resolution confirming the diagram and assessment rates for the Northwest Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. DS -9 and its associated Special Benefit Zones for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
3) Adopt a Resolution confirming the diagram and assessment rates for the South Miller/South College Drive Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. DS -6 and its associated Special Benefit Zones for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
4) Adopt a Resolution confirming the diagram and assessment rates for the Southwest Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. DS -11 and its associated Special Benefit Zones for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.

BACKGROUND:

This item will confirm the assessment rates for the City's 4 Landscape Maintenance Districts and their 19 Special Benefit Zones (SBZs) that were presented to the public and City Council at the May 21, 2024, City Council meeting. The assessments meet the terms and procedures under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 ("Act") and Proposition 218. It is the City's policy that any residential or commercial development that requires a use permit within the City of Santa Maria is required to be annexed into a Landscape

Maintenance District and, depending upon the amount of proposed public easement landscaping, a SBZ.

California Streets and Highways Code authorizes municipalities with the responsibility of providing the perpetual maintenance of additional public improvements associated with the development of each project to annex them into landscape maintenance districts. These public improvements include retention basins, parks, sidewalks, graffiti abatement, pest abatement, street trees, all public building grounds, and public thoroughfare landscaping.

For fiscal year 2024-2025, it is expected that 10,185 residential and 675 commercial properties will be assessed as part of the Landscape Maintenance District program. The Engineer's Reports, presented and approved by the City Council on May 21, 2024, detailed a 3.5 percent increase to current assessment levels, service areas, and maximum and actual assessment levels. Maps showing the boundaries for each of the Landscape Maintenance Districts and SBZs were also contained in the Engineer's Reports that are on file in the Records/City Clerk's Office and posted to the meeting agenda for May 21, 2024.

The intent of this agenda item is for the City Council to conduct a public hearing, then confirm the landscape assessments as presented to the City Council on May 21, 2024, and authorize that the new assessment amounts be placed on the 2024-25 Santa Barbara County Property Tax rolls by the County Auditor's requested deadline of July 26, 2024.

DISCUSSION:

Tonight's public hearing on the proposed assessment adjustments meets the statutory requirements of State law and the case law which requires that the City Council conduct an annual public hearing on the subject of Landscape Maintenance District Assessments.

Since 2004, the annual assessments have been adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This year's adjustment in assessments meets the most recent CPI used by the Urban Los Angeles -Riverside -Orange County Areas index for a 12 -month period ending in December 2022 (3.5 percent) as the basis for the increase. Accordingly, the proposed CPI adjustment is consistent with past City Council actions.

Alternative(s)
The City Council could decide not to approve the diagrams and annual assessment rates for the landscape districts; however, in doing so, would result in the perpetual maintenance of the public improvements to be fully borne by the General Fund.

Fiscal Considerations
Landscape Maintenance Districts will generate over $5.2 million in revenue, specifically used to finance the care of public landscaping throughout the City. Fiscal challenges, even with this level of funding, continue to negatively impact the management of the Landscape Maintenance Districts. The most significant challenges for the Landscape Maintenance Districts are the cost of water, over $1,050,000 annually; along with the

three percent increase in contracted maintenance costs. Aging plants, shrubs, and trees, and associated infrastructure renewals are included in the Landscape Maintenance Districts' budgets.

Impact to the Community
These assessments will continue to provide funding for landscape maintenance in these district areas, albeit at a level that may be reduced to remain within operating revenues.

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RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA,

CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE

NORTHEAST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. DS -10 AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPECIAL BENEFIT
ZONES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
WHEREAS, the City Council has initiated proceedings for the levy of an annual assessment for a Landscape Maintenance District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Section 22620, et seq., of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, and Proposition 218 and its implementing legislation in a District known and designated as:

CITY OF SANTA MARIA

NORTHEAST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
NO. DS -10
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code, municipalities with the responsibility of providing the perpetual maintenance of additional public improvements associated with the development of each project are authorized to levy and collect an annual assessment for properties that have been annexed into a Landscape Maintenance District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report, and the consulting Engineer prepared and filed it with the City Council for consideration, pursuant to law. Subsequently, on May 21, 2024, the City Council received and considered a revised Engineer's Report, which provided information and calculations demonstrating that the proposed assessments on parcels, specifically benefited from the work of the Northeast Landscape Maintenance Assessment District ("District"), will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each of the parcels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted its Resolution of Intention to levy the assessments on May 21, 2024, approved and ordered filed the revised Engineer's Report for the above -designated District, and proceeded to give notice of the time and place for a Public Hearing on all matters relating to said proposed assessments for Fiscal Year 2024-25; and
WHEREAS, the notice was published in a manner required by law; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly held in the manner provided by law, all persons were provided the opportunity to speak and be heard, and the City Council has considered all public input and all written protests submitted; and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that no majority protest exists concerning to the proposed assessments.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Maria, California as follows:

1. That the above recitals are all true; and

2. That upon the conclusion of the public hearing, written protests filed did not represent property owners owning more than 50 percent of the area of assessable lands within the District, and all protests are hereby overruled and denied; and

3. That the diagram and assessments (adjusted 3.5 percent for 2024) as set forth and contained in the Engineer's Report are hereby confirmed and adopted; and

4. The Chief Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized to make minor changes herein to address clerical errors, so long as substantial conformance of the intent of this document is maintained. In doing so, the Chief Deputy City Clerk shall consult with the City Manager and City Attorney concerning any changes deemed necessary.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Maria held this 4th day of June 2024.

Mayor
ATTEST:

Chief Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

Interim Department Director
Interim City Manager
2 RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA,

CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE

NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. DS -9 AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPECIAL BENEFIT
ZONES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
WHEREAS, the City Council has initiated proceedings for the levy of an annual assessment for a Landscape Maintenance District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Section 22620, et seq., of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, and Proposition 218 and its implementing legislation in a District known and designated as:

CITY OF SANTA MARIA

NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
NO. DS -9
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code, municipalities with the responsibility of providing the perpetual maintenance of additional public improvements associated with the development of each project are authorized to levy and collect an annual assessment for properties that have been annexed into a Landscape Maintenance District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report, and the consulting Engineer prepared and filed it with the City Council for consideration, pursuant to law. Subsequently, on May 21, 2024, the City Council received and considered a revised Engineer's Report, which provided information and calculations demonstrating that the proposed assessments on parcels, specifically benefited from the work of the Northwest Landscape Maintenance Assessment District ("District"), will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each of the parcels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted its Resolution of Intention to levy the assessments on May 21, 2024, approved and ordered filed the revised Engineer's Report for the above -designated District, and proceeded to give notice of the time and place for a Public Hearing on all matters relating to said proposed assessment for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and
WHEREAS, the notice was published in a manner required by law; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly held in the manner provided by law, all persons were provided the opportunity to speak and be heard, and the City Council has considered all public input and all written protests submitted; and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that no majority protest exists concerning the proposed assessments.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Maria, California as follows:

1. That the above recitals are all true; and

3. That the diagram and assessments (adjusted 3.5 percent for 2024) as set forth and contained in the Engineer's Report are hereby approved and adopted; and

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Maria held this 4th day of June 2024.

Mayor
ATTEST:

Chief Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

Interim Department Director
Interim City Manager
2 RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA,

CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE

SOUTH MILLER STREET/SOUTH COLLEGE DRIVE

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. DS -6 AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPECIAL BENEFIT
ZONES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
WHEREAS, the City Council has initiated proceedings for the levy of an annual assessment for a Landscape Maintenance District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Section 22620, et seq., of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, and Proposition 218 and its implementing legislation in a District known and designated as:

CITY OF SANTA MARIA

SOUTH MILLER STREET/SOUTH COLLEGE DRIVE

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. DS -6
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code, municipalities with the responsibility of providing the perpetual maintenance of additional public improvements associated with the development of each project are authorized to levy and collect an annual assessment for properties that have been annexed into a Landscape Maintenance District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report, and the consulting Engineer prepared and filed it with the City Council for consideration pursuant to law. Subsequently, on May 21, 2024, the City Council received and considered a revised Engineer's Report, which provided information and calculations demonstrating that the proposed assessments on parcels, specifically benefited from the work of the South Miller Street/South College Drive Landscape Maintenance Assessment District ("District"), will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each of the parcels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted its Resolution of Intention to levy the assessments on May 21, 2024, approved and ordered filed the revised Engineer's Report for the above -designated District, and proceeded to give notice of the time and place for a Public Hearing on all matters relating to said proposed assessment for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and
WHEREAS, the notice was published in a manner required by law; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly held in the manner provided by law, all persons were provided the opportunity to speak and be heard, and the City Council has considered all public input and all written protests submitted; and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that no majority protest exists concerning the proposed assessments.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Maria, California as follows:

1. That the above recitals are all true; and

3. That the diagram and assessments (adjusted 3.5 percent for 2024) as set forth and contained in the Engineer's Report are hereby approved and adopted; and

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Maria held this 4th day of June 2024.

Mayor
ATTEST:

Chief Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

Interim Department Director
Interim City Manager

RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA

CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE

SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. DS -11 AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPECIAL BENEFIT
ZONES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
WHEREAS, the City Council has initiated proceedings for the levy of an annual assessment for a Landscape Maintenance District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Section 22260, et seq., of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, and Proposition 218 and its implementing legislation in a District known and designated as:

CITY OF SANTA MARIA

SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
NO. DS -11
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Streets and Highways Code, municipalities with the responsibility of providing the perpetual maintenance of additional public improvements associated with the development of each project are authorized to levy and collect an annual assessment for properties that have been annexed into a Landscape Maintenance District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report, and the consulting Engineer prepared and filed it with the City Council for consideration, pursuant to law. Subsequently, on May 21, 2024, the City Council received and considered a revised Engineer's Report, which provided information and calculations demonstrating that the proposed assessments on parcels, specifically benefited from the work of the Southwest Landscape Maintenance Assessment District ("District"), will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each of the parcels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted its Resolution of Intention to levy the assessments on May 21, 2024, approved and ordered filed the revised Engineer's Report for the above -designated District, and proceeded to give notice of the time and place for a Public Hearing on all matters relating to said proposed assessment for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and
WHEREAS, the notice was published in a manner required by law; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly held in the manner provided by law, all persons were provided the opportunity to speak and be heard, and the City Council has considered all public input and all written protests submitted; and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that no majority protest exists concerning the proposed assessments.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Maria, California as follows:

1. That the above recitals are all true; and

3. That the diagram and assessments (adjusted 3.5 percent for 2024) as set forth and contained in the Engineer's Report are hereby approved and adopted; and

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Maria held this 4th day of July 2024.

Mayor
ATTEST:

Chief Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

Interim Department Director
Interim City Manager
2 FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 4, 2024

COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Interim City Manager Alex Posada
BY: Interim Director of Finance Xenia Bradford
SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution approving the User Fee Schedule 2024 Description:

The City Council will consider approving the addition and update of the Citywide User Fees identified in the Annual User Fee Update and User Fee Schedule 2024.

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution approving the addition and update of Citywide User Fees identified in the Annual User Fee Update and User Fee Schedule 2024.

BACKGROUND:
"User fee" activities are defined as services the City provides to individuals who receive some material benefit from these services. The user fee philosophy holds that the cost of providing these services should be borne by the group receiving the benefit, not the community as a whole. User fee services are differentiated from general public benefit services, such as police and fire which are largely tax -supported. For the most part, City fees should be set at full cost recovery to avoid subsidizing the activities of specific groups/individuals. However, to promote activities and actions, fees may be set at less than full cost recovery. An example of subsidizing a service to benefit the community is the establishment of swimming fees at less than full cost recovery to promote exercise and good health.

In October 2019, after a competitive Request for Proposal process, the City contracted Revenue and Cost Specialists (RCS) to conduct a year -long comprehensive study of services provided by the City and to develop user fees that represent "full cost" recovery as allowed by law. On May 4, 2021, based on the 2020 Comprehensive Fee Study, the City Council adopted a master fee Resolution increasing fees, effective July 1, 2021, to 50 percent of the increase of the Cost of Study proposed fees. In addition, the City Council adopted a User Fee Cost Recovery Level Policy with a goal for full cost recovery of user fees by July 2026.

The City contracted with RCS to update user fees annually. In the calendar year 2022, and every even year forward, RCS will conduct a review of the City's user fees, updating the City's Cost Allocation Plan (CAP), salary, position data, and adopted budget. On April 4, 2023, the City Council was presented with the results of a comprehensive fee study.

The recommendations included consideration of user fee increases to full 100 percent recovery which would have generated an increase in revenue of $2.7 million. Another approach, which was adopted by the City Council was to increase user fees in a phased - in approach, which estimated an increase in revenue of $1.6 million. The City Council further directed staff to return with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 budget development to consider raising fees to full cost recovery. The item is now presented to the City Council per the City Council's direction.

DISCUSSION:

During the FY 2024-26 budget development process, RCS met with City staff to discuss the addition, removal, and/or adjustment of user fees. This round of recommended fee updates by RCS builds on the prior year's analysis and further addresses specific fee adjustment requests from Citywide departments. The presented fees represent full cost recovery.

The Annual User Fee Update report (Attachment A) recommends recovering the full cost of providing each fee -related service and calculates the potential revenues if the City Council approves fees at full (100 percent) cost -recovery levels. Pages 1 through 12 of the User Fee Schedule 2024 (Exhibit A) compare the current fee to the fee proposed to become effective July 1, 2024. User fees that are not proposed to be changed at this time, include Library Fees (non -facility rentals), building plan check and inspections fees, Police Department services for special public events, and Recreation and Parks facility and program fees, are also presented to be included in the Master User Fee Schedule.

Their current fees are included in the User Fee Schedule 2024 (Exhibit A) so that the City Council may simply adopt a master fee Resolution. Lastly, fees for some services, such as services for special public events, cannot be determined until the service is provided and for that reason are not itemized on the proposed fee schedule. Rather, it is noted that fees that are not itemized on the fee schedule will be charged at a fully allocated rate for the position providing the service.

Staff recommends the adoption of the user fees, effective July 1, 2024, based on the Full Cost Recovery Fee as shown in the Annual User Fee Update report (Attachment A) and summarized in the table on the next page, which shows the potential revenue growth of approximately $1.1 million. If the fees are not adjusted to 100 percent recovery, the City will be subsidizing the services.
2 FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY BY

T/DIVISION

CURRENT

FULL COST

PLANNING
$1,121,359
$611,100

BUILDING
$3,959,673
$16,400

PUBLIC WORKS
$712,745
$367,300

CODE ENFORCEMENT
$516,565
($36,900)
FIRE
$651,848
$138,200
POLICE
$401,708
$65,900

SOLID WASTE/WATER/WASTEWA'T'ER
$360,068
($85,700)

FINANCE
$1,137,760
($2,600)

CITY CLERK
$11,806
$200

SPECIAL PROJECTS
$1,280
$700

TOTAL ALL USER FEES
$8,874,812
$1,074,600
For the fees reviewed with his study, staff recommends applying a Consumer Price Index to Fiscal Year 2025-26 fee schedule. Another comprehensive fee study will be conducted for the fees prior to the 2026-27 fiscal year.

The City Council may direct staff to engage in an additional study to review fees that were not studied with this fee update and that are not proposed to be changed at this time.

These fee categories are Library (non -facility rentals), building plan check and inspection fees, Police Department services for special public events, and Recreation and Parks facility and program fees.

Alternative(s)
The City Council can choose to adjust fees to less than the full cost recovery. If the City Council chooses not to increase the new fees at this time, the City will continue to subsidize personal -choice services with other revenues of approximately $1.1 million.

Fiscal Considerations
The overall fiscal impact is $1.1 million in additional revenue.

Impact to the Community
Charging appropriate fees lessens subsidies and increases overall resources to provide general services to the public.

ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Annual User Fee Update
3 Attachment A
Annual User Fee Update
for the
City of Santa Maria
May 2024
Revenue & Cost Specialists
1519 E. Chapman • Suite C • Fullerton. CA • 92831

Project Introduction
RCS was selected by the City of Santa Maria to update its user fees annually. This year, and every even year forward, RCS will conduct a review of the City's user fees, updating the City's Cost Allocation Plan (CAP), salary and position data, and adopted budget. RCS will also meet with City staff to discuss the addition, removal and/or adjustment of user fees.

On odd numbered years, RCS will perform a simple CPI Update of user fees.

On May 4, 2021, the Santa Maria City Council adopted a master fee resolution increasing fees, effective July 1, 2021, to 50 percent of the increase of the Cost of Service Study proposed fees. In May 2023, the City Council adopted a master fee resolution increasing fees closer to the goal of attaining full (100%) cost recovery by 2026.

This round of fee update calculated the full cost recovery of fees, based on updated budget data and Cost Allocation Plan. The suggested user fees from this Study could be grouped in four categories below.
1) Adjust Fee - Full cost recovery based on updated budget and CAP 2) Adjust Fee - Utility funds legally require full cost recovery 3) Unchanged - Current Fee already at full cost recovery or limited by State laws 4) Unchanged - Solid Waste container rates to be updated with rate study For this Study, RCS calculated the full cost of services using the FY 2023-24 budget, employee costs, and a 2024 Cost Allocation Plan. The details and calculations for all these fees were presented to the City.

The overall fiscal impact is $1.1 Million in additional revenue if the City Council adopts fees as suggested.

FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY BY

CURRENT

FULL COST

DEPARTMENT/DIVISION

REVENUES

ADDL REV

PLANNING
$1,121,359
$611,100

BUILDING
$3,959,673
$16,400

PUBLIC WORKS
$712,745
$367,300

CODE ENFORCEMENT
$516,565
($36,900)
FIRE
$651,848
$138,200
POLICE
$401,708
$65,900

SOLID WASTE/WATER/WASTEWATER
$360,068
($85,700)

FINANCE
$1,137,760
($2,600)

CITY CLERK
$11,806
$200

SPECIAL PROJECTS
$1,280
$700

TOTAL ALL USER FEES
$8,874,812
$1,074,600

Page 2 of 22 ends

The following tables present the fees in the categories described above, so that readers can easily compare the current fees to suggested fees. Following these four categories, the final table presents the fiscal impact of each user fee.
1) Increase to Phase -In and Full Cost Recovery Options - Based on Updated Budget and CAP
This first group represents 158 fees out of the total 247 evaluated by RCS. These fees are recommended to increase (or decrease) from the current fee to achieve full cost recovery immediately after adoption. The calculated full cost of services includes updated salaries, operational budgets and Cost Allocation Plan.

REF
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SERVICE
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SANTA MARIA

CURRENT FEE

SUGGESTED
FEE
S-001

CUP W/O SITE DEVELOPMENT TO ZA
$4,305 per application
$5,445 per application
S-002

CUP WITH SITE DEVELOPMENT TO ZA
$6,365 per application
$8,600 per application
S-003

CUP W/O SITE DEVELOPMENT TO PC
$6,950 per application
$8,375 per application
S-004

CUP WITH SITE DEVELOPMENT TO PC
$10,310 per application
$12,960 per application
S-005

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PC
$11,585 per application
$14,635 per application
S-006

CUP/PD TO CITY COUNCIL
$14,930 per application
$19,175 per application
S-007

CUP/PD TO PLANNING COMMISSION
$13,430 per application
$17,185 per application
S-008

ADMIN DOWNTOWN PMT -OTC
$35 per application
$45 per application
S-009

ADMIN DOWNTOWN PRMT - MINOR
$135 per application
$175 per application
S-010

ADMIN DOWNTOWN PRMT - MAJOR
$550 per application
$700 per application
S-011

ADMIN DOWNTOWN PRMT - WITH SITE DEV
$3,580 per application
$4,695 per application
S-012
DOWNTOWN PERMIT TO PLAN. COMM.
$13,580 per application
$18,445 per application
S-013

DOWNTOWN PERMIT TO CITY COUNCIL
$14,160 per application
$19,340 per application
S-014

VARIANCE
$9,555 per application
$11,850 per application
S-015
ENVIRON. INITIAL STUDY/NEG DEC
Deposits determined by staff
with charges at the fully
allocated hourly rates for all
personnel involved plus any
outside costs
Deposits determined by staff
with charges at the fully
allocated hourly rates for all
personnel involved plus any
outside costs
S-016

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Deposit determined by staff
with charges at the fully
allocated hourly rates for all
personnel involved plus any
outside costs
Deposits determined by staff
with charges at the fully
allocated hourly rates for all
personnel involved plus any
outside costs
S-017

TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP - PLANNING
$7,985 per map
$9,815 per map
S-018

TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (ADDL FOR CC)
$2,130 per map plus Legal Ad
Noticing fee
This fee is in addition to the
Tentative Parcel Map fee
$2,805 per map plus Legal Ad
Noticing fee
This fee is in addition to the
Tentative Parcel Map fee
S-019

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP - PLANNING
$11,875 per map
$14,465 per map
S-020

FINAL PARCEL MAP - PLANNING
$390 per map
$445 per map
S-021

FINAL TRACT MAP - PLANNING
$1,385 per map
$1,585 per map
S-022

LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT - PLANNING
$1,845 per application
$2,280 per application
S-023

LOT MERGER - PLANNING
$1,440 per application
$1,935 per application

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SERVICE
TITLE

SANTA MARIA

CURRENT FEE

SUGGESTED
FEE
S-024

PRE -APPLICATION - ADMINISTRATIVE
$3,110 per application
100% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre-
application submittal
$4,415 per application
100% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre -
application submittal
S-025

PRE -APPLICATION - PC STUDY SESSION
$4,455 per application
70% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre-
application submittal
$6,205 per application
70% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre -
application submittal
S-026

CONCEPTUAL REVIEW (CITY COUNCIL)
$6,165 per application
70% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre-
application submittal
$8,570 per application
70% of the fee will be
credited towards application
fees for the same project if
filed within six months of pre -
application submittal
S-027
ADMIN INTERPRETATION/SUBST.

CONFORM
$1,620 per application
$2,185 per application
S-028

SIGN PROGRAM
$1,460 per application
$1,880 per application
S-029

PLANNING SIGN PERMIT
$95 per application
$85 per application
S-030
LANDSCAPE PLAN (0-5,000 SQ FT)
$665 per plan
$870 per plan
S-031
LANDSCAPE PLAN (5,000+ SQ FT)
$1,185 per plan
$1,390 per plan
S-032

AMENDMENT - SIGN PROGRAM
$840 per application
$1,095 per application
S-036

TEMP ACTIVITY PERMIT - MINOR
$180 per application
$175 per application
S-037

TEMP ACTIVITY PERMIT - MAJOR
$725 per application
$700 per application
S-039

BUS LIC ZONING REVIEW - SUPPLEMENTL
$85 per business
$85 per business
S-040

PUBLIC CONVENIENCE & NECESS FINDING
$4,150 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
$5,460 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
S-041

APPEAL TO PLANNING COMMISSION
$5,270 per appeal plus Legal
Ad Noticing fee
$6,835 per appeal plus Legal
Ad Noticing fee
S-042

APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL
$10,375 per appeal plus Legal
Ad Noticing fee
$13,820 per appeal plus Legal
Ad Noticing fee
S-043

TIME EXT/RECONSID - ADMIN
$2,090 per application
$2,610 per application
S-044

TIME EXT/RECONSID - PC/COUNCIL
$6,900 per request
$9,030 per request
S-045

CONTINUANCE REQUESTED BY APPLICANT
$235 per request plus any
additional noticing costs
$370 per request plus any
additional noticing costs
S -046A

ANNEXATION
$18,500 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
$24,105 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
S -046C

AMEND GENERAL PLAN AND/OR ZONING
$13,990 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
$1,745 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
S -046E.1
SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT [MAJOR]
$13,060 per application
$16,395 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
S -046E.2
SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT [MINOR]
$8,245 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
$10,410 per application plus
Legal Ad Noticing fee
S -046F

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
$3,145 per application
$3,850 per application
S -046G

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE
$280 per application
$350 per application
S -046H

ZONING VERIFICATION
$280 per letter
$350 per letter

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NO

SERVICE
TITLE

SANTA MARIA

CURRENT FEE

SUGGESTED
FEE
S -046I
DOCUMENT COPY - COLOR 11X17
$2 per page
$2 per page
S -046J

EXTRA PLANNING PLAN CHECK
Charge the fully allocated
hourly rates for all personnel
involved, with a 1 hour
minimum.

Charge the fully allocated
hourly rates for all personnel
involved, with a 1 hour
minimum.

S -046K

EXTRA PLANNING INSPECTION
Charge the fully allocated
hourly rates for all personnel
involved, with a 1 hour
minimum
Charge the fully allocated
hourly rates for all personnel
involved, with a 1 hour
minimum
S-047

BUILDING PLAN CHECK/INSPECTION
No Change from prior
Building & Safety Fee Tables.

Suggest no change in fees
S -047B

ADU PLAN CHECK/INSPECTION
Varies using current fee
structure
$6.35 per sq ft
S-049

NEW METER SET/INITIAL READ
$275 per meter
$350 per meter
S-050

DEVELOPMENT FEE ESTIMATION
$120 per project
$135 per project
S-051

BUILDING PLAN COPY
$120 per plan
$40 each additional design
professional
Plus actual cost of
reproduction to the City
$135 per plan
$ 45 each additional design
professional
Plus actual cost of
reproduction to the City
S-052

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT - SIDEWALK
$430 - 1st 50 ft
$125 - ea add150 ft
$480 - 1st 50 ft
$140 - ea addl 50 ft
S-053

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT - CURB/GUTTER
$460 - 1st 50 ft
$155 - ea add150 ft
$515 - 1st 50 ft
$175 - ea addl 50 ft
S-054

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT - DRIVEWAY
APPR
$430 - Residential
$555 - Commercial
$680 - At -grade
$480 - Residential
$620 - Commercial
$765 - At -grade
S-055

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT - STREET EXCAV
Trench - $680 + $255 for ea
50 linear ft over 50 linear ft
Patch - $430
Pothole - $310 + $255 for ea
50 linear ft over 50 linear ft
Bore Pit - $365
In addition to above fees:

Water T/Cross Connection -
$1,060
Water Hot Tap (up to 2") -
$825
Water Hot Tap (4"+) - $925
Sewer Tie -In Connection -
$925
Trench - $765 + $280 ea 50
linear ft over 50 linear ft
Patch - $480
Pothole - $340 + $280 for ea
50 linear ft over 50 linear ft
Bore Pit - $410
In addition to above fees:

Water T/Cross Connection -
$1,185
Water Hot Tap (up to 2") -
$905
Water Hot Tap (4"+) - $1,050
Sewer Tie -In Connection -
$1,050
S-056

TEMPORARY ENCROACHMENT PERMIT
$165 per permit
$200 per permit

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June 4, 2024