LA County Board

21. Streamline Los Angeles County Waterworks Districts Entitlement\nProcesses to Address the North County Housing Crisis and Development\nNeeds\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Acting as the Governing\nBody of the County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley (District),\nauthorize the Director of Public Works, for a period of two years, to negotiate\nand execute developer agreements, within established budgeted amounts in the\nDistrict's Accumulative Capital Outlay funds, for financial participation or\nconstruction of necessary infrastructure improvements that addresses water\nsupply reliability, water quality impacts, infrastructure hardening, and climate\nresilience investments needed to support the continued growth of the region as\na condition for obtaining water service, which delegation shall extend to the\ninitiation of any legal processes for financial participation, as well as to the\nnegotiation and execution of other agreements as necessary or convenient to\nachieve the stated purposes and implement such development agreements; find\nthat the delegation of authority to the Director to negotiate and execute\ndeveloper agreements on behalf of the Districts, and make necessary findings\nunder the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as specified herein, is\nexempt under CEQA; and authorize the Director to take the following actions to\ncomply with CEQA for projects, in connection with the exercise of the delegated\nauthority to execute developer agreements when one or more of the Districts is\nacting as a responsible agency for the proposed agreements, revisions, or\namendments described herein:\nDetermine whether execution of the proposed developer agreements,\nrevisions, or amendments are exempt from CEQA or within the scope of\na previous finding of exemption;\nReview and consider previously approved environmental impact reports,\nmitigated negative declarations, and negative declarations;\nDetermine whether or not a project is within the scope of a previously\ncertified environmental impact report and any approved addenda, or\npreviously adopted mitigated negative declaration, or negative\ndeclaration;\nDetermine whether or not a project described in an environmental impact\nreport, mitigated negative declaration, or negative declaration would have\na significant effect on the environment;\nMake findings pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091;\nAdopt a mitigation monitoring program pursuant to the CEQA, Sections\n15091 and 15096; and\nFile and post notices pursuant to Section 21152 of the Public Resources\nCode. (24-1704)