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- Elected Board Member Wolf Chair and Board Member Adam Vice-chair for 2015.
- Approved minutes of the October 16, 2014 (opens in a new tab)meeting.
- Approved minutes of the November 20, 2014 (opens in a new tab)meeting.
- Received and filed the minutes from the May 14, 2014 meeting of the APCD Community Advisory Council (opens in a new tab). (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Received and filed the summary of notices of violation issued and penalty revenue received during the months of October (opens in a new tab), November (opens in a new tab)and December (opens in a new tab)2014. (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Received summary of the renewal rates for employee insurance plans and programs for 2015 (opens in a new tab).
- Received and filed the minutes from the October 16, 2013 (opens in a new tab), May 14, 2014 (opens in a new tab), and September 17, 2014 (opens in a new tab)meetings of the South Central Coast Basinwide Control Council. (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted a Resolution resulting in the following actions: (see Board letter and Resolution (opens in a new tab))
- Authorized the Control Officer to execute the 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan with MassMutual Financial Group (opens in a new tab)amending the Plan to allow employees of the District to make Roth Contributions and Roth Rollover Contributions to the Plan, effective January 1, 2015, or soon thereafter as executed by MassMutual; and
- Delegated authority to the Control Officer to make future administrative changes to the Plan that do not amend key contract provisions.
- Received and filed an update on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to update the eight-hour standard for ground-level ozone (opens in a new tab), and implications for Santa Barbara County.
- Received and filed information on the District’s update of its Environmental Review Guidelines (opens in a new tab).
- Adopted a Resolution of Appreciation to Ashley Costa (opens in a new tab)for her service on the Air Pollution Control District Board of Directors. (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted and presented Resolutions of Appreciation to Craig Strommen (opens in a new tab), Brian Shafritz (opens in a new tab)and Rebecca Armstrong (opens in a new tab)upon the occasion of their retirements. (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Selected Board member Sierra, Vice-Chair Adam and Chair Wolf to serve on the APCD Executive Committee (opens in a new tab)during calendar year 2015.
- Appointed Chair Wolf to serve as the representative to the South Central Coast Basinwide Control Council (opens in a new tab)during calendar year 2015.
- Selected Board members Carbajal, Bennett, Richardson, Patino and Vice-Chair Adam to serve on the APCD Hearing Board Nominating Committee (opens in a new tab) during calendar year 2015.
- Received a presentation from District staff (opens in a new tab)on the District’s air toxics program and a presentation from Dr. Melanie Marty (opens in a new tab)on the upcoming revised Guidance Manual for health risk assessments. (see Board letter (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted a Resolution (opens in a new tab)resulting in the following action: (see Board letter, (opens in a new tab)SB-4 (opens in a new tab) and Presentation (opens in a new tab))
- Authorized the Control Officer to execute a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources and the California Air Resources Board (opens in a new tab).