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Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution Authorizing the Application for and Acceptance of California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 4 Grant Funds; Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2027 BHCIP Round 4 Program Funding Agreement and Acquisition of an Administrative Office Building located at 315 West Haley Street in Santa Barbara, First District, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that:
i) Authorizes, ratifies, and directs the County’s submission of an application for California DHCS BHCIP Round 4: Children and Youth grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $5,939,453.00 for the acquisition and renovation of real property located at 315 W. Haley Street in the City of Santa Barbara (Assessor Parcel Number 037-192-001) (Property); and
ii) Authorizes, ratifies, and directs the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute the Application, Standard Agreement, and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary to secure BHCIP Round 4 grant funds and participate in the BHCIP Program;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute Standard Agreement No. 7469-CA BHCIP-B4_211_Haley-01G with AHP, a Massachusetts corporation, DHCS’ administrator, to accept BHCIP Round 4 grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $5,939,453.00 for the period beginning December 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2027;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute any amendments to the Funding Agreement and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary to secure BHCIP Round 4 grant funds and participate in the BHCIP Program without having to return to the Board for approval, subject to the Board’s authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
d) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to obtain concurrence from Risk Management, Auditor-Controller, General Services, and County Counsel before exercising the delegated authority under recommended actions a and c;
e) Approve and authorize the negotiation and acquisition of the Property by the County from PathPoint (Owner), a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, for an amount not to exceed $4,500,000.00, subject to the Real Property Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions and approve and authorize the Director of General Services or designee to approve, negotiate, and execute any and all escrow documents required to facilitate the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisition as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, subject to concurrence from County Counsel, and approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Purchase Agreement;
f) Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board, upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement as determined by the Director of General Services or designee, with concurrence from County Counsel, to execute a Certificate of Acceptance completing the purchase and accepting title to the Property;
g) Approve and authorize the Director of General Services or designee to execute all ancillary documents including escrow documents and expend funds in a total amount not to exceed the purchase price plus associated costs required to finalize the transaction in accordance with the forthcoming finalized Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions; and
h) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are organizational or administrative activities of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) and (b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines and are otherwise activities that are exempt from CEQA review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the recommended actions may have a significant effect on the environment, and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.