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Consider recommendations regarding a Contract with the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County and Agreement with Managed Career Solutions, SPC for High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, or designee, to accept the High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Funds on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board, and execute the contract with the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County to receive $1,118,665.00 to provide High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund Program for the period starting October 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2026;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Managed Career Solutions, SPC (not a local vendor), to provide High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund Program services for a total contract amount not to exceed $582,392.69 for the period of October 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026;
c) Authorize the Director of Social Services or designee to adjust the Line Item Budget of the Managed Care Solutions, SPC for High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund, without exceeding the total contract amounts;
d) Authorize the Director of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, or designee, the authority to adjust the term start date, pursuant under the terms of the High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund contract with Workforce Development Board of Ventura County and the Agreement with Managed Career Solutions, SPC as amended, so long as there is no change to the maximum contract amount;
e) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to extend the High Road Construction Careers: Resilient Workforce Fund contract with Workforce Development Board of Ventura County and Agreement with Managed Career Solutions, SPC to allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous Fiscal Year budget to the next Fiscal Year budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval; and
f) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.