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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Urban County Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a staff report on the Santa Barbara County 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan (Action Plan), which includes recommendations for award of CDBG and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds for FY 2022-2023;
b) Consider public comments received on the draft 2022-2023 Action Plan, during the thirty (30) day public comment period, which commenced on April 2, 2022 and concludes at the May 3, 2022 public hearing on this item;
c) Approve funding awards and direct staff to include the awards in the 2022-2023 Action Plan;
d) Direct staff to finalize the 2022-2023 Action Plan to reflect direction provided by the Board, add any public comments received, and submit the Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
e) Adopt a Resolution authorizing submittal of the 2022-2023 Action Plan to HUD;
f) Authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute all certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the acceptance and administration of FY 2022-2023 CDBG and HOME funds and authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute all certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the submittal to and approval by HUD of the 2022-2023 Action Plan;
g) Receive, consider, and approve the funding recommendations from the County of Santa Barbara Human Services Commission (HSC) for awards of Human Services General Fund (HSGF) grants to grantees for the use of a total of $990,000.00 per year of County General Funds for FYs 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025, subject to annual appropriations, for the delivery of HSGF Best Practices and Basic Services Grant programs; and
h) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a 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.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY