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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan, Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investments Partnership program (HOME) funding awards and Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Action Plan, as follows:
a) Approve the final FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and the final first year FY 2015-2016 Action Plan, revised to include Board action on April 21, 2015;
b) Direct staff to submit the FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and final first year FY 2015-2016 Action Plan to Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
c) Authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute the Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 and all certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the submittal to and approval by HUD of the FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and first year 2015-2016 Action Plan; and authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute documents needed for acceptance and administration of HOME and CDBG funds;
d) Adopt a Resolution entitled "In the Matter of the County Approving for Submittal the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and the FY 2015-2016 Action Plan to the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development";
e) Authorize $72,509.00 of the CDBG funds to be used for "Activity Delivery Costs" to cover staff costs incurred for project management; $12,618.00 will be used for the management of public service programs and $59,891.00 for the management of capital/other projects;
f) Direct staff to utilize the Capital Loan Committee to review applications from organizations that provided assistance to Micro-Enterprise Businesses; and
g) Determine that the approval of the documents is 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, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.