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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding approval of a $25,000.00 grant in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to Good Samaritan Shelter for leach field replacement project, Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 Action Plan Substantial Amendment, first amendment to license agreement, Fourth District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Hear and consider public comments relating to the use of federal CDBG funds for the Good Samaritan Bridgehouse Shelter leach field replacement project at 2025 Sweeney Rd. Lompoc, CA (Project) and to the Substantial Amendment to the FY 2018-2019 Action Plan that were submitted during the 30-day public comment period, which began on September 16, 2018 and concludes at the end of the October 16, 2018 public hearing for the Project;
b) Approve a Substantial Amendment to the FY 2018-2019 Action Plan, which adds the use of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in CDBG Funds, for the Project and direct staff to submit the Substantial Amendment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
c) Approve a grant of $25,000.00 in CDBG Funds to The Good Samaritan Shelter, a California public benefit corporation, for the Project and direct staff to finalize the Subrecipient Agreement and return to the Board for approval and execution of the Subrecipient Agreement;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the License Agreement made between the County and Good Samaritan Shelter; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 and 15302, as the actions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features and involve negligible or no expansion of use - including the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures or facilities that will be located in the same place and have substantially the same purpose, or capacity, as the structure being replaced - and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that basis.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE