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Consider recommendations regarding Renewal of the Santa Barbara County CDBG Urban County Cooperation Agreement and the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium Agreement, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Chief Executive Officer to execute the following:
i) Cooperation Agreement with the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, and Solvang and any additional documentation required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to continue the Santa Barbara County CDBG Urban County Partnership for Federal Fiscal Years 2016, 2017, and 2018, to receive federal entitlement funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program;
ii) Cooperation Agreement for the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium between the City of Goleta and the Santa Barbara County Urban County, which includes the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, and Solvang, and any additional documentation required by HUD in order to continue the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium for Federal Fiscal Years 2016, 2017, and 2018, in order to continue to receive HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds; and
b) Determine that the approval and execution of the Santa Barbara County CDBG Urban County Cooperation Agreement and the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium Agreement are not the approvals of projects that are subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the projects are a creation of government funding mechanism 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.