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Consider recommendations regarding the State of California Emergency Solutions Grants Program funding recommendations and documentation, as follows:
a) Approve recommendations for the distribution of State of California Emergency Solutions Grants Program (State ESG) funds to the following providers in the specified amounts in 2017 and provided the amounts do not change by more than 20%, the same proportionate amounts in 2018, as follows:
i) $207,826.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for the Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-housing project;
ii) $100,000.00 to Transition House for the Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-housing project;
iii) $100,000.00 to Carrillo Counseling Services, Inc. for the Safe Parking and Homeless Outreach Program; and
iv) $100,000.00 to People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) Santa Barbara for the PATH Santa Barbara Street Outreach and Emergency Shelter project;
b) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and administration of State ESG funds for 2017 and 2018;
c) Authorize the County Executive Officer or designee(s) to execute all agreements, certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the acceptance and administration of 2017 and 2018 State ESG funds; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions are not the acceptance and 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.