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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding shelter for the homeless during El Nino, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report on the current status of sheltering the homeless population Countywide during the impending El Nino storm;
b) Authorize the Community Services Department Director, within the authority of the Purchasing Agent under Government Code section 25502.5, to enter into agreements for new temporary day shelter services in both North and South County;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request 0004324 to increase appropriations of $37,000.00 in Community Services Department, Housing Division, General Fund for Other Charges for expanded Freedom Warming Center services funded by release of Committed Contingency Fund Balance; and establish appropriations of $91,000.00 in Community Services Department, Housing Division, General Fund for Other Charges for new temporary day sheltering services funded by release of Committed Contingency Fund Balance; and
d) Determine that these actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b) (3), finding that the execution of these actions are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.