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Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the 2025 Collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an MOU with Cottage Health, Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, and Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness Department for participation in the 2025 Collaborative CHNA. The MOU is at will and will remain in effect for the period between January 8, 2025 to December 31, 2027, or until modified or terminated by any one of the partners by mutual consent;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Public Health Department or the Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department, or designee, to make and sign any required representations or certifications in accordance with the MOU;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of the Public Health Department or the Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department to execute any future no-cost amendments to the 2025 Collaborative CHNA MOU, upon review and concurrence by County Counsel’s Office, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are creation of a governmental funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.