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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the allocation of the 2022 and the 2023 Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grants, as follows: (EST TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file staff’s recommendations for the 2022 and 2023 CRMF awards totaling $680,337.00;
b) Approve the 2022 and the 2023 CRMF budgeting of funds as proposed on pages 7-9, including Table 9, of the Board Letter, along with stipulations outlined in the Staff Recommendation sections for each proposal;
c) Direct staff to prepare the proposed contractual agreements with non-County grantees, including final grant conditions, and return with contractual agreements for Board consideration and approval, including appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance;
d) Defer $596,777.00 of acquisition monies to the Fund Deferral Program allowing to accrue for future coastal acquisition proposals; and
e) Determine that budgeting CRMF funds for the recommended projects does not constitute a project within the meaning of the CEQA, pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(5) and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it is an administrative activity of the government and creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY