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Consider recommendations regarding a Lease Agreement with Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and Domestic Violence Solutions;
b) Determine and find that, pursuant to Government Code Section 26227, the premises are not necessary for County use and will not be necessary for County use for the duration of the Lease Agreement;
c) Determine and find that the use of the premises by Domestic Violence Solutions, a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serves a public purpose and provides a direct benefit to the residents of the County; and
d) Determine that the proposed action of approving Domestic Violence Solutions’ Lease Agreement is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Sections 15301, “Existing Facilities”. This is a categorical exemption which includes the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures or facilities, provided the exemption only involves negligible or no expansion of the previous site's use.