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Consider recommendations regarding a Coastal Resource Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grant Contract - Grant Contracts with NatureTrack and Fish Reef Project, All Districts and First and Second Districts, respectively, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the CRMF Contract with NatureTrack, in the amount of $19,653.00, to purchase two electrical Freedom Trax devices and trailer equipment for towing the Trax devices, for the period of August 15, 2025 to December 15, 2025, All Districts;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the CRMF Contract with Fish Reef Project, in the amount of $55,112.00, to design, fabricate and install exhibits depicting the applicant’s Sea Caves at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum’s Sea Center on the wharf and at the Chrisman California Islands Center in Carpinteria, for the period of August 1, 2025 to February 16, 2026, First and Second Districts;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development or designee, to take the following actions for the CRMF Contracts:
i) Extend performances in accordance with Section 3 for up to and not to exceed a period of one year for good cause;
ii) Approve project changes in accordance with Section 4 in Attachment A and Section 5 in Attachment B, including changes to project descriptions, reduction in the overall project budgets or change in budget items of 10 percent or more; and
iii) Terminate the contracts in accordance with Section 13 in Attachment A, Section 14 in Attachment B; and
d) Determine that the disbursements of the CRMF grants are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of CEQA.