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Consider recommendations regarding the approval of a Master Services Agreement with Bitfocus, Inc. for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Master Services Agreement with Bitfocus, Inc. for HMIS on behalf of the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care for the period October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029 funded by Department of Health Care Services through CenCal Health Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program;
b) Authorize the County’s Community Services Director to execute amendments to the Master Services Agreement as needed during the term of the Agreement to stay compliant with applicable State and federal funding requirements, and to increase the amount payable under the Agreement to up to a maximum aggregate contract amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00; and
c) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute projects subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the projects are a creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.