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Consider recommendations regarding a Continuum of Care (CoC) Program 2017 Grant Agreements/Scopes of Work and Coordinated Entry System Subrecipient Agreement, as follows:
a) Authorize the Community Services Director or designee to execute the 2017 CoC Program Grant Agreements and Scopes of Work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that provide funds for the following projects:
i) $104,767.00 for the County’s operation of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS);
ii) $64,283.00 for the County’s HMIS Expansion I;
iii) $48,449.00 for the County’s Santa Barbara County CoC Planning project; and
iv) $130,675.00 for the CoC Coordinated Entry System operated by the United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a CoC Program Subrecipient Agreement with The United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County (United Way) for the CoC Coordinated Entry System in the amount of $124,775.00 (less $5,900.00 for County administration) for the period beginning August 1, 2018 and ending July 31, 2019;
c) Authorize the Community Services Director or designee to execute the 2017 CoC Program Grant Agreement with HUD in the amount of $23,364.00 for Good Samaritan Shelter’s Clean and Sober Living Program and simultaneously execute a Grant Agreement Amendment between HUD, the County and Good Samaritan Shelter naming Good Samaritan Shelter as the direct grantee with HUD; and
d) 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.