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Consider recommendations regarding emPower Agreements with Ventura County and San Luis Obispo County, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the emPower Agreements between the County of Santa Barbara and County of Ventura for Southern California Gas Company Pass-through Funding ("Ventura PUC Agreement") and for California Energy Commission Pass-through Funding ("Ventura CEC Agreement");
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the emPower Agreements between the County of Santa Barbara and County of San Luis Obispo for Southern California Gas Company Pass-through Funding ("SLO PUC Agreement") and for California Energy Commission Pass-through Funding ("SLO CEC Agreement");
c) Subject to concurrence by the Auditor-Controller, County Counsel, and Risk Management, authorize the County Executive Officer or designee to execute all follow on approvals required by the emPower Agreements;
d) Authorize the County's Community Services Department Director to approve subsequent line item budget changes to Exhibit B, Budget, of the emPower Agreements as long as the total Contract amount of the emPower Agreements is not increased; and
e) Determine that the approval and execution of the emPower Agreements are not the approvals of projects that are subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the Agreements are the 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, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.