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Consider recommendations regarding a Coastal Resource Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grant Contract - Grant Contract with University of California Santa Barbara, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the CRMF Contract with University of California Santa Barbara, in the amount of $50,000.00, to remove 4-acres of ice plant-dominated habitat and approximately 1-acre of asphalt on the top of the campus point mesa, restore the area to native coastal bluff and dune habitats, and install two interpretive signs, in the Second District;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development, or their designee, to take the following actions for the attached CRMF Contract, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time:
i) Extend performances in accordance with Section 3 in the Agreement, for up to one (1) year for good cause;
ii) Approve minor project changes in accordance with Section 5 in the Agreement, including any change to the project description, any reduction in the overall project budget, or change in budget items of 10% or more; and
iii) Terminate the Contract in accordance with Sections 4 and 14 in the Agreement; and
c) Determine that allocation of the University of California Santa Barbara CRMF Contract is not a “Project” subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the State Guidelines as the actions consist of 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