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Consider recommendations regarding Professional Services Agreements with Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation (SB ACT) and Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) to Operate Continuum of Care (CoC) Advisory Groups, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute a Professional Services Agreement, not to exceed $33,750.00, with FBSMV for planning, coordinating, and operating the CoC Youth Advisory Board (YAB) during the period April 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026;
b) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute a Professional Services Agreement, not to exceed $34,442.00 with SB ACT for planning, coordinating, and operating the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara CoC Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) during the period June 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026; and
c) Determine the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.