File #: 23-00934    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/22/2023 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/3/2023 Final action: 10/3/2023
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the execution of a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way of Santa Barbara County (United Way) for Continued Implementation and Administration of an Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Utilizing State of California American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Funds, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way to add $260,300.00 in ARPA funding, provided to Santa Barbara County by the State of California, increasing the total contract amount to $5,241,640.37, to complete the administration and implementation of an ERAP; and b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), because they consist of the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which...
Sponsors: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - 1st Amend to Agreement with United Way ERA2, 3. Executed Amendment, 4. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding the execution of a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way of Santa Barbara County (United Way) for Continued Implementation and Administration of an Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Utilizing State of California American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Funds, as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement with United Way to add $260,300.00 in ARPA funding, provided to Santa Barbara County by the State of California, increasing the total contract amount to $5,241,640.37, to complete the administration and implementation of an ERAP; and

 

b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), because they 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; and are otherwise exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15269 as it consists of a specific action necessary to mitigate an emergency.