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Consider recommendations regarding the authorization of funding from the Third District 990 fund balance for $7,000.00 for a Joint Grant Management Agreement between the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians (the Tribe) and the County of Santa Barbara, for a joint submission for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program for the Santa Ynez Valley Regional Connector Transportation Project, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Joint Grant Management Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the Tribe, to support a grant application and potential award for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program through the end date of the grant if awarded with a total amount not to exceed $17,000.00 ($10,000.00 from the Tribe and $7,000.00 from the Third District 990 Fund Balance);
b) Approve and authorize the contribution of, and not-to-exceed an amount of $7,000.00, from the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Third District General County Programs Department 990 discretionary funding for the Agreement;
c) Find that coordination on this Joint Grant Management Agreement provides a community benefit that meets the social needs of the County; and
d) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines.