File #: 20-00557    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/2/2020 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 8/18/2020 Final action: 8/18/2020
Title: Consider recommendations regarding Agreements with United Way of Santa Barbara County to Implement an Emergency Rental Assistance Program and Disaster Assistance Program Utilizing CARES Act Funds, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a County Subrecipient Agreement in the amount of $2,200,000.00, with United Way of Santa Barbara County (United Way), utilizing CARES Act funding for administration and implementation of a rental assistance program that will provide qualifying County residents with emergency rental assistance payments, and a disaster assistance program that will assist County residents who test positive for COVID-19 not return to work until safe; and b) Determine that the recommended actions are not the acceptance and approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a creation of government funding mechanisms...
Sponsors: COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Agreement, 3. Executed Agreement, 4. Minute Order

Title

Consider recommendations regarding Agreements with United Way of Santa Barbara County to Implement an Emergency Rental Assistance Program and Disaster Assistance Program Utilizing CARES Act Funds, as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a County Subrecipient Agreement in the amount of $2,200,000.00, with United Way of Santa Barbara County (United Way), utilizing CARES Act funding for administration and implementation of a rental assistance program that will provide qualifying County residents with emergency rental assistance payments, and a disaster assistance program that will assist County residents who test positive for COVID-19 not return to work until safe; and

 

b) Determine that the recommended actions are not the acceptance and approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a 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.