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Consider recommendations regarding the approval of a License Agreement and acceptance of an In-Kind Gift of the Waiver of Rent for use of the Orfalea House for a Community Relief Services Center, First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Community Relief Services Center at Orfalea House License Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara (as County) and 1283 CVC, LLC (as Licensor), for use of the Orfalea House located at 1283 Coast Village Circle, in Montecito, CA, for a term of two (2) years, subject to 30-day written notice to terminate from the Director of the General Services Department, rent free, and County accepting responsibility for payment of all utilities, phones, data and janitorial serving the premises, for the purpose of providing the local community affected by the federally declared disasters with the necessary disaster recovery services;
b) Accept the waived rental payments as an in-kind gift valued at $9,500.00 per month, pursuant to Board Resolution 99-485 and California Government Code Section 25355; and
c) Find that the proposed approval of the License Agreement (Recommendation a) is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, in that it is for the purpose of use of an existing facility; and acceptance of an In-kind Gift (Recommendation b) is exempt due to it not being a “project” under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) as it involves administrative activities of a governmental decision-making body that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environments; and approve and direct staff to file and post a Notice of Exemption on that basis.