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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding allocating the 2024 and 2025 Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grants, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive staff’s recommendations for the 2024 and 2025 CRMF awards totaling $318,600.00;
b) Approve 2024 and 2025 CRMF budgeting of funds as proposed, including Table 9, of the Staff Report, along with stipulations outlined in the Staff Recommendation sections for each proposal;
c) Direct staff to prepare the proposed contractual agreements with non-County grantees, including final grant conditions, and return with contractual agreements for Board consideration and approval, including appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance;
d) Defer $790,377.00 of acquisition monies to the Fund Deferral Program allowing said monies to accrue for future coastal acquisition proposals; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of CEQA and are exempt pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because the recommended actions consist of organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY