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Consider recommendations regarding 2015 Mitigation Planning Grant Authorization, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Emergency Management Director on behalf of the County Executive Office to apply for and enter into a Contract to accept the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program grant funding to revise and update the FEMA required Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Santa Barbara Operational Area formally awarded in January 2015;
b) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other 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 is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 (b)(4) and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption; and
c) Direct staff to return to the Board of Supervisors with the Grant as part of the Office of Emergency Management's budget and work program request if the Grant is awarded.