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Consider recommendations regarding the Project Roomkey COVID-19 Homeless Task Force Response - Request to Ratify Execution of Contract with Paradise Hotels, Inc. and Professional Services Contract with Kingdom Causes Inc., dba City Net (City Net), as follows:
a) Approve and ratify the Director of General Services’ execution of the Emergency Occupancy Agreement between the County and Paradise Hotels, Inc. for use on a month-to-month basis of a hotel located in Southern Santa Barbara County as non-congregate sheltering in response to COVID-19 effective on April 26, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $675,000.00, pursuant to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisor’s December 15, 2020 delegation of authority for the General Services Director to negotiate and execute Real Property contractual agreements and leases that involve the license, lease, or acquisition of property that is necessary for the purpose of managing the County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic;
b) Approve and ratify the Director of Emergency Services or designee’s execution of the Emergency Shelter Operations Service Agreement with Kingdom Causes Inc., dba City Net effective April 15, 2021 in an amount not to exceed $519,747.00; and
c) 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; and that the actions are exempt from CEQA pursuant to Guidelines Section 15269(c) as they consist of specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption (Exhibit C of Attachment B) on that basis.