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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year 2013 Emergency Management Planning Grant Authorization, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Officer and his/her Business Manager, and the Emergency Operations Chief to apply and enter into a Contract to accept the Fiscal Year 2013/2014 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) to provide grant funding for emergency management activities in the Santa Barbara Operational Area by the Office of Emergency Management;
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.