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Consider recommendations regarding Amendments to the emPower Funding Agreements, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement to Deliver the 2013-2014 County of Santa Barbara emPower Energy Efficiency Program (emPower Funding Second Amendment) between the County of Santa Barbara and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas);
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement for the County of San Luis Obispo (SLO Second Amendment) between the County of San Luis Obispo and the County of Santa Barbara and Second Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement for the County of Ventura (VC Second Amendment) between the County of Ventura and the County of Santa Barbara;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the emPowerSBC Santa Barbara County Residential Energy Improvement Loan Program Energy Improvement Loan Loss Reserve Agreement Amended and Restated (Second Amendment to 2014 LLR Agreement) between the County of Santa Barbara and CoastHills Credit Union; and
d) Determine that the approval and execution of the Amendments is not the 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 direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.