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Consider recommendations regarding the Local Coastal Program Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Application Sea Level Rise Modeling and Vulnerability Assessment, Third District, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning and Development Department to apply and enter into a Contract to accept a Grant from the Ocean Protection Council, California Coastal Commission and State Coastal Conservancy for the Local Coastal Program Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program for Sea Level Rise Modeling and Vulnerability Assessment for the County of Santa Barbara in the approximate amount of $200,000.00;
b) Determine that the proposed Grant Application is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 and the Notice of Exemption; and
c) Direct staff to return to the Board of Supervisors with the Grant as part of the Department's budget and work program request for Fiscal Years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 if the Grant is awarded.