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Consider recommendations regarding the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Officer and her Business Manager, the Emergency Operations Chief, the Homeland Security Program Emergency Manager to apply and enter into a Contract to accept a grant from the FFY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) on behalf of the Santa Barbara Operational Area;
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.