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Consider recommendations regarding Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) Grant Contracts; Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) Contract with the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, in the amount of $6,039.00, to purchase equipment to care for pelagic birds at the Seabird Care Center, located in Goleta;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a CREF Contract with the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, in the amount of $30,000.00, to install the Presentation Wall Project at the Maritime Museum, located at the harbor in Santa Barbara;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a CREF Contract with the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, in the amount of $30,000.00, towards the California Coastal Immersion Zone exhibit at the Ty Warner Sea Center, located on the wharf in Santa Barbara;
d) Determine that the allocation of the CREF grant to purchase equipment to care for pelagic birds is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 15301(a) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act;
e) Determine that the allocation of the CREF grant for the Presentation Wall Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301(a) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act; and
f) Determine that the allocation of the CREF grant for the California Coastal Immersion Zone exhibit is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301(a) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act.