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Consider recommendations regarding the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission Application for California Arts Council State Local Partnership Program (SLPP) Grant, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that designates the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission to serve as the County partner in the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP), authorizes the Arts Commission to submit an application for a 2015-2016 SLPP grant to the California Arts Council and authorizes the Arts Commission to execute the grant agreement if awarded by the California Arts Council;
b) Authorize the Executive Director of the Arts Commission or designee to execute the 2015-2016 SLPP grant agreement with the California Arts Council in a form substantially similar to the draft grant agreement and upon review and approval of the County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, and Risk Manager or their designees if the SLPP grant is awarded; and
c) Determine that the adoption of the Resolution and execution of the grant agreement are 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 actions are not a project as they are the 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 impact on the environment, and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption.