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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Human Services Commission - Award of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 General Fund “Mini Grants”, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and consider recommendations from the County of Santa Barbara Human Services Commission (HSC) for the award of human services grants to grantees for the use of County General Funds for FY 2016-2017 for agency capacity building “Mini Grants” totaling $59,000.00;
b) Receive and consider public comment related to the Human Services Commission award recommendations for the use of County General Funds for FY 2016-2017;
c) Determine that the programs recommended for funding are necessary to meet the social needs of the population of the County;
d) Approve the award of the “Mini Grants” recommended by the HSC totaling $59,000.00 and authorize such expenditures, subject to appropriation of the Board during the FY 2016-2017 budget process; and
e) Find that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15378(b) (4) and 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they are government fiscal, organizational or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY