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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report on the redesigned State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program and its impact on Santa Barbara County;
b) Provide direction to staff on options for the County of Santa Barbara regarding the local implementation of the State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program:
i) Accept designation as Administrative Entity to administer Emergency Solutions Grant Program funds in Santa Barbara County; or
ii) Reject designation as Administrative Entity; and
c) If accepting the designation as Administrative Entity, authorize the Community Services Department to engage the Continuum of Care Review and Rank Committee to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on the award of State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program funds; and
d) If accepting the designation as Administrative Entity, direct staff to implement the State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program as follows:
i) Direct staff to return during the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Budget Hearings with recommended funding for one full-time equivalent position;
ii) Direct staff to limit the eligible activities to emergency shelter and rapid re-housing and the number of providers to be funded by the State of California Emergency Solutions Grant Program to two; or
iii) Provide other direction to staff as appropriate.
e) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and direct staff to file a notice of Exemption.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION:...
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