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Consider recommendations regarding State of California Emergency Solutions Grants Program (State ESG) Funding Recommendations and Documentation, as follows:
a) Approve recommendations for the distribution of State ESG funds to the following providers in the specified amounts:
i) $280,000.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for the Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-housing project;
ii) $160,000.00 to Transition House for the Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-housing project;
iii) $110,516.00 to Carrillo Counseling Services, Inc. for the Safe Parking and Homeless Outreach Program; and
iv) $110,000.00 to People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) Santa Barbara for the PATH Santa Barbara Street Outreach and Emergency Shelter project;
b) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and administration of State ESG funds;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care regarding the administration of State ESG funds;
d) Authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee(s) to execute all agreements, certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the acceptance and administration of State ESG funds; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions are not the acceptance and 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 project is a 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 physical impact on the environment, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.