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Consider recommendations regarding Shelter Operations General Fund Agreements for the People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) Santa Barbara Emergency Shelter, Bridgehouse Shelter, Santa Maria Emergency Shelter, and Family Shelter; First, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Shelter Operations General Fund Agreements with the following:
i) PATH to support and maintain service levels at the PATH Santa Barbara Emergency Shelter for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $167,726.00;
ii) Good Samaritan Shelter to support and maintain service levels at the Bridgehouse Shelter for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $95,515.00;
iii) Good Samaritan Shelter to support and maintain service levels at the Santa Maria Emergency Shelter for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $132,966.00;
iv) Good Samaritan Shelter to support and maintain service levels at the Family Shelter for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $48,793.00;
b) Determine that the approvals and execution of the Shelter Operations General Fund Agreements are not the approvals of projects that are subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the projects are 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.