File #: 17-00054    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 1/24/2017 Final action: 1/24/2017
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program, as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Office, his/her Business Manager, the Director of Emergency Services and the Homeland Security Program Emergency Manager to apply and enter into a contract to accept a grant from the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) in the amount of $521,439.00 on behalf of the Santa Barbara Operational Area; and, b) Direct staff to return to the Board of Supervisors with the grant as part of the Office of Emergency Management's budget and work program request if the grant is awarded; and c) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other 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 is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act...
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. ATT A-2016 HSGP Resolution and Gov Auth Sig, 3. ATT B-2016 HSGP CEQA Exemption

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Consider recommendations regarding the 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program, as follows:

 

a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County Executive Office, his/her Business Manager, the Director of Emergency Services and the Homeland Security Program Emergency Manager to apply and enter into a contract to accept a grant from the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) in the amount of $521,439.00 on behalf of the Santa Barbara Operational Area; and,

 

b) Direct staff to return to the Board of Supervisors with the grant as part of the Office of Emergency Management’s budget and work program request if the grant is awarded; and

 

c) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other 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 is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 (b)(4) and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.