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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Shelter Operations General Fund Agreements for the People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) Santa Barbara Emergency Shelter; Bridgehouse Shelter; and Santa Maria Emergency Shelter; First, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Shelter Operations General Fund Agreements with:
i) PATH to support and maintain service levels at the PATH Santa Barbara Emergency Shelter for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $115,784.00;
ii) Good Samaritan Shelter to support and maintain service levels at the Bridgehouse Shelter for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $75,096.00; and
iii) Good Samaritan Shelter to support and maintain service levels at the Santa Maria Emergency Shelter for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $105,332.00; and
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.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE