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Consider recommendations regarding authorization of grant application submittal, and supporting Resolution, to the California Department of Finance, for a Community Based Transitional Housing Program in the Unincorporated Area of the Lompoc Valley, as follows:
a) Ratify the County Executive Officer’s submittal of an application to the California Department of Finance, for a Community Based Transitional Housing Program Grant in the amount of $2 million for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018 and 2018-2019; and
b) Approve and adopt a Resolution affirming findings regarding the Bridgehouse Homeless Shelter located in the unincorporated of Lompoc Valley, Pursuant to Government Code Section 30035.3; and
c) Find that Resolution and Grant application are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the approval and execution of the Resolution is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption.