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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a County-wide Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Application, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
Acting as the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Adopt the Resolution entitled “Designation of Subrecipient’s Agent Resolutions for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program” authorizing the Public Works Director or designee, as authorized agents to:
i) Submit grant applications and all required attachments, including the Local Match Fund Commitment Letter and supporting documentation, to the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program No. DR-4344 and DR-4353 in the combined requested amount of $31,312,500.00;
ii) If awarded, enter into grant agreements and all subsequent amendments to the grant agreements; and
iii) Make any certifications and assurances that may be required by the grant agreements;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Local Match Fund Commitment Letters;
c) Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors to execute the “Designation of Subrecipient’s Agent Resolution for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program”;
d) Direct the County Executive Office and Public Works to return to the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors every six months with a report on the progress of the grant applications;
e) If awarded, return to the Board of Supervisors to establish required budget appropriations; and
f) Find that the proposed action is an organizational or administrative activity related to the creation of a government funding mechanism which will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment and does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Guideline Section 15378 (b)(4) and (b)(5).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY