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Consider recommendations regarding approval of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Pre-Disaster Mitigation Application, First District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Authorize and designate the Public Works Director or his designee as authorized agents of the District for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program - Pre-Disaster Mitigation program with delegated authority to:
i) Submit a grant application for future funds to construct a debris basin proposed along Buena Vista Creek, including all required attachments and supporting documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Pre-Disaster Mitigation program in the requested amount of $3,000,000.00;
ii) If awarded, enter into a grant agreement, and subsequent amendments to the grant agreement; and
iii) Make any certifications and assurances that may be required by the grant agreements; and
b) 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).