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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the approval of a substantial amendment to the 2018 Action Plan and execution of Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) agreements with the City of Santa Maria and County Housing Authority, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Hear and consider public comments relating to the use of $350,000.00 in federal HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds for a TBRA program (Program) and to the Substantial Amendment to a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 Action Plan that were submitted during the 30-day public comment period, which began on November 11, 2018 and concludes at the end of the December 11, 2018 public hearing for the Program;
b) Approve the Substantial Amendment to the FY 2018-2019 Action Plan, which adds the use of $350,000.00 in HOME Funds for the Program and direct staff to submit the Substantial Amendment to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Subrecipient Agreement in the amount of $250,000.00 between the County and the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (Housing Authority) to administer a TBRA program funded through the County HOME Consortium with an effective date of December 11, 2018 and terminating December 31, 2020;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Subrecipient Agreement in the amount of $100,000.00 between the County and the City of Santa Maria (City) to administer a TBRA program funded through the County HOME Consortium with an effective date of December 11, 2018 and terminating December 31, 2020; and
e) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the action is 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 impact on the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE