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Consider recommendations regarding the execution of State of California Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) Sub-recipient Agreements, First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute sub-recipient agreements for the distribution of State of California HEAP with the following providers in the specified amounts:
i) $2,000,000.00 to City of Santa Barbara (City SB) for the Santa Barbara Connect Home project; and
ii) $653,852.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter (GSS) for the supportive services and navigation center portion of the Homeless Housing Navigation Project; and
b) Determine that the recommended actions are not the acceptance and approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project 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 physical impact on the environment.