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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Approval of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Action Plan and draft FY 2018-2019 Action Plan (Action Plan) Substantial Amendment and final Human Services Commission funding approvals, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a staff report on the Santa Barbara County HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Consortium and Santa Barbara Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Urban County Partnership draft Action Plan, which includes recommendations for the award of CDBG funds;
b) Receive and file a staff report on the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium and Santa Barbara CDBG Urban County Partnership draft FY 2018-2019 Action Plan Substantial Amendment (Substantial Amendment);
c) Consider public comments received on the draft Substantial Amendment and draft Action Plan during the thirty (30) day public comment period, which commenced on May 3, 2019 and concludes at the end of the June 4, 2019 public hearing on this item;
d) Approve the recommendations for funding contained in the draft Action Plan and Substantial Amendment;
e) Direct staff to finalize the draft Action Plan and Substantial Amendment by revising to reflect any direction provided by the Board and adding any public comments and submit them to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
f) Adopt a Resolution authorizing submittal of the Action Plan and Substantial Amendment to HUD;
g) Authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute all certifications, standard forms and other related documents required for the acceptance and administration of CDBG and HOME funds and authorize the County Executive Officer or her designee to execute all certifications, standard forms, and other related documents required for the submittal to and approval by HUD of the Action Plan;
h) Approve the recommendations from the County of Santa Barbara Human Services Commission (HSC) for awards of HSC grants to grantees for the use of a total of $990,000.00 per year of County General Funds for FY 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 for the delivery of Human Services Basic Services and Best Practices Grant Programs; and
i) 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.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE