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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Authorization, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the County Executive Officer (CEO) to execute the Notification of Subrecipient Subaward Approval letter Cal OES ID No. 083-00000, Subaward No. 2020-0095 to accept the FY 2020 HSGP in the amount of $541,337.00 with a period of performance from September 1, 2020 to May 31, 2023;
b) Adopt a resolution to appoint the CEO, the Director of Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and the CEO Business Manager to act as Authorized Agents to execute any actions necessary for each application and subaward under the HSGP with the California Office of Emergency Services to provide grant funding on behalf of the Santa Barbara Operational Area for the grant FY 2020. The resolution directs the Authorized Agents to, if applicable, make necessary budget revisions, and delegates authority to execute grant agreements with the State and to execute subrecipient agreements with Operational Area subrecipients upon concurrence by the Auditor-Controller, Risk Management, and County Counsel;
c) Approve the Subrecipient Agreement template that will be used to make grant subawards to Santa Barbara Operational Area subrecipients; and
d) Determine that the proposed action is related to the creation of a government funding mechanism and other fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378(b)(4).