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Consider recommendations regarding the execution of a Grant Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara for Acquisition of the Property located at 536 West Pedregosa Street in the City of Santa Barbara, First District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Find, in accordance with California Government Code Section 26227, that the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara provides programs necessary to meet the social needs of the population of the County, and that it would benefit the County and the general public for the County to provide financial support for the acquisition of property in support of these programs;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Grant Agreement in the amount of $1,100,000.00 between the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara and County of Santa Barbara, to acquire the property located at 536 W. Pedregosa Street (APN 043-132-016) (the "Pedregosa Property") for homeless family housing;
c) Authorize the Director of the Community Services Department, or designee, to act on behalf of the County and execute the County Regulatory Agreement that requires the Pedregosa Property be rented to homeless families at 30% Area Median Income or below for a term of 20 years;
d) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0007339 to establish appropriations of $1,100,000.00 in the Community Services Department, General Fund, for Capital Assets, funded by a transfer from the General Fund; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions are part of a project that is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 finding that the proposed property acquisition consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, and Section 15303 finding that the proposed property acquisition consists of conversion of a mul...
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