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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the approval of Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Urban, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a staff report on the Santa Barbara County 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan, which includes recommendations for award of CDBG and HOME Investment Partnership funds for FY 2021-2022;
b) Consider public comments received on the draft 2021-2022 Action Plan, during the thirty (30) day public comment period, which commenced on March 19, 2021 and concludes at the end of the public hearing on this item;
c) Approve the funding awards to be included in the draft 2021-2022 Action Plan;
d) Direct staff to finalize the draft 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan by revising to reflect any direction provided by the Board and adding any public comments received and submit them to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
e) Adopt a Resolution authorizing submittal of the 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan to HUD;
f) 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 FY 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 Annual Action Plan; and
g) 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 environ...
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