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Consider recommendations regarding a Contract with the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County for High Road Construction Careers: California Climate Investments Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, or designee, to accept the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board, and execute the contract with the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County to receive $90,398.00 to provide High Road Construction Careers: California Climate Investments Program for the period starting August 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2023;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0007699 to increase appropriations by $49,719.00 for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 in the Department of Social Services Fund 0058. The remaining $40,679.00 of the grant will be allocated and included in the Department of Social Services’ Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023;
c) Authorize the Director of the Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, or designee, the authority to adjust the term start date, pursuant under the terms of the contract as amended, so long as there is no change to the maximum contract amount;
d) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to extend the contract to allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous Fiscal Year budget to the next Fiscal Year budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval; and
e) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), the 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; and per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.