File #: 21-01078    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/23/2021 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/7/2021 Final action: 12/7/2021
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Santa Maria Police Department for a Behavioral Health Co-Response Team (BHCRT), as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Santa Maria Police Department for the creation and operation of a three-year pilot project for a BHCRT commencing upon execution of both the County and the City of Santa Maria; b) Direct the Director of Behavioral Wellness or designee to report to the Board of Supervisors on the operation of the Mental Health Co-Response Team after the first three years of its operations; and c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), as government fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to a specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
Sponsors: BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Co-Response MOU, 3. Executed MOU, 4. Minute Order

Title

Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Santa Maria Police Department for a Behavioral Health Co-Response Team (BHCRT), as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Santa Maria Police Department for the creation and operation of a three-year pilot project for a BHCRT commencing upon execution of both the County and the City of Santa Maria;

 

b) Direct the Director of Behavioral Wellness or designee to report to the Board of Supervisors on the operation of the Mental Health Co-Response Team after the first three years of its operations; and 

 

c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), as government fiscal activities that do not involve commitment to a specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.