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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness Updates including Homeless Encampment Resolution Strategy Year 1 Progress Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a presentation on homelessness in Santa Barbara County including:
i) Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness 18-month Progress Report; and
ii) Encampment Resolution Strategy Year 1 Progress Report;
b) Authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, acting on behalf of the County of Santa Barbara, to submit an application for up to $6,000,000.00 and all certifications, standard forms, and other related documents to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) for the countywide collaborative to be selected for participation in the second round of the California Encampment Resolution Funding (CERF-2) program;
c) Authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, to execute all certifications, standard forms, and a grant agreement in a form substantially similar to the CA Encampment Resolution Funding grant agreement, and other related documents required for the acceptance and administration of CERF-2 State funds;
d) Provide other direction, as appropriate; and
e) Determine the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY