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Consider recommendations regarding approval to adopt revised Resolutions authorizing the Department of Behavioral Wellness Director to act on behalf of the County in connection with the award of No Place Like Home (NPLH) Round 3 and Round 4 non-competitive funds, as follows:
a) Adopt a revised Resolution that:
i) Authorizes and directs the County’s submission of a joint application with Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara, Inc. (Sanctuary) as developer-borrower to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (State HCD) for NPLH Round 3 Noncompetitive Allocation funds for the proposed development of supportive affordable housing at 115 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California (APN 039-222-002); and
ii) Authorizes and directs the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to act on behalf of the County in connection with the award of NPLH Round 3 Noncompetitive Allocation funds;
b) Adopt a revised Resolution that:
i) Authorizes and directs the County’s submission of a joint application with Surf Development Company as developer and Cypress and 7th, L.P. as borrower, to the State HCD for NPLH Round 4 Noncompetitive Allocation funds for the proposed development of a supportive affordable housing project at 1401 East Cypress Avenue, Lompoc, California (APN 085-150-089); and
ii) Authorizes and directs the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to act on behalf of the County in connection with the award of NPLH Round 4 Noncompetitive Allocation funds;
c) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute on behalf of the County a Standard Agreement with State HCD and any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents which are related to the NPLH program or the NPLH program funds awarded to the County, as State HCD may deem appropriate;
d) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to return to the Board for further direction prior to exercising the authority deleted pursuant to Recommended Actions A, B, and C; and
e) Determine that the recommended actions:
i) Are not a project subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to: CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are the creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and Public Resources Code section 21163.1, which states that a decision by a public agency to seek funding from the NPLH Program does not constitute a “project”; and
ii) Are otherwise within the scope of the Notice of Exemption (NOE) adopted by the City of Santa Barbara and posted by the Santa Barbara County Clerk of the Board on December 15, 2020, in which the City found that Sanctuary’s proposed development is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15332 because it consists of an Infill Development Project.