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Consider recommendations regarding Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Subrecipient Agreements for the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC) Allocations, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute sub-recipient agreements, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, for the distribution of State of California HHAP funding from the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC allocations with the following providers in the specified not to exceed amounts, subject to annual appropriations and adopted budget funds:
i) $443,760.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for Interim Housing;
ii) $638,581.00 to People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) for Interim Housing;
iii) $541,171.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter for Services Coordination; and
iv) $260,804.00 to Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley for Services Coordination and Street Outreach;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a sub-recipient agreement, effective August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, for the distribution of State of California HHAP funding from the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC allocations with NBCC, dba New Beginnings, for Services Coordination in the specified not to exceed amount of $541,171.00, subject to annual appropriations and adopted budget funds; and
c) Determine that 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 Sections 15378(b)(4) as the actions involve the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve a commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and 15378(b)(5), finding that the recommended actions consist of administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.