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Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution superseding Resolution Nos. 19-321 and 20-174 regarding authorization to participate in the No Place Like Home (NPLH) Program Round 2 Competitive Allocation Funds - Hollister Lofts, Second District, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that:
i) Authorizes, ratifies, and directs the County's submission of a joint application with the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HACSB) as developer-borrower to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (State HCD) for NPLH program Round 2 Competitive Allocation funds for the proposed development of supportive affordable housing in the 4500 block of Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, California (APN 061-040-030);
ii) Authorizes, ratifies, 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 2 Competitive Allocation funds; and
iii) Supersedes Resolution Nos. 19-321 and 20-174;
b) 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;
c) 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 under Recommended Actions A and B above; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under 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 ...
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