Consider recommendations regarding the California Department of Housing and Community Development (State HCD) and Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara, Inc. (Sanctuary) Standard Agreements for No Place Like Home (NPLH) Program Noncompetitive Allocation Round 3 and Competitive Allocation Round 4 Funds for Hollister II Project, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute Standard Agreement No. 20-NPLH-16259 with the State HCD and Sanctuary for NPLH Noncompetitive Allocation Round 3 funds in the amount of $450,000.00 for the period beginning upon State HCD approval and ending 30 years from the effective date of the Agreement; b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute Standard Agreement No. 21-NPLH-17347 with State HCD and Sanctuary for NPLH Competitive Allocation Round 4 funds in the amount of $6,959,564.00 for the period beginning upon State HCD approval and ending 30 years from the effective date of the Agreement; c) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Agreements (No. 20-NPLH-16259 and No. 21-NPLH-17347), as well as any other documents which relate to the NPLH program or NPLH program funds awarded to the County, as State HCD may deem appropriate, without having to return to the Board for approval, subject to the Board’s authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time; d) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to obtain concurrence from Risk Management, Auditor-Controller, and County Counsel before exercising the delegated authority under recommended action 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.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced January 12, 2024

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