Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with Continuum of Care (CoC) required by State Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program Round 5 Funding, as follows: a) Authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, until otherwise ordered by the Board, to take the following actions required for the acceptance and administration of HHAP Round 5 funds allocated to the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC and County of Santa Barbara: i) Submit, by March 27, 2024, a joint funding application which includes a Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan, and execute all certifications, standard forms and a grant agreement required for disbursement of HHAP Round 5 funds. Such standard agreement shall be in a form substantially similar to the HHAP 4 Standard Agreement and subject to concurrence by County Counsel, Risk Management, and Auditor-Controller; b) Approve and authorize the Community Services Director, or designee, to execute the Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC from the HHAP 5 Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan and their inclusion in the Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness, which are required for the application, acceptance, and administration of the HHAP Round 5 funds allocated to the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care and the County of Santa Barbara; and c) 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.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced March 8, 2024

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