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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 Agreements for Adult Probation Program Services, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Coast Valley Substance Abuse Treatment Center (CVSATC) (a local vendor) to provide drug and alcohol and cognitive behavioral treatment services in Lompoc and Santa Maria, with a total Contract amount not to exceed $130,768.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter (Good Sam) (a local vendor) to provide drug and alcohol, Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC), clean and sober housing, residential detoxification and mentoring services in Santa Maria, with a total Contract amount not to exceed $275,337.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Community Solutions Incorporated (CSI) (a local vendor) to provide drug and alcohol, cognitive behavioral treatment and employability development services in Santa Maria and Santa Barbara, with a total Contract amount not to exceed $426,035.00;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) (a local vendor) to provide to provide drug and alcohol and cognitive behavioral treatment services and residential detoxification, with a total Contract amount not to exceed $88,783.00;
e) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve subsequent line-item budget changes in each Agreement in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the stated line-item budgeted amounts for each service, as long as the total Contract amount of each Agreement is not increased, and as long as the total budgeted amounts by each funding source are not exceeded; and
f) Determine that these activities are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that these activities are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that these activities may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.