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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2028 Agreement with Community Solutions, Inc. (CSI), as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with CSI, to provide training on Motivational Interviewing, Evidence-Based Practices, Strategic Case Management and Professional Development and provide performance feedback on the skills staff were trained on and the implementation of those skills with probation clients, with a total contract amount not to exceed $130,600.00 for the period beginning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028;
b) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve subsequent changes to the agreement including authorizing additional services, amending program staffing requirements, amending service locations, and adding program goals, outcomes, and measures and reallocation of funds between funding sources. Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve line-item budget changes to Attachment B-1 of the Agreement in an amount not to exceed 10% of the stated line-item budgeted amounts for each service. Changes can be made as long as the total contract amount of the agreement is not increased, and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time, and provided that in no event shall any such amendment extend the term of the agreement; and
c) 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 common sense exemption 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.