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Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment (increase) to the current Cooperative Agreement for the Pierce's Disease Program, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Amended Cooperative Agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to increase reimbursement by $61,538.49 for support of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter/Pierce's Disease Program for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014, for an amended total of $331,734.44; and
b) Determine that the proposed action involves government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities and is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) and direct staff to file a notice of exemption.