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Consider recommendations regarding 2014 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funds, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer or designee to execute the Federal Fiscal Year 2014 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Inter-local Agreements between the County of Santa Barbara and the Cities of Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Lompoc;
b) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to submit the joint application for JAG funding in the aggregate amount of $131,723.00 for the grant period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2017, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance;
c) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to execute a grant agreement upon review and approval of the County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, and Risk Manager or their designees if the JAG funding is awarded; and
d) Determine that the submittal of the application for JAG funding and the execution of the Inter-local Agreements and the grant agreement 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)(4), finding that the actions are not a project as they are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment, and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption.