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Consider recommendations regarding authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to submit the application to pursue fifteenth year allocation funding under the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, as follows:
a) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer, as lead agent, to submit the application for approval to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) in order to utilize funding in the amount of $1,210,663.00 allocated to Santa Barbara County under the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA), from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016;
b) Assure that the County will adhere to the BSCC's contract terms and statutory requirements, participate in the collection of the required data, and use grant funding to supplement and not supplant existing programs; and
c) Determine that the authorization to submit the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act applications is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the 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 the activities in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.