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Consider recommendations regarding the Department of Behavioral Wellness Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Amendments to agreements with Crestwood, Psynergy and Sylmar, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Third Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Crestwood Behavioral Health Center, Inc. (not a local vendor), an institution for mental disease, to increase the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 contract by $102,000.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,302,000.00 through June 30, 2017;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Psynergy Programs, Inc., (not a local vendor) for the provision of adult residential mental health services, to increase the FY 2015-2016 contract by $224,228.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,724,228.00 through June 30, 2017;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center (not a local vendor), an institution for mental disease, to increase the FY 2015-2016 contract by $372,826.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,572,826.00 through June 30, 2017; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.