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Consider recommendations regarding Pathway Family Services, Inc. Agreements with the Department of Social Services, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Pathway Family Services (Pathway) in the amount not to exceed $237,000.00, that includes the $72,000.00 under Purchase Contract CN No. 18179 with Pathway but otherwise cancels, nullifies, and supersedes Purchase Contract CN No. 18179, to provide Emergency Shelter Care Services for the period of February 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Pathway Family Services (Pathway) in the amount not to exceed $80,000.00 to provide Child Welfare Services (CWS) Bilingual Permanency Assessments effective April 5, 2016 for the period commencing January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016; and
c) Determine that the approvals and execution of the above Agreements are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the approvals and execution of the Agreements 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 activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.