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HEARING - Consider the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Public Safety Realignment Act Plan and Strategic Planning Initiative, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive a presentation on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 Public Safety Realignment Act Plan;
b) Accept the Santa Barbara County FY 2016-2017 Public Safety Realignment Act Plan developed by the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and approved by the Executive Committee of the CCP;
c) Approve Budget Revision No. 0004448 to increase the Probation Department’s appropriation by $30,000.00 for the FY 2015-2016 portion of the JFA Institute contract to assess the local criminal justice continuum of services and Realignment Plan and provide program and spending recommendations for future Plans. The FY 2016-2017 funding ($65,000.00) will be included as a final budget adjustment during the June 2016 Budget Hearings; and
d) Determine that the acceptance of the FY 2016-2017 Public Safety Realignment Act Plan 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.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE