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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 Agreements for Juvenile Probation Program Services, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Family Services Agency (FSA) (a local vendor) to provide individual and family counseling, and substance abuse counseling services to youth in the Santa Maria and Lompoc geographic areas, and gender-specific group counseling services to female youth in the Santa Barbara and Lompoc geographic areas, with a total contract amount not to exceed $118,476.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) (a local vendor) to provide individual and family counseling services to youth in the Santa Barbara geographic area, and diversion case management services to youth in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Lompoc geographic areas, with a total contract amount not to exceed $82,037.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the attached Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Santa Maria Valley Youth and Family Center (SMVYFC) (a local vendor) to provide substance abuse counseling services to youth and gender-specific group counseling services to female youth in the Santa Maria geographic area, with a total contract amount not to exceed $28,597.00; and
d) Determine that the approval of the Agreements are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), finding that this activity is 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 this activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA, and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption.