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Consider recommendations regarding Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparity (RED) Grant, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to submit the grant proposal and to execute the Grant Award Agreement and accept the anticipated funding of the 2017 Board of State and Community Corrections, RED Grant in the amount of $147,940.00 for the period covering October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0004839 recognizing ($110,955.00) in current year Federal revenue with an equivalent increase to appropriations. The remaining ($36,985.00) will be included in the Department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018 proposed budget; and
c) Determine that the approval of the Agreement is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 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.