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Consider recommendations regarding Amendment No. 1 to Grant Award Funding of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Dispute Resolution Programs Act (DRPA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Conflict Solutions Center of Santa Barbara County (CSC) for grant funding from the Dispute Resolution Trust Fund (Fund 1073) for the additional amount of up to $72,000.00 for FY 2017-2018, bringing the total Agreement maximum not to exceed to $180,000.00, and extending the Agreement for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
b) Approve continued funding from the Dispute Resolution Trust Fund (Fund 1073) for the Superior Court, for purposes of Dispute Resolution Program administration during the term July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in an amount not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the funds available of the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 469 of the California Business and Professions Code; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.