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Consider recommendations regarding Audit Reports for the Northern Branch Jail Project (AB900) for Fiscal Years ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017, Third District, as follows:
a) Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara’s AB900 Northern Branch Jail Construction Project Financial and Performance Audit from inception (January 15, 2013) through June 30, 2016;
b) Receive and file Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 114 report (Auditor’s letter to the County’s Governing Body) for AB900 for the period ending June 30, 2016;
c) Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara’s AB900 Northern Branch Jail Construction Project Financial and Performance Audit from inception (January 15, 2013) through June 30, 2017;
d) Receive and file SAS 114 report for AB900 for period ending June 30, 2017 (Auditor’s Management Letter); and
e) Determine that acceptance of the annual report is not a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment, and approve and direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption on that basis.