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Consider recommendations regarding the Acceptance of Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Award of $637,000.00 for an Indigent Defense Grant Program, as follows:
a) Adopt a Board Resolution approving, ratifying, and authorizing the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a Grant Agreement with the BSCC accepting $637,000.00 for the County of Santa Barbara Office of the Public Defender to enhance our content management system (eDefender); enhance data reporting, leading to data-driven decision making; migrate digital storage completely to the Cloud (Box.com); and create a Post-Conviction/Re-entry Unit for the twenty-nine month period of February 15, 2021 through June 30, 2023 (BSCC Grant Agreement);
b) Approve and authorize the Public Defender, or designee, to make amendments that do not change the amount or substantive terms of the BSCC Grant Agreement based upon review and legal concurrence of County Counsel and review by Auditor-Controller; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.