HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09232008 - C.37 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ContraFROM: William Walker,M.D., Health Services Director i.
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator _ Costa
DATE: September 11,2008
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SUBJECT: Approval of Grant Award#28-787-1 with Center for Human Development
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.) to accept on
behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-787-1 from the Center for Human Development, in an amount not
to exceed $41,892, for the continuation of the Public Health East County Environmental Justice Action
Collaborative Project, for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
FISCAL.IMPACT:
Approval of this grant award will result in funding in an amount not to exceed $41,892 from Center for
Human Development through the San Francisco Foundation, for the East County Environmental Justice
Action Collaborative Project. No County funds required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
Located along Contra Costa County's industrial corridor and dissected by Highway 4, the low income,
ethnically diverse Bay Point/Pittsburg community is exposed to a variety of toxic pollutants that potentially
impact residents' health. The East County Environmental Justice Action Collaborative Project builds on
current efforts to establish an Environmental Justice Collaborative that will work to increase the ability of
residents, Community Based Organizations and businesses to identify local environmental hazards and
develop solutions to protect the community's health. The goal of the project is to continue establishing an
effective collaborative, including resident leaders, that will educate the broader community about local
environmental hazards and develop and implement action plans to address community-identified toxic
hazards, through June 30, 2009.
Three sealed/certified copies of this Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUREC/ J �•'CQiI
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATU E(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON t �QD'LDM L'24�/ %23�f+V6 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT N(Jhf ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SU�P((EI1RVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. 313-6712 ATTESTED C1201tN? 2Ceff
DAVID A, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC: Health Services Department (Contracts) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Center for Human Development
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