HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08042009 - C.42RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D.), to execute, on behalf of the County, Grant Award Amendment #28-787-2 from
Center for Human Development, to increase the amount payable to the County by $3,000, to
a new total not to exceed $45,000, for the continuation of the Public Health East County
Environmental Justice Action Collaborative Project, and to extend the term from June 30,
2009 through August 31, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will increase payment to the County by $3,000 for a total not
to exceed $45,000 from Center for Human Development through the San Francisco
Foundation, for the East County Environmental Justice Action Collaborative Project. No
County funds required.
BACKGROUND:
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
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Action of Board On: 08/04/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D.
(313-6712)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 4, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Jacqueline Pigg, Barbara Borbon
C.42
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:August 4, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award (Amendment) #28 787-2 with Center for Human Development
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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. On September 23, 2008, the
Board of Supervisors approved Grant Award #28-787-1 with Center for Human
Development for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Approval of Grant Award Amendment #28-787-2 will provide additional funding for the
continuation of the East County Environmental Justice Action Collaborative Project,
through August 31, 2009.
Three sealed/certified copies of this Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and
Grants Unit.