HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01132015 - C.20RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Grant
Award #28-869 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity, a government agency, to
pay the County an amount not to exceed $9,400, for the Public Health CalBRACE Climate Change Project, for the
period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Grant Award will result in an amount not to exceed $9,400 from the California Department of Public
Health, Office of Health Equity for the CalBRACE Climate Change Project. No County funds required.
BACKGROUND:
The CalBRACE funding will support the work of the Public Health Climate Change Working Committee by
focusing on identifying vulnerabilities to climate change in the County, and providing program linkages to leverage
existing programs to improve climate change resilience
APPROVE OTHER
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ADMINISTRATOR
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Action of Board On: 01/13/2015 APPROVED AS
RECOMMENDED
OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, 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: January 13, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: J Pigg , C Rucker
C. 20
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 13, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28-869 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
for County residents. The goal of this Project will be to conduct and complete a heat vulnerability study related to
health risk and disseminate findings.
Approval of Grant Award #28-869 will support the Public Health CalBRACE Climate Change Project through June
30, 2015.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Award is not approved, the County’s Public Health Division will not receive funding to support the
CalBRACE Climate Change Project.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.