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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator COSta
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DATE: December 15, 1992
SUBJECT: 1993 Innovations in State and Local Government Award Application
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONMENDATION
AUTHORIZE the County Administrator to submit applications for the
1993 Innovations in State and Local .Government award.
BACKGROUND:
The Innovations in State and Local Government Awards Program
recognizes and rewards public-sector programs and policy
initiatives which are extraordinarily innovative in addressing
pressing public needs. Ten award-winning programs receive
widespread public recognition and Ford Foundation grants of
$100,000 , and another fifteen finalists receive $20,000 grants.
Now in it seventh year, the Innovations Program is funded by the
Ford Foundation and administered by Harvard University.
We are recommending that the County Administrator be authorized to
submit appropriate applications for this award. The application
deadline is 5: 00 p.m. , Wednesday, January 6, 1993 .
Seventy-five applicants will be selected as semifinalists in mid-
March 1993 and invited to complete a more extensive application.
At that time, each semifinalist will be required to secure a letter
of endorsement by the chief elected official of its jurisdiction.
Should we be successful in becoming a semifinalist, we will be
returning to the Board for endorsement of the selected program.
From this pool, a group of finalists will be chosen. . Finalists
will be site-visited during the spring. In the summer of 1993 , the
winners will be chosen and .awards presented in the fall.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON n r c APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
T UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Dean Lucas 646-4077 DEC 15 1992
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382 (10/88) BY - ��� DEPUTY
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Through the Board' s direction, the County has for years been a
leader in program innovation. We are requesting authorization to
participate in this awards program to bring recognition to our
programs and enhance the opportunity for their replication where
needed, locally and nationwide.