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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator _ k County
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DATE: November 27, 1995
SUBJECT: Contract amendment with Regents of the University of California
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(SI:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract
amendment to increase the contract amount by $68,000 for provision of additional services related
to child abuse prevention and family mentoring activities for the North Richmond Municipal Advisory
Council in the North Richmond Community. This extends the contract through December 31, 1996.
FISCAL IMPACT
Total dollar amount of contract will be increased to $135,000. No impact to County General Fund.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Not approving this contract will cause projects which are to be implemented within the next few
months to either be postponed or canceled. This will cause further hardship to residents of a
community in which services are insufficient to meet identified needs.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COM
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APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON I;J- I- - 19 2.<- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: John Gregory(6464089)
ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
cc: CAO
Auditor-Controller
North Richmond MAC BY DEPUTY
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
Staff of the County Administrator's Office have been actively soliciting a partnership of several
organizations which include the University of California, State of California Office of Child Abuse
Prevention, Van Loben Sels Charitable trust and the Zellerbach Family Fund. The goals of this
partnership are to help create a North Richmond Community which:
• provides an environment that supports and strengthens families.
• provides children and youth productive and fun opportunities, engaging their interests
and energy, and reducing their exposure to violence and substance abuse.
• establishes a safe environment in which residents can help each other and work in
collaboration with Contra Costa County to improve services to the community.
In August 1994, the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the California Department of Social Services
provided an initial grant allocation of$67,000. This was done to support a.unique public agency -
private foundation partnership working on issues designed to better empower communities to viably
participate in decision-making and ownership of products in the community.
The action to be taken is necessary given State funding policy, that awards of monies under this
category cannot be direct, given the relationship of the Municipal Advisory Council as an advisory
extension of the Board of Supervisors. This arrangement allows an appropriate conduit for
transactions to supply support to identified projects in the community.
Given the funding participation from the state office, the North Richmond community has begun to
bring together a strategy of assistance to promote community involvement that strengthens family life
and helps create a safer community. This contract also provides funds to leverage other sources of
funding from public agencies, private foundations and private companies to provide viable program
opportunities in North Richmond for social change in a more positive manner.
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