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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: February 14, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Agreement #28-583 with the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Wendel Brunner, M.D. ) , to execute on behalf of the County, Agreement
#28-583 with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, for the
period from December 1, 1995 through November 30, 1997, in the amount
of $121, 206, for the Nonpolluting Commute Project.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in $121, 206 from the Bay Area
Air Quality Management District, for the County's Nonpolluting Commute
Project. No County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR-RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Under the Nonpolluting Commute Project, the Department' s Prevention
Program staff will assist interested businesses in Contra Costa County
with the implementation of employer-based single occupant motor
vehicle trip reduction programs through the promotion of safe bicycle
commuting. This project will benefit the County by decreasing
automobile commuting, which will decrease traffic congestion, improve
air quality and reduce commute-related stress.
The project will involve participation of the County's Departments of
Public Works and Community Development to ensure non-duplication of
County services. Other community partners will include East Bay
Regional Parks District, Bay Area Bicycle Dealers Association,
American Lung Association, East Bay Bicycle Coalition, Valley
Spokesmen Bicycle Touring Club, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, and Safe
Roads/Safe Families Coalition.
Three sealed and certified copies of this Board Order should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 27, 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712)
Cc: Health Services Dept (Contracts) ATTESTED February 27, 1996
Bay Area Air Quality Mgmt District Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
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