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FROM: Finance Committee
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DATE: April 9, 1984 County
SUBJECT: Use of Interest Proceeds from the Sale
of the Family Stress Center
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1 . Authorize the County Administrator and County Welfare Director to negotiate
a contract with the Family Stress Center which will provide a lawful mechanism
for transferring not more than $3000 .a month for not more than the months of
May, June, July, and August, 1984 from the interest earned on the investment
of the proceeds from the sale of 1600 Galindo Street, Concord, to the Family
Stress Center in any one of those months in which the Family Stress Center
establishes to the satisfaction of the Auditor-Controller that the Family
Stress Center has operated, or is about to operate, at a deficit for the month,
or months, in question. Such contract is to be reviewed and approved by the
County Counsel and Auditor-Controller and returned to the Board for further
consideration.
2. Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On April 3, 1984, the Board referred to our Committee the recommendation of the County
Administrator that the Board deny the request of the Family Stress Center to utilize
the interest earned on the sale of the Galindo Street property to offset the Center's
operating deficits. The County Administrator's recommendation was based on a
position taken by the Board on May 17, 1983 in approving a recommendation from the
Finance Committee that the interest earned by investment of the proceeds of the sale
of the Galindo Street property be used to provide for interim leased office space
for the Family Stress Center, with the understanding that such funds may provide
for co-located office space for several private, nonprofit community agencies which
are receiving funds from the County.
The Family Stress Center is currently located in a vacant school owned by the Mt.
Diablo Unified School District. The interest from the proceeds of the sale of the
Galindo Street property is not required at this time to pay rental costs for this
interim space because the Concord Redevelopment Agency has agreed to cover the rental
costs for one year until September 1 , 1984. The Family Stress Center has thus far
been able to balance their budget, but are concerned that at some time over the
next four months they may be unable to balance their month-to-month operating budget
and would, therefore, like to be able to use the interest earnings in lieu of using
it for rental space.
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ACTION OF BOARLf ON April I W 1()A4 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: 1, 3, 4 NOES: 5 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: 2 ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator 0(. , ra
CC: County Welfare Director ATTESTED 0
County Auditor J.R. OkSSON. COUNTY CLERK
President, Bd/Di rectors, Family AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
Stress Center
County Counsel
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Our Committee met with:-the Executive Director of the Family Stress Center and
two members of his Board of Directors on April 9, 1984. We have reviewed the
County's involvement in the establishment of the Family Stress Center and the
valuable work currently being done by the Center in preventing child abuse and
assisting parents in learning how better to care for their children. The Family
Stress Center operates the only such program in the County and is clearly an
invaluable asset, particularly with the heightened -awareness of the extent of
child abuse in this area.
Since the need for the funds will be limited to $3000 a month and would be limited
to the remaining four months during which the. Concord Redevelopment Agency is
paying for the rent on the school site, and in order to ensure that these valuable
child abuse prevention services are continued, it is our recommendation that we
concur with the request of the Family Stress Center within the limitations noted
in the above recommendation.
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