DATE: February 22, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Submittal and Acceptance of competitive grant award from the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Director of Public Health's previous submittal of the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program proposal and application to the California Resilience Challenge;
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute grant award Agreement with the California Resilience Challenge for the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program in support of the Fresno Understands Environmental Resilience Through Equity (FUERTE) Project beginning April 1, 2022 thru March 31, 2024, total to not exceed $176,938;
3. Approve and authorize the Director of Public Health or his designee to execute any and all notices, certificates, applications, reports, spending plans, work plans, amendments, extensions, and other documentation as may be required to carry out the grant except those that alter fiscal or material change terms of the Grant which are subject to approval by both the County Counsel's Office and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office;
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the first recommended action approves the previous submittal of the 2021 California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program application as it was received December 1, 2021 with a deadline of December 15, 2021. The Department submitted the application subject to your Board's approval. Approval of the second and third recommended actions would provide a total of $176,938 to support collaborative efforts between the Department and the community to inform and develop a plan to identify, and build local resilience, to health impacts from extreme heat, drought and wildfires. The Department is calling...
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