DATE: November 7, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds - Subrecipient Agreement with Fresno City & County Historical Society
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Subrecipient Agreement for American Rescue Plan Act - State Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF) with the Fresno City & County Historical Society (Subrecipient) in the amount of $514,725, to help fund needed facility repairs and improvements to the learning spaces at the Kearney Mansion Museum & Gallery so that Subrecipient may safely reinstate in-person academic programs that benefit students, history researchers, and Kearney Park visitors, which is responsive to the negative social and economic impacts exacerbated by pandemic due to the required closures to indoor activities to contain the spread of COVID-19; and
2. Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or designee to approve and execute written changes to line items in the project budget, which, when added together during the term of the Agreement do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total maximum compensation payable to Subrecipient, and which do not result in any change to the maximum compensation amount payable to Subrecipient.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will approve an agreement and allocate $514,725 to the Subrecipient to fund repairs, restore exterior surfaces and interior spaces, and make improvements to the learning spaces in the Kearney Mansion Museum & Gallery. Under the recommended agreement, the Subrecipient will improve the Servants' Quarters, the Carriage House, the Icehouse, and the Archive rooms so that it may safely reinstate in-person academic programs that benefit students from kindergarten through twelfth grade from local area school districts, history researchers, and Kearney Park visitors, which will be responsive to the negative social impacts exacerbated...
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