County of Fresno - File #: 23-0409

• File #: 23-0409
• On agenda: 7/18/2023
• Final action: 7/18/2023
• Recommended Action(s): 1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Department of Public Works and Planning's previous submittal of a grant application for Tranquillity Complete Streets project to the United States Department of Agriculture. 2. Retroactively authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning's ("Director's") signing of the Community Facilities Grant Certification, and notification to the State and Local Clearinghouses, both of which are part of the grant application listed in recommended action 1. 3. Authorize the Director, subject to review and approval as to legal form by County Counsel and as to accounting form by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, to approve and execute the grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture and any amendments thereto, as well as notify the State and Local Clearinghouses in connection with the construction of Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Allocation for the Tranquillity Complete Streets project. ($1,000,000...

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2023	Board of Supervisors	Consent Agenda be approved	Pass

DATE: July 18, 2023

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning

SUBJECT: Tranquillity Complete Streets Grant Application and Agreement with United States Department of Agriculture

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Department of Public Works and Planning's previous submittal of a grant application for Tranquillity Complete Streets project to the United States Department of Agriculture.

2. Retroactively authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning's ("Director's") signing of the Community Facilities Grant Certification, and notification to the State and Local Clearinghouses, both of which are part of the grant application listed in recommended action 1.

3. Authorize the Director, subject to review and approval as to legal form by County Counsel and as to accounting form by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, to approve and execute the grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture and any amendments thereto, as well as notify the State and Local Clearinghouses in connection with the construction of Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Allocation for the Tranquillity Complete Streets project. ($1,000,000).
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will authorize the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department)'s previous submittal of a grant application for the Tranquillity Complete Streets project to the U.S. Congress, which subsequently assigned the grant application to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Approval of the second recommended action would retroactively authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning ("Director") having signed, as a part of submission of the grant application for recommended action 1, the Community Facilities Grant Certification and notifying the State and Local Clearinghouses. Approval of the third recommended action would a...