DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Amendments to Agreements with California State University, Fresno Foundation and Public Health Institute
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment II to Agreement No. 15-323 with California State University, Fresno Foundation to reduce the term of the existing Agreement for program evaluation services by one year to September 29, 2017 and decrease the maximum by $273,967 to $258,621.
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment I to Agreement No. 15-548 with Public Health Institute to reduce the term for public health community engagement services by one year and two months to July 31, 2017 and decrease the maximum by $1,635,863 to $1,670,684.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will amend agreements with California State University, Fresno Foundation (CSUF Foundation) and Public Health Institute (PHI) to adjust for funding decreases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) grant program. The CDC significantly reduced the County's Federal FY 16-17 funding and will no longer allow the option to extend the project period term using prior year unspent funds. Additionally, the recommended retroactive PHI amendment corrects a prior year's overstatement.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, the Department may be required to compensate the CSUF Foundation and PHI more than the County would be able to recover from the CDC PICH grant.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended Amendment I to PHI's agreement is retroactive to November 1, 2015, to correct an overstatement in maximum compensation in Year One.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase to Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The proposed ame...
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