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Consider recommendations regarding providing access and transforming health Capacity and Infrastructure Transition, Expansion, and Development (CITED) grant funds, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Public Health Department Director to execute the Agreement with Cottage Health (CH), a California not-for-profit public hospital system, to accept and receive reimbursement funding from CH for Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) CITED Round 3 Initiative grant activities for the project period of September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2026, in the amount of $1,294,245.96;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010177 in the amount of $431,400.00 to establish appropriations for unanticipated revenue through an agreement with CH;
c) Adopt a Resolution amending the Salary Resolution to allocate six (6) legal positions to the Public Health Department, effective December 9, 2024; and
d) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and is exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.