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Consider recommendations regarding Extensions of Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Enhancing Detection and ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion Funding Allocations, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Public Health Department Director to accept and receive a two-year extension for the funding period of ELC Enhancing Detection allocation by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act HR 266 for a revised end date of July 31, 2026 without a change in the funding amount of $6,112,535.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Public Health Department Director to accept and receive a two-year extension for the funding period of the ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion allocation by the CDPH from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, P.L. 116-260 for a revised end date of July 31, 2026 without a change in the funding amount of $19,162,899.00; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions are not a “Project” with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are a government fiscal activity which will not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.