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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Notice of Funding Availability for a Farmworker Resource Center Grant, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Approve and authorize the Public Health Department (PHD) Director to apply for a grant award for a County Farmworker Resource Center through the State Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) and to complete any required documentation or make any required certifications in application of the grant. If awarded the grant will be for the period of February 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024 in the amount of $833,000.00 not including the local match;
b) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer as the county administrative officer to submit a Commitment Letter and supporting documentation to the CSD for the County Farmworker Resource Center grant in the amount of County’s matching fund requirement of 25% ($208,250.00) as part of the application package;
c) If awarded, direct the County Executive Office and PHD to establish the required budget appropriations in the amount of $208,250.00 from local general fund dollars or other federal funding available for the required local match funding to support the Farmworker Resource Center during the grant period; and
d) Determine that the 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)(5), since the recommended actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE