TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: November 17, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Carmel Angelo
PHONE:
463-4411
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Darcie Antle
PHONE:
463-4411
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Agreement with Community Foundation of Mendocino County in the Amount of $115,000 for Covid-19 Relief Services, Term starting October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve retroactive agreement with Community Foundation of Mendocino County in the amount of $115,000 for Covid-19 Relief Services, term starting October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On May 5, 2020, the Board approved an agreement with the Community Foundation of Mendocino County to deploy funds to local agencies in order to provide food, water, and personal hygiene products during the Covid-19 pandemic to seniors and medically vulnerable members of our community, effective from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
For the duration of the previous contract with the Community Foundation of Mendocino County, they were able to award grants to 11 organizations throughout Mendocino County. As a result of this, these organizations were able to serve 76,000 meals and provide 686 food boxes to seniors and individuals with underlying health conditions or in quarantine.
Community Foundation is uniquely positioned within the County and is therefore able to quickly distribute funding in the form of grants to local agencies. The proposed agreement supports the Community Foundation of Mendocino County's continued efforts to redistribute these funds so that local agencies can continue to provide food and hygiene items to seniors and medically vulnerable residents of Mendocino County during this ongoing pandemic.
This contract is retroactive to exp...
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