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C.53

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	April 7, 2009

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Approve Grant Agreement #28-802 with the California Endowment

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/07/2009

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Wendel Brunner, M.D. 313-6712
cc:	Jacqueline Pigg Barbara Borbon Faye Ng

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 7, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), to execute on behalf of the County, Grant Agreement #28-802 (#20081236) with the California Endowment, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $380,961, for the Building Healthy Communities Project (BHCP) , for the period from September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2010, including agreeing to indemnify and hold the State harmless for any claims arising out of County’s performance of this agreement.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This agreement will result in an amount not to exceed $380,961 from the California Endowment for the Health Services Department Wellness and Prevention Program, Building Healthy Communities Project. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The BHCP will be administered by Contra Costa Health Services, Community and Wellness Injury Prevention and Asthma Programs in collaboration with Public Works and the Department of Conservation and Development, to ensure that health is incorporated into selected planning and transportation projects in the unincorporated communities of the County. The goal of the BHCP is to increase Contra Costa’s Health Services’ (CCHS) capacity to reduce health disparities associated with qualities of the built environment in the cities of Richmond and Concord in Contra Costa County, including Richmond and San Pablo in West County, the Monument Corridor in Central County, Pittsburg, and Antioch and Bay Point in East County. In these areas there are high concentrations of African American, Latino, and low-income residents, who are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, and stroke and to suffer from injuries, diabetes, obesity and asthma, compared to other Contra Costa County residents.

Three certified and sealed copies of this Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and Grants