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C. 69

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	June 11, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Department of Conservation and Development, Keller Canyon Mitigation Trust Fund Grant Funding

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/11/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres 608-4960

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: June 11, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept a grant in an amount not to exceed $25,000 from the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development to provide outreach, advising, and training to current and aspiring business owners for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive an amount not to exceed $ $25,000 from the Keller Canyon/Mitigation Trust Fund through the Department of Conservation and Development.

BACKGROUND:

Funding will provide outreach, advising, and training services from the Workforce Development Board, Small Business Development Center (SBDC), to low-to-middle income current or aspiring business owners. Beyond the low-to-middle income population, SBDC will seek to serve underserved target areas of the county including Pittsburg, Bay Point, and Antioch, including individuals with barriers to employment. Those barriers may include the recently incarcerated, military veterans, and the disabled. The goal is to encourage and assist those business owners to develop assets and build equity thus making it likely that they and their families will be economically self sufficient.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without funding, expanded small business development advising and training would not be available to Pittsburg, Antioch, and Bay Point residents.