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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 13, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Submission of Grant Application #78-007 to the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2022

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:	Jocelyn Stortz, 925-608-5500
cc:	L Walker M Wilhelm

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: September 13, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee (Director of Environmental Health), to submit Grant Application #78-007 due by September 30, 2022 to the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $60,000, for the Environmental Health Fish and Shellfish Advisory Signage Grant Program for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this application will result in an amount of up to $60,000 from the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

Through an appropriation to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), the Budget Act of 2020 (SB 74) provided $430,000 to assist local agencies in conspicuously posting health warnings, consistent with site-specific advisories, in areas where contaminated fish or shellfish may be caught, including piers, jetties, lakes, reservoirs, and other areas where recreational or subsistence fishing is known to occur. Fish advisories are guidelines that recommend how often you can safely eat fish caught from waterbodies in California. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code 116090.7, which was enacted by AB 762 of 2019, Local Health Officers are required to post fish advisories that have been issued by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) for approximately 131 site-specific waterbodies in California upon appropriation of state funds. Prior to the enactment of this requirement and the appropriation of these funds, local agencies were only urged to post these warnings, resulting in sites with no or inadequate warnings of fish contamination.

Approval of Application #78-007 will allow the County to apply for funds by September 30, 2022 for the Environmental Health Fish and Shellfish Advisory Signage Grant Program through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this grant application submission is not approved, the County will not be eligible to receive funds to post fish advisories to protect public health and safety.