REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
PHIL SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: BRANDON SISK, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to mobile medical clinic operations funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19:
1. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting and approving submission of Substantial Amendment 2019-08 to the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reprogram $1,342,600 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and authorizing the City Manager or their designee to sign all necessary implementing documents. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
2. Approve an agreement between the City of Fresno and the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno (UCSF, Fresno) in the amount of $1,342,600 in CDBG-CV funds to operate a mobile medical clinic.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council approve a resolution adopting Substantial Amendment 2019-08 to allow the City to fund the operation of a mobile medical clinic to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. Staff also recommends the City Council enter into an agreement with UCSF, Fresno in the amount of $1,342,600 in CDBG-CV funds to operate a mobile medical clinic to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of Substantial Amendment 2019-08 is to expand the description of the medical clinic activity developed under Substantial Amendment 2019-06 to allow for mobile operations. Following a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) process, staff has determined UCSF, Fresno to have the strongest proposal for mobile medical clinic operations. Staff is requesting Council approval to e...
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