REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 11, 2020
FROM: MAYOR LEE BRAND
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
WILMA QUAN, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: TIM A. ORMAN, Chief of Staff to the Mayor
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Action pertaining to COVID-19 response and the Mobile HeaL Project:
1. Adopt a finding that approval of this grant agreement is covered by the common sense exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(c)(3) on the basis that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it may have a significant effect on the environment.
2. Authorize the City Manager to develop and sign a grant agreement with UCSF Fresno for a $5 million Mobile HeaL Project
3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 57th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2019-133 appropriating $5 million from the City's Coronavirus Relief Fund to fund the Mobile HeaL Project. (Requires 5 Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The Mayor and City Manager recommend the Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with UCSF Fresno to conduct health screen and mobile testing related to COVID-19 in underserved areas of the community and to approve the 57th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2019-133 to fund the project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
COVID-19 is responsible for a worldwide pandemic with devastating impacts for communities across the globe. In the City of Fresno, underserved and vulnerable populations have been particularly impacted by COVID-19. The Mayor along with the Mayor-elect and the City Manager have met with Dr. Michael Peterson of UCSF Fresno to discuss the local impacts of COVID-19 and potential responses. The fruit of the City's discussions with UCSF is the attached UCSF Fresno Mobile HeaL Grant Proposal for COVID-19 related health screening and mobile testing in the form of the Mobile HeaL Project.
The Mobile HeaL Project is the ...
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