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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DATE: April 19, 2011
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: GREG LARSON, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO ACCEPT COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOBACCO PREVENTION
INITIATIVES GRANT FUNDS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $39,012.72.
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the Town Manager to accept County of Santa Clara Public Health Department
Tobacco Prevention Initiatives grant funds in the total amount of $39,012.72.
BACKGROUND
In March 2010, the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department (PHD) was awarded a $6.9
million, two -year grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC)
Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, funded through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The CPPW grant addresses policy, systems, and
enviromnental change to decrease smoking prevalence, prevent youth access to tobacco
products, and decrease exposure to secondhand smoke. At its October 18, 2010 meeting,
Council authorized the Town Manager to apply for these grant funds. Subsequently, the Town
applied for, and was awarded, a grant in the amount of $18,362.
In March 2011, the PHD released a second wave of funding, for which the Town has submitted a
letter of intent and is anticipated to be awarded an additional $20,650.72. This second funding
amolmt may be provided as an amendment to the first grant agreement, which has not yet been
executed.
DISCUSSION
The Tobacco Prevention Initiative grant fiords may not be utilized by the Town until they are
accepted. Staff recommends that Council authorize the acceptance of these funds and the
related budget adjustments. As the total amount of the funds anticipated is less than the Town
Manager's maximum signatory authority, he may then execute the grant agreement.
PREPARED BY : Regina A. F
Community Ser Director
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Reviewed by: VS3Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney
Clerk Administrator AP z Finance mmunity Development
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MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
SUBJECT: TOBACCO PREVENTION INITIATIVES FUNDS
April 19, 2011
Anticipated uses of the funds include the following:
• Develop and implement tobacco -free /smoke -free policies in public areas.
• Conduct an evaluation of current enforcement efforts around tobacco use and tobacco
prevention and develop and implement a plan for enforcement of newly adopted tobacco
policies.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive youth education program around tobacco use
and tobacco prevention, which will result in the implementation of two. to three projects
to reduce smoking among adolescents, and build support for Town -wide policy
initiatives.
• Strengthen current smoke -free workplace protection policies by proposing policy that
addresses exemptions in the current smoke -free policy.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The recommended action is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required.
FISCAL IMPACT
If is anticipated that the Town will be awarded a total of $39,012.72 in Tobacco Prevention
Initiatives grant funding. Once acceptance of these funds is authorized by Council, revenue and
expenditure budget accounts will be incorporated into the Proposed FY 2011/12 Operating
Budget.
Distribution:
Kathy Yu, County of Santa Clara Public Health Department (via email:
katherine.yu @phd. sccgov. org)