HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-07-14 - AGENDA REPORTS - LACO DEPT OF HEALTH SERV (2)AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approva
Item to be presented by: Adele 'Macphson
DATE: July 14, 1998
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES TOBACCO CONTROL SERVICES GRANT
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the contracts .
accepting the $225,056 grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Health
Services.
2. Establish estimated revenues in the Miscellaneous Grants Fund account #453-5054.
3. Appropriate $1,500 to account #7444-7302; $500 to account #7444-7306; $500 to account
#7444-7307; $200 to account #7444-7309; $4,000 to account #7444-7312; $5,000 to
account #7444-7320; and $213,356 to account #7444-8001.
4. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any agreements or change orders
arising out of the Santa Clarita Tobacco Prevention Program.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita has been approved to receive one year of grant funding from
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services for a Tobacco Control Services
Program. Funding will be used to continue a community outreach and education program
developed in 1997 with similar grant funding. The goals of the program, entitled "Santa
Clarita Tobacco Prevention Program," are to:
Provide business owners with skills and information to comply with tobacco control laws
that reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
Provide information to the community, especially youth, regarding the risks of
environmental tobacco smoke.
Work toward. policy change, reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. City
staff is working in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, American Heart
Association, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, and William S. Hart Union
School District to implement programs and activities to meet the grant objectives.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The anticipated costs of this program are estimated to be $225,056, to be offset completely
by grant revenue. There is no City match required.
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