To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Project Trellis Actions Concerning Board Liaison, Emergency Grants and Equity Grant Funding
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and approve the revised Bylaws and adopt the attached resolution amending Resolution 21-05 adding a Board liaison to the Project Trellis Committee;
2. Approve the slate of emergency micro-grant awards and authorize the County Administrative Officer, or designee, to sign the emergency micro- grant agreements when completed, after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the State of California Cannabis Equity Act Grant Funding and authorize the County Administrative Officer to execute the grant agreement and any subsequent amendments with the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development for cannabis equity grant funding.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Economic Development (1120)
Measure S, General Fund (1100)
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
DISCUSSION:
On March 12, 2019, the Board adopted a framework for Project Trellis, the County of Humboldt's
Cannabis Micro-grant, Marketing, and Local Equity Program.
On May 28, 2019, the Board adopted Resolution 19-45 (Attachment 5) forming the Project Trellis Committee, formerly Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee (Committee). Subsequent to formation of the Project Trellis program and its committee, your Board adopted Resolution 20-33 on April 28, 2020 (Attachment 6), Resolution 21-06 on Jan. 12, 2021(Attachment 7), and Resolution 21-05 on Jan. 7, 2022 (Attachment 8), amending Resolution 19-45 which modified the duties and purview of the Committee.
Project Trellis Committee Liaison
On Oct. 6, 2021, the Committee met in open session to discuss and act on several agenda items. During that meeting the Committee voted (4...
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