To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Project Trellis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee Staff Recommendations for the 2019-20 Grant Fund Awards for the December 16, 2019 Grant Round
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the slate of Grant Fund Competitive Awards recommended for approval by the Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee Staff (Attachment 1 - Attachment 14); and
2. Authorize the County Administrative Officer to sign the grant agreements when completed, after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Fund 1120, Budget Unit 275 Economic Development, Trellis Micro-Grant Fund 3996
DISCUSSION:
Background
On March 12, 2019 your Board adopted a framework for Project Trellis, the County of Humboldt's Cannabis Micro-grant, Marketing, and Local Equity Program. Your Board further directed staff to return with a suggested framework for reviewing, ranking and scoring micro-grant applications. Staff returned with a recommendation for establishing a grant committee and, on May 28th, 2019, your Board adopted Resolution 19-45 forming the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as Committee).
On April 28, 2020 your Board adopted the resolution which amended Resolution 19-45 establishing the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee, that modified the Committee's purpose to "rank, review, and score" applications, and directs staff to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for final approval based on the Committee's ranking and review of the applications.
Your Board previously approved a budget allocating no less than 10 percent of all local cannabis excise tax revenue to be used for Project Trellis. The amount allocated to Project Trellis for the competitive grant round totaled $180,225. The Committee set a grant appl...
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