To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Project Trellis: Updated Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee Bylaws and Resolution amending Resolution 19-45, as previously amended by 20-33, Establishing the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the revised Bylaws for the Project Trellis Committee, formerly the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee; and
2. Adopt the attached Resolution amending Resolution 19-45, as previously amended by Resolution 20-33.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
1120-275 Economic Development
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 and, on May 28, 2019, your Board adopted Resolution 19-45 forming the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee (to be known going forward as the County of Humboldt Project Trellis Committee, hereinafter referred to as Committee).
On April 28, 2020 your Board adopted Resolution 20-33 amending Resolution 19-45, which modified the Committees purpose to "rank, review, and score" applications, and directed staff to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for its final approval based on the Committee's ranking and review of the applications.
Since the passing of Resolution 20-33 the first round of Cannabis Business Micro-grants applications have gone through the process of review, scoring, ranking and recommendation to the Board, and the awardees are currently in the process of completing their projects and receiving their funds.
Additionally, after staff worked with the Committee to review the initial Cannabis Business Micro-Grant program to refine the process and improve upon the administration, review, scoring and ranking ...
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