To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Project Trellis Committee Recommendations for the Grant Fund Awards in the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Grant Round
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the slate of Cannabis Business Micro-Grant Awards recommended for approval by the Project Trellis Committee and staff (Attachment 1 - Attachment 16); and
2. Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or designee, 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 421
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 28, 2019, your Board adopted Resolution 19-45 forming the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as Committee).
On Jan. 12, 2021, your Board adopted Resolution 21-06 which amended Resolution 19-45, as amended by Resolution 20-33, establishing the Project Trellis Committee, previously known as the Humboldt County Cannabis Micro-Grant & Loan Advisory Committee, which modified the Committee's purpose to "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 roun...
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