TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and any subsequent amendments between the City of Long Beach and British Petroleum West Coast Products, LLC (BP) in the amount of $325,000 for the Community Asthma and Air Quality Resource Education Program to address conditions caused or exacerbated by both indoor and outdoor air pollution throughout Long Beach, with a primary focus on West Long Beach. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
British Petroleum West Coast Products (BP) has awarded the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) $325,000 to continue the Community Asthma and Air Quality Resource Education (CAARE) Program for the period of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.
The goal of the CAARE Program is to assist West Long Beach residents in the reduction and/or elimination of housing-based hazards that may contribute to asthma, allergies, or respiratory illnesses.
This funding enables the CAARE Program to be the sole provider of an in-home intensive asthma case management program, not just for adults, but also for seniors with asthma in Long Beach. For the last several years, the CAARE Program has focused on improving the health and well-being of adults with asthma and assist communities of the BP Settlement area to reduce and/or eliminate indoor and outdoor air pollutants that may contribute to asthma, allergies and other respiratory illnesses. This funding will assist the CAARE Program to expand its asthma related services to seniors and create an opportunity to improve on program areas that may need modifications, and ensure that there is continuity of operations for adults and seniors with asthma who are currently underserved.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Trang on July 20, 2012 and by Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on July 26, 2012.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
Council action on this matter is not time critical.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive grant revenues of $325,000 to offset expenditures of the same amount. Sufficient funds are currently budgeted in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE). There is no City match of funds required, no impact to the General Fund and no local job impact associated with this
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
RONALD R. ARIAS
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER