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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with Bay Area Community Resources, on behalf of the California Climate Action Corps program, for the placement of a California Climate Action Fellow (Fellow) in the Office of Sustainability and Development Services Department, at no cost to the City of Long Beach, for the period of November 2021 to December 2022. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into an agreement with the Local Government Commission (LGC), for placement of a Fellow to provide support to the Office of Sustainability in their community outreach and education activities and Development Services in their Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) implementation efforts, through the California Climate Action Corps program.
The California Climate Action Corps program is funded by California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, and operated by Bay Area Community Resources (BACR). BACR has contracted with AmeriCorps (formerly Corporation for National and Community Service - CNCS) through California Volunteers to implement the California Climate Action Corps. BACR recruits, hires, and supervises emerging professionals who in turn provide capacity building services to government agencies, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and colleges or universities in California. In collaboration with BACR, the Office of Sustainability has identified potential placement for a Fellow for an 11-month period beginning November 2021. The California Climate Action fellow will assist the Office of Sustainability with community outreach and education activities and Development Services with implementation of the CAAP.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on September 15, 2021 and by Budget Management Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on September 16, 2021.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on October...
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