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AGENDA
WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
January 17, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Administration Building - Board Room
220 N. Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
http://www.ewashtenaw.org
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I.
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Roll Call
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Citizen Participation
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III.
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Commissioner Follow-up to Citizen Participation
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IV.
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New Business
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A.
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Land Use and Environment Community of Interest
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1. Planning and Environment
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a. Identify Washtenaw
Program
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· Ratifying the Administrator’s
signature on the application
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- To the State of Michigan Historic Preservation Grant
Program
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- For the period of 7/1/07 to 7/31/08
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- To promote and to protect Washtenaw County’s historic
resources by developing a public and a high school education initiative
to emphasize the need for proper stewardship of recognized historic
resources.
- This initiative will identify historic resources; discuss how
and why we preserve them, and how this preservation relates to everyday
life.
- The following partners will promote this initiative locally
and regionally: Certified Local Governments of Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and
Saline; the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau; and the area
schools and local stakeholders/partners
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· For a total program of $41,832
-Federal Revenue: $0
-State Revenue: $25,000
-Match: $16,832 (In-kind)
-Indirect Costs: $0
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- Upon receipt of the award:
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the Notice of Grant Award
-Amending the budget
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the delegate contracts
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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b. Purchase of Development Rights
Application
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- Ratifying the Administrator’s signature on the
application
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- To the combined Michigan Agricultural Preservation
Fund/Federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
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- To preserve farmland by purchasing agricultural conservation
easements through local Purchase of Development rights.
- There is approximately $750,000 - $1,000,000 in grant funds
available to the entire State of Michigan; however the Washtenaw County
Agricultural Lands Preservation Advisory Committee approved applications
requesting far more in recognition that, due to development pressures,
there are many more high priority properties than funds
available.
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- For a total program of $4,524,000
-Federal
Revenue:
$0
-State Revenue:
$4,524,000
-Match:
$1,131,000 (In-kind from property owners)
$35,000 (maximum County contribution)
-Indirect Costs: $0
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- Upon receipt of the award:
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the Notice of Grant
Award
-Amending the budget
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the delegate contracts
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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2. Employment Training and Community Services
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a. 2007 Jobs, Education, and
Training Plan
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- Ratifying the Chair of the Board’s signature on the
application
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- To the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic
Growth
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- For the period of 10/1/06 to 9/30/07
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- To help welfare recipients and other at-risk workers stay
employed, gain skills and advance rather than emphasizing initial
placement.
- This is a shift in the State of Michigan’s Work First Program
to allow clients to remain eligible for assistance programs while
obtaining needed training, education or treatment rather than forcing
them to find a job immediately to remain qualified.
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- For a total program of $74,758
-Federal Revenue: $0
-State Revenue: $74,758
-County Match: $0
-Indirect Costs: $0
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- Upon receipt of the award:
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the Notice of Grant
Award
-Amending the budget
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the delegate
contracts
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RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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b. Annual 2007 MPSC
Weatherization Assistance Program
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- Ratifying the Administrator’s signature on the
application
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- To the Michigan Department of Human Services
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- For the period of 1/1/07 to 8/31/07
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- To provide home weatherization services to 50 eligible
residents
- To conduct three energy education classes for approximately
100 eligible Washtenaw County residents.
- For attending an energy education class customers receive a
$100 voucher toward their utility bill, an energy education kit which
includes a compact fluorescent light bulb, a water saving shower head,
temperature gauges and other items.
- Eligible residents must have an income at or below two hundred
percent of the federal poverty level.
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- For a total program of $191,716
-Federal Revenue: $0
-State Revenue: $191,716
-Match: $0
-Indirect Costs: $0
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- Upon receipt of the award:
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the Notice of Grant
Award
-Amending the budget
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the delegate
contracts
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RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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B.
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Health Community of Interest
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Public Health
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Federal Food Stamp Nutrition
Education Grant
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- Accepting grant funding from Michigan State University
Extension
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- For the period of October 1, 2006 to September 30,
2007
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- To expand implementation of Washtenaw Steps Up, a coalition
project that encourages healthier eating, physical activity, and tobacco
free lifestyles through policy and environmental changes
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- In collaboration with Ypsilanti Health Coalition, Saline Pick
Up the Pace Coalition, and the Chelsea/Manchester/Dexter Healthy
Communities Coalition
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- The target population is individuals most at risk for
cardiovascular disease in these communities
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- Public Health staff will provide:
-technical assistance to the three coalitions
-nutrition education for migrant workers in the communities of Chelsea,
Dexter, and Manchester
-marketing of Saline community trails and walking routes
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- For a total program of $33,524
-Federal Revenue: $33,524
-State Revenue: $0
-Match: $0
-Indirect costs are not included in the grant budget
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- Authorizing the Administrator to sign the grant
contract
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- Authorizing the Administrator to sign delegate
contracts
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RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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C.
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Public Safety and Justice Community of Interest
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1. Trial Court-Family Division
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Annual Juvenile Accountability
Block Grant (JABG)
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- Ratifying the Administrator’s signature on the grant
application
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- To the Michigan Department of Human Services
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- For the period of 4/1/07-3/31/08
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- To facilitate a curriculum for youth adjudicated on domestic
violence charges and a program for youth on intensive
probation
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- For a total program of $28,221
-Federal Revenue: $25,399
-State Revenue: $0
-Match: $2,822 (budgeted as 50% reimbursement
in Child Care Fund)
- Total Budget includes indirect costs in the amount of $1,270
($1,143 Federal Revenue; $127 Match funds)
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- Upon receipt of the
award:
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the Notice of Grant
Award
-Amending the budget
-Authorizing the Administrator to sign the delegate
contracts
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RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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2. Sheriff
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Annual Marine Services
Grant
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- Ratifying the Administrator’s signature on the grant
application
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- To the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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- For the period of 1/1/07-12/31/07
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- To provide up to 75% reimbursement for the operation of marine
safety functions to patrol surface waters from public safety
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- Total overall program of $187,798 including:
- Program costs of: $162,798 (all costs except equipment)
-State Revenue: $122,099 (maximum 75% reimbursement;
$47,000 budgeted
for 2007 based on prior years)
-Match: $40,699 (based on maximum 75%
reimbursement)
- Equipment costs of: $25,000 (possible state reimbursement of
100%)
- Total budget includes indirect costs in the amount of
$15,177
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- Marine Services program budget was included in the county’s
2007 adopted budget. No budget adjustment will be needed.
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