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Acceptance of Funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture for a Meadowview Community Farmers Market
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FileID
File ID: 2024-00400
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Location
Location: District 8, Represented by Councilmember Vang
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to: 1) submit an invoice to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (State) for $500,000 for a Meadowview Community Farmers Market; 2) accept $500,000 from the State for a Meadowview Community Farmers Market; and 3) establish a Meadowview Farmers Market grant project (G02180350) along with the revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $500,000 in the operating grant fund (Fund 2702).
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Contact
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, cahernandez@cityofsacramento.org, Office of the City Manager
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The State of California has awarded $500,000 to the City of Sacramento as part of the Budget Act of 2023 (Chapters 12, 38, and 189, Statutes of 2023). The State is providing the City of Sacramento with funding for a Meadowview Community Famers Market. This bill went into effect on September 13, 2023, after it was signed by Governor Newsom. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has directed the City of Sacramento to receive the $500,000 for a Meadowview Community Farmers Market.
These funds will be used to increase access to fresh, healthy food in low-income communities in South Sacramento. In partnership with community organizations, the funding will support a new Farmers Market in Meadowview that would provide an affordable, culturally-relevant, and convenient source of local fresh produce to improve the health and well-being of South Sacramento residents.
Staff will return to Council at a later date to seek approval of con...
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