Title
Establish Grant Project Budget for the Food Literacy Urban Farm Community Action Plan Engage Empower Implement (EEI) Initiative (G21005100) (LR24-007)
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FileID
File ID: 2025-01127
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Location
Location: District 4
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to: 1) establish Food Literacy Urban Farm Community Action Plan EEI Grant Project (G21005100); and 2) establish the revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $478,743 in the Operating Grant Fund (Fund 2702).
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Contact
Vic Randall, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5530, vrandall@cityofsacramento.org,
Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Award Letter
3-Resolution
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The EEI Program was established by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) to fund projects that support economic and workforce development, planning efforts that address climate change and sustainability, and education and training programs. EEI incorporates community-led planning and design principles to identify communities' priorities and develop projects that meet their needs.
The City of Sacramento, in partnership with the Food Literacy Center, intends to facilitate a community-engaged planning effort with surrounding residents focused on Floyd Farm, a one-acre student farm, adjacent to Leataata Floyd Elementary School. The lack of access to grocery stores for healthy local food induces the need for driving or using other multi-modal options for residents in the vicinity of Floyd Farm and Leataata Floyd Elementary School. Through the community engagement process this project will seek to identify and understand barriers to healthy food access and recommend improvements in accessibility to support the socioeconomically disadvantaged student population and their families at Leat...
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