TO: Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission
FROM: Dana Morrison, Secretary to the Wildlife Conservation Commission
REPORT BY: Pam Arifian, Planner III
SUBJECT: Grant Award Process Improvements
RECOMMENDATION
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Review and discuss proposed ideas for process improvements and provide direction to Staff on items to include in a revised improvements approach for discussion and potential action at a future meeting date yet to be determined.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Review and discuss proposed ideas for process improvements and provide direction to Staff on items to include in a revised improvements approach for discussion and potential action at a future meeting date yet to be determined.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Not a "project" under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Repeat Grant Recipients - Revised Information
At the April 27th meeting, the Commission requested an update for Table 2 from that Meeting Agenda Item 7(C) to include average amount of awards received per year by the organizations that have repeatedly received grant awards. Table 2 has been revised and included as an attachment to this staff report, and is summarized here:
Napa County RCD: 21 times since 2005 ($208,956 total /$9,950 average annual award)
Land Trust of Napa County: 21 times since 2003 ($186,679 total/$9,032 average annual award)
Napa Wildlife Rescue: 19 times since 2003 ($148,815 total /$7,832 average annual award)
Napa-Solano Audubon Society: 12 times since 2013 ($78,024 total /$6,502 average annual award)
CDFW: 10 times since 2002 ($50,219 /$5,022 average annual award)
ICARE: 10 times since 2007 ($49,800 total /$4,980 average annual award)
International Bird Rescue: 7 times since 2019 ($31,650 total /$4,521 average annual award)
American Canyon Community & Parks Foundation: 3 times since 2023 ($35,011 total /$11,670 average annual award)
Carolyn Parr Nature Center: 3 times sinc...
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