Amendment No. 1 to the initiatives with Dallas County AgriLife and Texas A&M Sponsored Research Services that develop...

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

2025-1501 Amendment No. 1 to the initiatives with Dallas County AgriLife and Texas A&M Sponsored Research Services that developed a program to benefit the citizens of Dallas County. Urban County Farm aims to close the fresh produce access nutrition gap in Dallas County associated with poverty and cultural and ethnic diversity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding came from direct relief assistance provided by the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as provided by the American Rescue Plan Act. On a motion made by Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia, and seconded by Commissioner Andrew Sommerman, the following order was passed and adopted by the Commissioners Court of Dallas County, State of Texas: BRIEFING DATE: December 16, 2025 FUNDING SOURCE: ARP-464 Be it resolved and ordered that the Dallas County Commissioners Court does hereby Dallas County Commissioners Court Administration recommends Commissioners Court approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Urban Farm initiative with Dallas County AgriLife and Texas A&M Sponsored Research Services to extend the project until September 30, 2026, for the originally approved amount of $438,852.00. The expenditures will continue to be charged to the fund and project established for this event, and funding will come from direct relief assistance provided by the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP - Fund 464). Read into record by Charles Reed B. First Amendment to Grant Subrecipient Agreement with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service for the Urban Farms Program. The body of the Amendment is acceptable, and we can approve the amendment as to form if the posted budget is deleted and the revised budget provided to James on 12.12.25 is read into the record in its entirety. Also, we will need to read into the record that Section IV FINANCIAL PROVISIONS, Subsection (k) of the Original ARPA Subrecipient Agreement with TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE is waived to allow the subrecipient to carry over funds in the final year of the performance period. . Exhibit E – Statement of Work and Deliverables – Revised is revised as follows: The last page of Exhibit E – SRS Budget Worksheet delete it in its entirety and replace with an updated, revised SRS Budget Worksheet, which shows the actual total amount of grant funds spent in year 1 was ($113,556) and year 2 was ($73,498.00) for the Urban Farmers program, leaving $251,788 of unexpended grant funds to carry over into year 3 of the program.