Meeting Minutes - Final  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Los Medanos  
Health Advisory Committee  
5:00 PM  
Tuesday, December 10, 2024  
2311 Loveridge Rd. Los Medanos Rm.  
Pittsburg, CA  
352 Shoreline Dr.  
Pittsburg, CA  
Meeting ID: 965 1919 5537  
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1.  
2.  
Roll Call and Introductions  
Jelani Killings, Lloyd Mason, Sefanit Mekuria, Christopher  
Pedraza, and Charles Tremaine  
Present  
Dennisha Marsh  
Shanelle Preston  
Absent  
Late  
Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda  
(speakers may be limited to two minutes).  
No public comment  
Review and approve minutes for November 12, 2024.  
This Discussion Item was approved.  
3.  
Attachments:  
Aye:  
Killings, Mekuria, Pedraza, Preston, and Tremaine  
Absent:  
Marsh  
Abstain:  
Result:  
Mason  
Passed  
Receive multi-year budget report.  
5.  
Attachments:  
Committee received the report. the committee requested that staff:  
1. Set up a separate account to keep the reserve from the rest of the funds to  
easily see how much is available.  
2. Set up better training's for grantees around submitting reimbursement  
requests  
3. Set up a system to regularly have a report that tells where each agency is  
with expenditure balance.  
3a. Allows CCH team to reach out to agencies regularly to let them know how much is  
available and encourage them  
to submit requests.  
3b. This to be reported to the committee at least 2x per year.  
Committee supported staff recommendation that all timelines for grants should be aligned  
rather than have different start and end dates.  
CCH is currently moving all agencies to the same timeline for the next grant cycle.  
Committee requested to review the RFP for the next grant cycle. Staff to send out.  
This Discussion Item was received.  
Los Medanos Community Garden update and annual report  
6.  
Committee received report. Requested staff explore possibility of having compost area at  
the garden.  
This Discussion Item was received.  
Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the  
Committee  
For Additional Information Contact: Ernesto.DeLaTorre@cchealth.org