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Consider American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Final Community Partner Project Disbursement and Receive Town Department Update.
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Staff:
Department:
Amy Oland, Director
Business Management
Sarah Poulton, Senior Project Manager
Town Manager's Office
Overview: Staff will present a recommended funding allocation for Community Partner projects for Council to approve and Town Department project scenarios for discussion.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council approves the final list of Community Partner projects and discusses Town Department project scenarios.
Decision Points:
* Staff will present a scenario for Community Partner projects based on feedback from the October 3 work session:
Community Partner?
Project Name ?
Total Request?
Farmer Foodshare?
CSA for All Pilot?
$265,164?
EMPOWERMENT Inc.?
BrightPath Solutions?
$80,000?
El Centro? Hispano
COVID Recovery Initiative?
$278,375?
Orange County Partnership for Young Children?
Mitigating Early Learning Loss?
$139,130?
OWASA?
Water Bill Debt Forgiveness?
$123,000?
Compass Center?
Lethality Assessment Program?
$120,000?
Total
$1,005,669
o This list of projects assists a wide variety of community member groups most affected by the pandemic while balancing a manageable number of projects to oversee and report back to the Department of the Treasury. It is based on Scenario 2 from the October 3 work session and a reduction for El Centro Hispano of $100,000 to get close to the $1,000,000 target.
* Staff will also present multiple scenarios for Parks & Recreation facilities; bike and pedestrian connection projects; and Downtown initiatives.
Key Issues:
* Staff presented Town department projects at the Town Council's October 3 work session.
* Staff presented Community Partner projects at the Town Council's September 19 work session.
* Staff seeks approval on a final list of Community Partner projects for approval and Department projects based on feedback received.
* If approved, staff will execute performance ag...
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