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CONSENT CALENDAR
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: January 15, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Rochelle Clayton, Acting City Manager;
Jeannie Fortune, Interim Director of Finance & Management Services
Department: Finance and Management Services
Subject: American Rescue Plan Update (All Wards)
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, receive and file a report on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocation and expenditures to date.
Executive Summary
The City of San Bernardino was awarded $77,656,407 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The City received 2 tranches, half of the funds in May 2021, and the remainder of the funds in May of 2022. This staff report is to provide an update on the projects obligated by the ARPA funds and expenditures reported to date.
Background
The U.S. Treasury required ARPA funds to be obligated by December 31, 2024 and fully expended by December 31, 2026. City staff worked to get contracts and inter- agency agreements in place by the required date of December 31, 2024. U.S. Treasury issued the final rule for the use of the funds on January 6, 2022, providing clarification on allowable investments, but generally not expanding the list of eligible projects and programs. The City operated within the guidance, focusing on investments in Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) and other allowable investments based on the Enumerated Use Categories as well as expenditures within the revenue loss (standard allowance) category.
To date, Mayor and City Council have obligated the total $77,656,407 in ARPA funds prior to the December 31, 2024 obligation deadline.
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Discussion
On December 18, 2024, the Mayor and City Council approved the final allocation in the amount of $129,948 in additional ARPA funds to the Street Segment Repair Program (originally approved by Council on December 4, 2024). The City completed all of the requirements to fully obligate ARPA funds. Projects are in various stages to completion and staff intends to provide routine updates to the Mayor and City Council on the progress to fully expend these funds prior to the December 31, 2026 deadline.
Attachment 1 is provided as an update on the ARPA funds allocation and expenditures to date.
2021-2025 Strategic Targets and Goals
Investments in the community using the American Rescue Plan funds support Key Strategic Goal 2. Focused, Aligned Leadership and Unified Community, b. Evaluate operations and performance, investment in resources, technology, and tools to continually improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness; and Goal 3. Improved Quality of Life.
Fiscal Impact
There is no General Fund impact associated with approval of this item. There are sufficient ARPA funds in the approved budget to fund the Street Segment Repair Project.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, receive and file a report on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocation and expenditures to date.
Attachments
Attachment 1- American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Allocation and Expenditure Update Ward:
All Wards
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions:
December 18, 2024 Mayor and City Council received an update on ARPA funding and approved the final allocation of $129,948
in additional ARPA funds to the Asphalt Maintenance
and Street Segment Repair Project.
December 4, 2024 Mayor and City Council approved staff’s recommendation to reallocate $2,955,215 for the
Asphalt Maintenance and Street Segment Repair
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Project and $2,650,000 towards the purchase of Palm
Field.
October 2, 2024 Mayor and City Council received an update on ARPA funding and projects and approved staff
recommendations for unallocated or project surplus
and staff direction on reallocation of funds. New
Projects presented for approval were the Police Real
Time Information Center in the amount of $2,497,500.
Economic Development Software Program in the
amount of $ 129,948, and the Library Animaker Space
in the amount of $1,797,174.
September 18, 2024 Mayor and City Council received an update on ARPA funding and projects and provided staff direction on any unassigned ARPA funds.
June 5, 2024 Mayor and City Council approved $863,851 in ARPA funds for the Guadalupe Field at Sal Saavedra Park
Revitalization Project.
April 17, 2024 Mayor and City Council approved $655,000 in ARPA funds for the Encanto Community Center.
September 6, 2023 Mayor and City Council approved $5,145,000 in ARPA funds for “Hero Pay” to city and water department
employees.
August 16, 2023 Mayor and City Council approved $500,000 in ARPA funds related to various nuisance and property
abatement costs.
July 19, 2023 Mayor and City Council received and filed an update on ARPA funds, and adopted Resolution No. 2023-107
assigning $10,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act
funds for the replacement of the City’s Enterprise
Resource Planning System, and amending the FY
2022/23-2024/24 Biennial Budget by $10,000,000.
May 17, 2023 Mayor and City Council reallocated unspent funding from the ASU Temporary Housing and the full
allocation from the San Bernardino Valley College for
a total of $973,500 for interim housing during
development of the SB Hope Campus.
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December 7, 2022 Mayor and City Council Adopted Resolution No. 2022- 26 Amending the FY 2021/22 Operating and Capital
Budget allocating $24,650,000 in ARPA funds.
February 2, 2022 Mayor and City Council Adopted Resolution No. 2022- 26 Amending the FY 2021/22 Operating and Capital
Budget allocating $24,050,000 in ARPA funds
October 20, 2021 Mayor and City Council Adopted Resolution No. 2021- 247 Amending the FY 2021/22 Operating and Capital
Budget allocating $8,160,000 in ARPA funds.
August 4, 2021 Mayor and City Council received a report and discussed the categories for spending the City’s
American Rescue Plan Allocation.
March 17, 2021 Mayor and City Council received a presentation on the American Rescue Plan from Congressman Pete
Aguilar.