IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE CARRYOVERS/UNSPENT ARPA FUNDS TO FUTURE FISCAL YEARS’ BUDGETS WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), providing a COVID-19 stimulus package delivering significant resources to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to support urgent COVID-19 response efforts; and WHEREAS, the ARPA funding allocated to and received by the City of San Leandro is $18.6 million; and WHEREAS, the City developed a COVID-19 Recovery Plan to provide needed resources to help residents and businesses recover from the combined health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Recovery Plan focuses on short-term community and economic recovery efforts and long-term sustainable investments in San Leandro and aligns with the community’s values and reflects partnerships with nonprofit organizations and other business partners to maximize community recovery; and WHEREAS, the Recovery Plan includes projects and programs for community health and safety, human services, community and economic recovery, and infrastructure enhancements; and WHEREAS, Recovery Plan projects are routinely reviewed for progress and evaluated for possible reallocation; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Streets Team project has experienced program design and implementation obstacles with its $800,000 allocation remaining unspent, leading to a desire to reallocate the existing $800,000 allocation to a new Citywide Beautification and Community Preservation project.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. That $800,000 in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Budget is hereby reallocated by the City Council from the Clean Streets Team project to a new Citywide Beautification and Community Preservation project. The account of the currently unspent project will be renamed to reflect this reallocation.
2. That the City Manager is authorized to approve carryovers/unspent ARPA Funds to future fiscal years’ budgets.
Introduced by Councilmember _______ and passed and adopted this 17th day of July 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: _____________________________
Kelly B. Clancy, CMC
City Clerk