Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF A $1 MILLION U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2022 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS GRANT The U.S. Small Business Administration has made funding available in 2022 for Congressional Community Projects as a federal earmark where members of congress requested funding for projects to meet urgent needs in their communities; and In 2021 Congressman Jerry McNerney approached the City of Stockton to submit a conceptual community project that would address key concerns in the community; and The City of Stockton (“City”) proposed the Resurgent Stockton project, a collaborative initiative to support local food entrepreneurs and meet the need of the City’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, encourage workforce development, support economic activity, and neighborhood revitalization by using underutilized City-owned space; and Funding for the Resurgent Stockton Project awarded $1 million under the Fiscal Year 2022 Congressional Community Project Fund to solicit bids and release a Request for Proposals to conduct a market analysis for a food hall at the vacant Arena Garage commercial space, architectural and engineering services for project concept designs, community outreach, and public education efforts; and The grant funds are issued upfront, no matching funds are required, and funds must be spent by August 31, 2027; now, therefore, BE it resolved by THE City Council OF THE City OF Stockton, as follows:
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate grant funds for the U.S. Small Business Administration 2022 Congressional Community Projects grant funds for the Resurgent Stockton Project in the amount of $1 million and execute all related documents.
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to, after a Request for Proposals process, expend Resurgent Stockton Project funds in an amount greater than the Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.060 expenditure limit. //
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The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED October 18, 2022 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, cmc
City Clerk of the City of Stockton
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