Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Additional ARPA Funding for Small Business Assistance Grants for Businesses in North Fair Oaks
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving an additional allocation of $755,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for up to 103 supplemental grants of $5,000 each (totaling $515,000) to currently operating small businesses located in unincorporated North Fair Oaks impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that received an initial grant of $5,000 in the first round of the North Fair Oaks Small Business Grant Program (Program), $10,000 grants to eligible impacted small businesses that did not receive a grant in the first round of Program funding, and $5,000 for fiscal administration of the Program.
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BACKGROUND:
On March 27, 2022, the Board of Supervisors allocated $512,500 in ARPA funds to establish the Program in order to assist COVID-impacted small businesses in the unincorporated area of North Fair Oaks, one of the lowest income areas of San Mateo County and one of the communities most adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative economic consequences.
The Program offered $5,000 grants to 100 COVID-impacted small businesses in North Fair Oaks that met all of the following criteria:
* The business occupies a physical commercial business space in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks area.
* The business is in full compliance with all applicable regulations for the business including, but not limited to regulations related to the following:
o County Environmental Health permits
o County/City planning and building requirements
o State/County/City business and Bureau of Alcoholic Beverage Control permits
o State and local minimum wage requirements
o Health officer orders and other orders related to the COVID-19 public health emergency
* The business was lawfully op...
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