Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Final American Rescue Plan Act Funding Allocations
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing an allocation of $18,488,820 from the second tranche of San Mateo County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to ARPA-eligible housing-related needs; and
B) Authorizing the County Executive, or designee(s), in consultation with the County Attorney, to negotiate and enter into agreements, as necessary and advisable, to obligate and expend the $18,488,820 in specified ARPA funds for ARPA-eligible housing-related needs.
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BACKGROUND:
The federal government has allocated $148,897,819 in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to San Mateo County. These funds were distributed to support state and local governments in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative economic consequences by funding a range of eligible uses specified in the ARPA legislation and federal guidance.
The first tranche of these ARPA funds, $74,448,909, was received on May 20, 2021 and appropriated by the Board in the adopted budget on September 28, 2021. The second tranche of $74,448,909 was received by the County on July 25, 2022 and appropriated by the Board in the FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget.
Allocation of the County's ARPA funds to eligible uses have been guided by community priorities. Over 300 community members contributed to the initial strategic recovery plan, which was developed in the summer of 2020 and covered the distribution of all but $10,000,000 of the first tranche of ARPA funds. Those remaining $10,000,00 in ARPA funds were set aside for programs identified through an update to the community priorities, with an emphasis on input from residents of communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the fall of 2021, Chief Equ...
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