Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Final American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Allocations
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing the reallocation of $12,575,000 from San Mateo County's previously obligated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to eligible housing projects and related needs; and
B) Authorizing and directing the County Executive, or designee, in consultation with the County Attorney, to negotiate and enter into agreements and/or amendments, as necessary and advisable, to expend the $12,575,000 in specified reallocated ARPA funds for ARPA-eligible housing projects and related needs; and
C) Authorizing the County Executive, or designee, to use general funds or other available funds, to fund previously obligated ARPA projects from which funds have been reallocated, as may be necessary and advisable.
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BACKGROUND:
The federal government has allocated to the County $148,897,819 in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). 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.
On May 20, 2021, the County received its first tranche of ARPA funds in the amount of $74,448,909, which funds the Board appropriated in the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget. On July 25, 2022, the County received its second tranche, $74,448,909, which funds the Board appropriated in the FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget.
To date, the County has spent $139,371,810 of its original APRA fund allocation of $148,897,819. All ARPA funds received by the County have been obligated for ARPA-eligible purposes within the timelines required by ARPA. Some projects did not expend the full amount obligated due to effici...
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