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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive a presentation from the Economic Development Division relative to the Small Business Protection funding request, Health and Human Services, Environmental Management, the El Dorado County Water Agency and the County’s Broadband Consultant regarding their request for American Rescue Plan Act funding; and
2) Consider and approve all or a portion of the Chief Administrative Officer’s recommendations for allocation of the funding. (Cont. 11/2/2021, Item 6)
FUNDING: American Rescue Plan Act.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
American Rescue Plan Act
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which allocated $1.9 trillion to assist in the recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Included in this amount is a direct allocation to counties and cities. A summary of funding amounts and purposes is available on the U.S. Department of Treasury website here:
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El Dorado County is receiving a direct allocation of $37.46 million. Approximately $18.7 million was received in June 2021 and the second payment totaling an additional $18.7 million is scheduled to be delivered in June or July 2022.
For reference purposes the City of South Lake Tahoe was allocated approximately $5.3 million and the City of Placerville was allocated approximately $2.6 million. In addition, the Governor allocated $100 million in ARPA funds to be used to support special districts throughout California that were impacted by COVID. Special Districts were permitted to submit their funding requests to the Department of Finance during the period of October 1 - 15, 2021.
In general, ARPA funds can only be used for expenses incurred between March 3, 2021 and December 31, 2024. There are five categories of eligible use for ARPA funding:
1) Support...
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