Title:
Title
City Council COVID-19 Response: CARES Act Framework and Funding Priorities; Continuation of Food Security Programs
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FileID
File ID: 2020-01034
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review, discuss, and take action regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Great Plates Delivered and Food Insecurity Program; and 2) adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to a) transfer $450,000 from Economic Relief - Small Business Forgivable Loans (I02003000) to Great Plates Delivered (G02610300, Fund 2704), b) transfer $350,000 from Economic Relief - Small Business Forgivable Loans (I02003000) to Food Insecurity (G02610100), c) realign revenue and expenditure budgets for Great Plates Delivered (G02610300) as outlined in the Resolution, and d) execute a CARES Act Grant Agreement with the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services in the amount of $500,000.
FileName
Contact: Denise Malvetti, Interim Economic Development Manager, (916) 808-7064; Melissa Anguiano, Deputy Director, (918) 808-5864; Michael Jasso, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-1380; Office of Innovation and Economic Development, Office of the City Manager
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Coronavirus Relief Fund Program Schedule
3-Resolution
4-Grant Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On March 13, 2020, the City declared a local emergency in response to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several actions were taken by the City to provide immediate economic relief to city businesses and residents, including the funding of small business loans of $1.1 million to City businesses, procurement of emergency supplies for the homeless (estimated at $250,000), emergency meal programs, and lodging for essential City staff. On April 21, 2020, the City received $89.6 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which was created by the CARES Act.
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