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City Manager Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-managers-office <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />August 2, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve the $128,360,000 Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan, Appropriate Federal <br />American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding, and Adopt a Resolution to Amend the FY <br />2022-23 Annual Budget to Add Limited-Term Full-Time Positions (Revive Santa Ana <br />Program) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve the updated $128,360,000 Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan to protect <br />and revive the community as Santa Ana continues to emerge from the impacts <br />of the COVID-19 pandemic. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment of $64,180,000 to authorize spending <br />from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for various expenditures to <br />recover from COVID-19, including authorization for the City Manager to move <br />appropriated money between Spending Plan line items to reflect evolving <br />federal guidelines and individual program popularity. (Requires five affirmative <br />votes) <br />3. Adopt a resolution to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Budget to add <br />limited-term full-time positions for the implementation of Revive Santa Ana <br />projects. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 is the latest COVID-19 stimulus package <br />approved by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Biden. ARPA is a $1.9 <br />trillion economic stimulus bill. Within ARPA, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal <br />Recovery Fund provides $350 billion in direct funding for states, municipalities, counties, <br />tribes, and territories, including $130.2 billion for local governments split evenly between <br />municipalities and counties. Of this, the City of Santa Ana received $128,360,000. <br />The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provides a substantial infusion of <br />resources to help turn the tide on the COVID-19 pandemic, address its economic fallout, <br />and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery. The purpose of the use of <br />these funds are as follows: <br />• Support urgent COVID-19 response efforts to continue to decrease spread of