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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 26 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 16, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Revive Santa Ana Resident Stimulus Program <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Appropriation Adjustment of $2,600,000 and Award a Purchase Order to <br />PrePaid USA in the Amount of $6,000,000 for the Revive Santa Ana Resident Stimulus <br />Program (Revive Santa Ana Program) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment to reallocate $2,600,000 from the ARPA-FMSA <br />Reserve Appropriations account (no. 18110013-69001) to the ARPA-CDA <br />expenditure account (nos. 18118013-various) for the Revive Santa Ana Resident <br />Stimulus Program. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br /> <br />2. Award a Purchase Order to PrePaid USA in the amount of $6,000,000 for the <br />purchase of 20,000 $300 pre-paid visa cards. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On July 20, 2021, the City Council authorized the Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan made <br />possible by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) through U.S. Department of Treasury <br />Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). The spending plan is <br />intended to protect and revive the Santa Ana community as it emerges from the impacts <br />of the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes $4,000,000 for a resident direct assistance <br />program for residents most affected by the pandemic. <br />This program will provide direct resident assistance via $300 pre-paid visa cards (card) <br />as an economic support to mitigate negative economic impacts of the pandemic. These <br />cards will be accepted by Santa Ana businesses that accept Visa as a form of payment. <br />Additional details regarding the program are located in the Revive Santa Ana Resident <br />Stimulus Program Guidelines (Exhibit 1). <br />Staff conducted a data-driven analysis of the areas of greatest need for economic support <br />to establish the target areas for the Revive Santa Ana Resident Stimulus Program. The <br />primary eligible areas for all Revive Santa Ana programs are the Housing and Urban <br />Development Qualified Census Tracts (HUD QCTs). HUD QCTs are based on an