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Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan
<br />July 6, 2021
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<br />Community Engagement
<br />The first engagement opportunity was a community budget meeting on March 25, 2021,
<br />whereby community members were able to give input on the proposed spending plan.
<br />Additionally, the City launched a community feedback survey, available in English,
<br />Spanish, and Vietnamese, to gauge the community's thoughts on how the City should
<br />spend its Revive Santa Ana funding. The survey was available online and was distributed
<br />on the City's digital communications channels. Additionally, print surveys were available
<br />and shared at the City's main library and at City Hall. In total, 1,579 responses were
<br />collected. The findings of the survey were shared with the City Council.
<br />Separately, the City Council discussed Revive Santa Ana at several public meetings,
<br />including on March 16, May 18, May 24, June 1, and June 3, 2021. Several iterations of
<br />the Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan have been shared and discussed, whose changes
<br />reflect discussions by the City Council, comments from community members, and
<br />changing guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury relating to how the funds
<br />could be expended.
<br />Appropriation of Funds
<br />Below are the final Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan allocations for each of the proposed
<br />expenditure categories for the first allocation (for FY 2021-22):
<br />Expenditure Category
<br />Amount
<br />Recovery from the Pandemic
<br />$5,150,000
<br />Direct Assistance Programs
<br />$26,132,101
<br />Public Health and Safety
<br />$16,350,000
<br />Critical Infrastructure
<br />$20,750,000
<br />City Fiscal Health
<br />$11,630,000
<br />Total
<br />$80,012,101
<br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve the $80,012,101 Revive Santa Ana
<br />Spending Plan, and appropriate the City's primary ARPA allocation of $64,180,000 (first
<br />tranche only). The appropriation recommendation for the $14,026,593 Emergency Rental
<br />Assistance Program is in a separate staff report on this same agenda. The remaining
<br />$1,805,508 of the $80,012,101 spending plan is for federal housing vouchers, scheduled
<br />for City Council consideration on July 20.
<br />Staff anticipates the spending plan will evolve, as the U.S. Department of Treasury is
<br />continually updating the spending guidelines and program popularity and use will affect
<br />spending priorities. Similar to the spending authorization for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief
<br />and Economic Security (CARES) Act, staff requests the City Council grant authorization
<br />to the City Manager to shift money between line items within the spending plan. The
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