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Item # 19
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
September 21, 2021
TOPIC: Appropriation Adjustment for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant
AGENDA TITLE:
Approve an Appropriation Adjustment to Recognize and Appropriate Grant Revenue from
the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $689,120.19 in grant revenue from the
Small Business Administration, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program and
appropriate $689,120.19 into the corresponding expenditure accounts (Miscellaneous
Grants Fund) for losses the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park incurred during the COVID-
19 pandemic.
DISCUSSION
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established in the Economic
Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (Economic Aid Act) and
later amended by the American Rescue Plan Act to provide aid to live venue operators
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the program, eligible entities submitted
grant applications for an amount based on a formula applied to their 2019 earned revenue
or $10 million, whichever was less. Using the SVOG formula guidelines, the City
submitted an application for $689,120 in April 2021.
On July 17, 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) notified the City of Santa Ana
that their application was approved. The SBA provided the City until July 31, 2021 to
acknowledge the grant. The City did so through the submittal of documents requested by
the SBA.
The City has since received a check from the SBA for the full grant amount. Below are
examples of uses that the grant may be applied to:
Payroll costs
Rent payments
Utility payments
Scheduled mortgage payments (not including prepayment of principal)
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Scheduled debt payments (not including prepayment of principal on any
indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business prior to February 15,
2020)
Worker protection expenditures
Payments to independent contractors (not to exceed $100,000 in annual
compensation for an individual employee of an independent contractor)
Other ordinary and necessary business expenses, including maintenance costs
The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) intends to use these
grant funds for payroll and maintenance costs of zoo staff. This will allow the PRCSA to
re-allocate the General Fund monies committed for this purpose to be used towards
much needed capital improvements at the Santa Ana Zoo, such as a visitor admission
ticketing system and website. Additional projects would involve mobility and accessibility
improvements for patrons. These improvements would not receive funding if not for this
grant opportunity.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
An appropriation adjustment to recognize revenue and appropriate funds to the respective
accounts is shown below.
Fiscal
Year
Accounting Unit-
Account #
Fund
Description
Accounting Unit,
Account Description
Amount
FY 21-22 13113002-52008 Miscellaneous
Grants
PRCSA Revenue, Federal
Grants-Direct COVID
$689,120.19
FY 21-22 13113250-Various Miscellaneous
Grants
Shuttered Venue
Operators Grant-Various
$689,120.19
Submitted By: Lisa Rudloff, Executive Director of Parks, Recreation and Community
Services
Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager