Item 29 - Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan

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City Manager Office www.santa-ana.org/cm Item # 29 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report July 20, 2021 TOPIC: Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan AGENDA TITLE: Approve the $80,012,101 Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan and Appropriate Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve the $80,012,101 Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan to protect and revive our community as we emerge from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. Approve an appropriation adjustment of $64,180,000 to authorize spending from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for various expenditures to recover from COVID-19, including authorization for the City Manager to move appropriated money between spending plan line items to reflect evolving federal guidelines and individual program popularity. DISCUSSION The Revive Santa Ana Spending Plan was presented to the City Council for approval at the July 6, 2021 meeting and the City Council voted to continue the item to the July 20, 2021 Council meeting. Following the July 6 meeting, staff met with members of the City Council individually to review the plan in greater detail. The fiscal impact and Exhibit 1 of the staff report have been updated to reflect further direction staff received from the City Council. In summary, the following changes were made: Increased Mental Health Recovery from $750,000 to $1,000,000 Increased Early Childhood Support from $500,000 to $1,000,000 Increased After-School / Youth Sport Programs from $300,000 to $500,000 Expanded Project Scope of Parking Structure Improvements to Include Safety Enhancements and increased project amount from $500,000 to $1,000,000 Reduced Reserve for Revenue Loss Allocation from $10,430,000 to $8,980,000 Changed the lead agency for the COVID-19 Memorial Project from CMO to CDA Changed from a single lead agency for Youth Violence / Sexual Assault Intervention to a collaboration between PRCSA and PD