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Home My WebLink AboutWSA - ARRA FUNDING UPDATE� �- ��{ - - �* - American R and Reinvestment A (ARRA) Funding � September 2 2010 l ki' b' American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) • ARRA signed into law by Pres. Obama on February 1712009 • Jumpstart our economy and create or save millions of jobs • Includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need ��j J.A'' b' .F Santa Ana bowntatin Oran a Ui, my ARRA Website Santa Ana has been awarded a total of $38 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The funds will be utilized for housing, homeless prevention, transportation, infrastructure, safety, job training and energy programs. w Federal Recave » Cali4ormia R.- » Track the Stion The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an effort to jumpstart our economy and create or save. millions ofjobs. The. Recovery Act includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy Independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and Improve affordable health care provide tax roll of, and protect those in greatest need. The purpose of the ARRA Is defined below: • To preserve and create jabs and promote economic recovery. • To assist those most impacted by the recession. • To provide investments needed to increase economic efficieney by spurring techoological advances in science and health. • To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long -term economic benefits. • To stabilize State and local government budgets, In order to minimize and avoid reductions http: / /www.santa- ana.org /business /ARRA.asp ARRA Programs Overview Community Development Agency (CDA) Police Department Public Works Total ARRA Funding $ 24.6 million $ 7.4 million $ 6 million $38 million l ki' b' Community Development Agency (CDA) l ki' b' CDBG — R H PRP ARRA Programs - CDA Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Workforce Programs Total ARRA Funding $1.8 mil $2.8 mil $5.8 mil $10 mil $4.2 mil $24.6 mil l ki' b' Community Development Block Grant - Recovery (CDBG -R) • Award Amount: $1,852,245 • Awarded: September 2009 • Direct formula allocation from U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) • Strongly urged to use CDBG -R funds for hard development costs associated with infrastructure activities l ki' b' Community Development Block Grant - Recovery (CDBG -R) Projects — Segments within the Mid -City neighborhood identified as high priority for rehabilitation. — Provides for recycling of existing asphalt pavement with the cement treated base reconstruction process, and replacement of damaged concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and curb ramps. — Contract awarded in February 2010 and expected to be completed in October /November. b' j.k - Design, Engineering, Construction Administration Total Community Development Block Grant - Recovery (CDBG -R) Program Progress $1,842,245 $1,384,057.86 75 $10,000 $4,013.53 40% $1,852,245 $1,388,071.39 75% l ki' b' Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re- Housing (HPRP) • Award Amount: $ • Awarded: September 2009 • Financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless • Help homeless to be quickly re- housed and stabilized • Target individuals and families who would be homeless • Provides rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization services b' jt.k- Homelessness Prevention Rapid Re- Housing Data Collection Administration HPRP Total Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re- Housing (HPRP) Program Progress $1,594,135 $437,687 27% $1,117,534 $218,008 20% $50,000 $14,000 28% $70,500 $39,118 55% $2,831,989 $708,813 25 l ki' b' Homelessness Prevention &Rapid Re- Housing (HPRP) Sub - Recipients • AIDS Services Foundation 0 Interval House • Volunteer Center of 0 Share Our Selves OC /Illumination 0 Olive Crest Foundation M r • Mercy e House • Orange County • Public Law Center Partnership • WISE Place C] C A'' b' Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 (NSP 1) Award Amount: $ Awarded: March 2009 Direct formula allocation from U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Primary Objective: stabilize the neighborhoods affected by foreclosures Selected Intermediaries through Request for Proposals process 11 0 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 (NSP 1) l ki' b' Requirements Actuals 25% of Grant funds be As of Sept 20, 2010: dedicated to 50% AMI 32% dedicated to 50% and below AMI and below 100% Obligation 100% Obligation Deadline: September 5, Deadline met on time 2010 100% Expenditure Currently expended Deadline: March 5, 2013 99.4/ ��j l ki' b' Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 (NSP 1) Program Process e we E, ah Expended Downpayment 4 $104,242.51 1 Single Family 13 $1,335,553.43 0 9 Condo /Historic 20 $1,888,867.34 10 1, Rental 2 $2,084,261.69 N/A N/A Administration N/A $348,254.99 N/A N/A Total 39 $5,761,179.96 11 13 Neighborhood Stabilization Program After Before Neighborhood Stabilization Program After Before b' j.k - Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 After Before Neighborhood Stabilization Program After Before 0 0 ) k4 b' Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP 2) Award Amount: $10,000,000 Awarded: January 2010 • Competitive grant allocation from U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) — 480 applicants — 56 Grantees awarded Nationwide; 15 Local governments • Primary Objective: stabilize the neighborhoods affected by foreclosures • Deadlines: — 50% of grant Expended by February 2012 — 100% of grant Expended by February 2013 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP 2) St, 60 n Progress by Activity Properties iii • : -. IL • • Downpayment 0 $400,000 $0 0% Single Family 5 $6,100,000 $658,799.77 11% Rental 0 $2,500,000 $0 0% Administration N/A $1,000,000 $58,274.06 5.83% Total 5 $10,000,000 $717,073.83 7.2 — Rental • Intermediary currently searching for qualified property c cit Neighborhood Stabilization Programs • More to Come... —HUD Announced NSP 3 on September 8, 2010 — Santa Ana allocated $1.4 million l ki' b' Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Community Action Partnership Orange County • Award Amount: $6,000,000 • U.S. Dept. of Energy • Primary Objective: enables low- income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient • Weatherization Activities include: — Replace /repair Furnaces — Replace /repair Hot Water Heaters — Installation of Ceiling Insulation — Replace /repair Exterior Doors and Windows — Installation of Water- Heater Blankets — Water Reduction Devices — Sealing Measures • Deadlines: — 100% Expenditure Deadline: March 2012 • Santa Ana Units: 21 ($2,242 /unit) c Cit Workforce Programs Cnri� 0 0 0 by Award Amount: $4.2 million Providing 1,105 adults, dislocated workers and youth with training and assistance. Programs administered: — Entrepreneurship — On the Job Training — Vocational Training — Summer Youth Services — Rapid Response Services M Workforce Programs Entrepreneurship • Award Amount: $302,830 • Provide unemployed individuals with assistance in starting a business • Goodwill Industries awarded $180,830 for a Future Business Owners Program — Assist 160 participants in creating a business plan and starting a small business • Delhi Center awarded $122,000 for an In Home Childcare Providers Program — Enroll 100 people and assist in operating a micro enterprise, creating a business plan, and obtaining state licensing l ki' b' Workforce Programs On the Job Training Award Amount: $500,000 Designed to provide job seekers with hands -on training to develop a skill level necessary to secure full -time employment Allocation used to subsidize trainee wages up to 6 months 100 participants received training Pay Range - $8.00 to $15.00 l ki' b' • Award Amount: $ Workforce Programs Vocational Training • Designed to provide job seekers with vocational training to improve their skills and obtain employment. • Services included but not limited to training in the medical, transportation and information technology fields. • 63 participants received training Workforce Programs Youth Programs l ki' b' • Award Amount: $2,000,000 • Say Employment Program — Provided over 525 disadvantaged youth with paid summer work experience opportunities. — Placed in private, non - profit, and government organizations — Office, medical, manufacturing and customer service jobs — Paid $8.50 per hour , worked 20 -40 hours per week for 8 -20 weeks • Award Amount: $30,000 • Santa Ana Unified School District /Green Project — Trained approximately 60 youth on introduction to green careers, GIS mapping and web design. — 4 weeks of work experience and classroom training — Youth received certificate from ROP l ki' b' Workforce Programs Rapid Response Services • Award Amount: $267,765 • Provide services with the intent of preventing layoffs. • Rapid Response Services include: — Workshops to businesses — Services Consultation serve new markets and /or emerging and high- growth industries. — Business assessment and viability studies • Expected outcomes include increased revenues, profit and job retention /creation. l ki' b' • Award Amount: $117,675 • Hispanic Business Consultants Workforce Programs Rapid Response Services — Business workshops, seminars and one -on -one consulting to small businesses — Serving 85 Santa Ana Businesses (22 Downtown Businesses) • Award Amount: $150,000 • Essergy Consulting — Business assistance workshop for 50 large -scale businesses — Will serve 12 Santa Ana businesses with intensive one -on -one counseling b' jj.k `- Workforce Programs Progress by Activity Activity w Expended ��w Expendl On the Job Training $500,000 $265,602 53.12% Entrepreneurial $302,000 $72,729 25.08% Training Vocational Training $350,000 $272,571 77.87% Rapid Response $267,765 $79,810 29.81% Youth Programs $2,078,031 $2,065,925 99.42% Administration $702,204 $435,858 62.07% Total $4,200,000 $3,192,495 76% l ki' b' Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Community Action Partnership Orange County • Award Amount: $662,752 • Allocated to 12 community organizations • Primary Objective: To create jobs or save jobs from elimination • Progress: 25 jobs created; 21 jobs saved Served 2,037 clients in Santa Ana between September 2009 to July 2010 l ki' b' Police Department l ki' b' 9 ARRA Programs - PD COPS Hiring Recovery $6.7 mil Program Edward Byrne Justice $743,000 Assistance (JAG) Total ARRA Funding $7.4 mil cit P COPS Hiring Recovery Program s�nA • Award Amount: $6,739,542 • Awarded: September 2009 • Competitive grant allocation from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) • Funding for creating and preserving jobs and to increase their community policing capacity and crime - prevention efforts P COPS Hiring Recovery Program 9.4 � • Program Overview — Department authorized 18 full -time Police Officer positions for three years — On average, process takes 18 months for new hires(recruitmentand training) �P COPS Hiring Recovery Program by Program Progress — Department has Hired 20 full -time Police Officers • Over -hired due to normal attrition during training phases — 1 has completed all training and are currently in Patrol — 8 are scheduled to complete Field Training in Oct. — 1 is temporarily Injured (projected to return to full duty) — 5 are currently with Field Training Officers — 5 have either resigned and /or failed training — 3 Current Openings and are being recruited l ki' b' Edward Byrne Justice Assistance (JAG) Recovery Act • Award Amount: $743,000 • Awarded: September 2009 • Direct Allocation l ki' b' Edward Byrne Justice Assistance (JAG) Recovery Act Program Overview — Department Authorized 2 full -time Police Officer positions for two year — Lateral Police Officers were hired • Lateral Officers have received all POST training and are only mandated to undergo Department training (FTO) — Department training (FTO) approximately 6 months — Time savings of almost one year by hiring lateral officers to offset current staffing shortages Cit Edward Byrne Justice Assistance (JAG) Recovery Act • Program Progress — Department has hired 2 full -time Police Officers —Both have completed all training and are currently in Patrol l ki' b' Public Works (PWA) l ki' b' ARRA Programs - PWA Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Transportation Total ARRA Funding $3.3 mil $2.5 mil $5.8 mil ) k4 b' Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant • Award Amount: $3,267,500 • Awarded: October 2009 — Actual Start Date: April 2010 • Direct formula allocation from U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE) • Primary Objective: reduce fossil fuel emissions, reduce total energy usage, and improve energy efficiency ) k4 b' Activities — HVAC Upgrades — Park Lighting — Building Lighting Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Projected Benefits — Expected to Save 795,341 kWh per year — Expected to save 383 tons GHG emissions — Expected to create 39.21 jobs 11 l ki' b' Targets Contracts Awarded by June 30, 2010 20% of Award accessed by Sept. 30, 2010 50% of Award accessed by June 30, 2011 Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Actuals • Met: Contracts awarded in Sept. 2009 • Met: 35% of award accessed to date • Anticipate: 100% of award accessed by Feb 2011 b' j.k - Progress Made: Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant HVAC activity is 47% complete Park lighting is 15% complete Building lighting has not really sta rte d Expected Completion: January - February 2011 l ki' b' Grant Amount: Federal Agency: Purpose of Grant: Projects: Arterial Improvements $2,542,704 U.S. Department of Transportation — Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Create new jobs and save existing ones Spur economic activity and invest in long -term growth Construction and repair of roads Civic Center: French to Santiago McFadden: Bristol to Flower McFadden: Maple to Standard Lyon: Edinger to Chestnut (!�Vn' 0 l ki' b' Arterial Improvements Projects: — Segments of arterial streets throughout the City have been identified as a high priority for rehabilitation — The project provides for recycling of existing asphalt pavement with the cement treated base reconstruction process, and replacement of damaged curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and curb ramps. — Total ARRA: $2,1542,1704 — Total completed to -date: $1 865,451 V b' j.k - PROJECT Civic Center: French to Santiago GRANT $6321035 AWARD COMPLETION 11/02/09 07/02/10 PROJECT McFadden: Bristol to Flower GRANT $5991048 AWARD COMPLETION 11/02/09 07/02/10 l ki' b' RFC9lkERY.G�Y ..� 1 PROJECT McFadden: Maple to Standard GRANT $634,368 AWARD COMPLETION 11/02/09 07/02/10 l ki' b' RFC9lkERY.G�Y V ` PROJECT Lyon: Edinger to Chestnut RFC9lkERY.G�Y m GRANT $677,253 AWARD 09/07/10 COMPLETION TBD _ re s , sr ry - .'yam •• - ; 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