DATE: July 12, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - State Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, 2022 Recovery Plan Performance Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Receive the 2022 Recovery Plan Performance Report on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - State Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; and
2. Direct staff to submit the 2022 Recovery Plan Performance Report to the U.S. Treasury by July 31, 2022; and
3. Authorize the County Administrative Officer, or his designee to sign required documents pertaining to the submittal of the report to the U.S. Treasury.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will authorize staff to submit the 2022 Recovery Plan Performance Report (Recovery Plan) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) no later than July 31, 2022, and would authorize the County Administrative Officer (CAO), or his designee, to sign any required documents pertaining to the submittal of reports to the Treasury.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct staff to amend the 2022 Recovery Plan prior to submitting to the Treasury.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions.
DISCUSSION:
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) established the State Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, which delivers $350 billion to state, local, and Tribal governments across the country to support their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Treasury’s 31 Code of Federal Regulations Part 35, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Interim Final Rule (“Interim Final Rule”) and Final Rule (“Final Rule”) established the Treasury’s authority to regularly collect information from Tier 1 recipients such as States, U.S. territories, metropolitan cities, and counties with a population that exceeds 250,000 residents.
As a condition of receiving SLFRF, the County is required to annually submit a Recovery Plan by July 31st to the Treasury. The Recovery Plan covers information for the previous 12-month period and reports on the County’s intended and actual uses of the SLFRF. Staff has prepared the 2022 Recovery Plan, which provides information on the County’s efforts to implement the SLFRF program and support a strong and equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and which describes the projects the County is planning to undertake or undertaking, including projects that have been earmarked for funding and projects that have been approved for SLFRF.
The Project Inventory section of the 2022 Recovery Plan lists each of the 23 programs for which your Board has obligated SLFRF thus far, outlines how each program will be achieved, and includes program-specific key performance indicators that will be annually tracked and reported in future report submittals to the Treasury. The County will be required to submit a Recovery Plan every year, on July 31st of each year, and a Final Recovery Plan is due to the Treasury by April 30, 2027.
If approved today, the Recovery Plan attached to this item will be submitted to the Treasury and will be posted on the County’s dedicated ARPA website.
REFERENCE MATERIAL:
BAI #7, August 24, 2021
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
Attachment A - Recovery Plan Performance Report
CAO ANALYST:
Yussel Zalapa