DATE: November 5, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Interdepartmental Agreement between County Administrative Office and Department of Public Works and Planning for American Rescue Plan Act, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Interdepartmental Agreement between the County Administrative Office and the Department of Public Works and Planning, which obligates $23,635,275 in American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to fund programs that are responsive to the public health emergency or negative economic impacts due to the pandemic ($8,685,275), and programs that will make necessary improvements to water infrastructure ($14,950,000), effective December 13, 2022 through December 31, 2026, to meet the United States Treasury's December 31, 2024, obligation deadline for the Department's ARPA-SLFRF Programs.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will execute a retroactive Interdepartmental Agreement (Agreement) between County of Fresno (County) County Administrative Office (CAO) and the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department) to facilitate implementation and completion of the Department's ARPA-SLFRF program's scope of work, timelines, planned deliverables, activities, actions, and responsibilities. The recommended Agreement will impose conditions on the use of American Rescue Plan Act - State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF) by the Department and memorialize the Department's responsibilities to complete the described projects (each a Program, and collectively, the Program). Approval of the recommended Agreement will obligate $23,635,275 in ARPA-SLFRF in support of the Program through an Interagency Agreement, as permitted under the United States Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Obligation Interim Final Rule (Obligation IFR). This item i...
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