DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Edward Hill, Chief Operating Officer / Interim Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment to American Rescue Plan Act - Coronavirus State and
Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve proposed Amendment to the County of Fresno's American Rescue Plan Act-State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF) expenditure plan, which will revise the approved scope of work for Internal Services Department's Program No. 6 from Emergency Response Equipment connection of the Hamilton facility, Juvenile Justice Campus (JJC), County Coroner's Office, with broadband fiber as a necessary acquisition of emergency response equipment and an adaptation to congregate settings under Category A, Respond to the Public Health Emergency, to instead fund Broadband Fiber to Public Facilities, connect the Hamilton facility, the County Coroner's Office, and the JJC through both private and public fiber lines, not solely a private fiber line as initially scoped, to the Central Valley Independent Network (CVIN) fiber vault under Category D, Investment in Broadband, and reduce program budget by $1,610,422, from $2,500,000 to $889,578;
2. Approve proposed Amendment to County of Fresno ARPA-SLFRF expenditure plan and Authorize Internal Services Department to use unspent funds from revised Program No. 6 to fund ventilation design and engineering costs, improvements, inspections, maintenance, repairs to heating and ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and generation and electrical maintenance and repairs to emergency generators in downtown County public facilities under SLFRF Eligible Category A, with an estimated funding commitment of ($1,610,422); and
3. Approve and authorize the Director of the Internal Services Department, or designee, to use annual Job Order Contracting agreements for the implementation of the proposed projects.
REPORT
Approval of the first recomme...
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