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Recommendation to:
(1) Receive a presentation on the Proposed Long Beach Recovery Plan, provide input and policy direction, and approve the Long Beach Recovery Plan and its priorities to address the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic utilizing Federal, State, and County relief funding, with approval subject to confirmation of compliance with American Rescue Plan Act regulations, when issued, with direction to return to the City Council if there are required material changes;
(2) Adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute all Block Grant award documents on behalf of the City of Long Beach (City), and any documents necessary including necessary amendments, to accept State Emergency Rental Assistance Program funding for the City’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program;
(3) Increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund Group in the Development Services Department in the amounts of $13,754,734 for the Federal Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) and $16,404,412 for the State ERAP, for a total amount of $30,159,146, to provide for costs related to assisting lower-income renters who have experienced economic impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
(4) Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department in the amount of $26,753,750 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) grant from the County of Los Angeles, to support COVID-19 public health response efforts; and
(5) Approve the Economic Recovery Strategy Report. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since March 10, 2020, when the City Council declared a local health emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the City’s top priority has been to mitigate the risks to residents’ health and well-being, as well as impacts to the economy and the local business community. This report presents the Proposed Lon...
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