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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments, in an aggregate total amount not to exceed $100,000, with organizations that manage Business Improvement Districts to deliver programs funded by the Long Beach Recovery Act Visual Improvement Program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Long Beach Recovery Act
On March 16, 2021, the City Council adopted the Long Beach Recovery Act (LB Recovery Act) becoming one of the first major cities to approve COVID-19 recovery programs made possible through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and other federal and State funding sources. Additional adjustments to the LB Recovery Act were made as part of the Adopted Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget and periodic adjustments will be brought to the City Council as needed. Additional information about the LB Recovery Act is available at www.longbeach.gov/recovery
. As part of the Long Beach Recovery Act, under the category of Economic Recovery, approximately $650,000 has been allocated for the Visual Improvement Program (VIP) to address the increase in property damages due to vandalism experienced by businesses during the pandemic.
Homelessness Emergency Proclamation: Small Business Recovery Support Programs
On January 10, 2023, the City Council adopted the City Manager’s proclamation of a local homelessness emergency. The declaration of a local emergency will strengthen the City of Long Beach’s (City) preparedness and ability to respond to homelessness. As a part of the emergency effort, the City Council requested that City staff work on establishing grant funds for local businesses that have been affected by impacts potentially related to the homelessness crisis. As the City focuses efforts on creating and strengthening structures, programs, and resources to assist people before they enter homelessness or to support them back into ...
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