HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14868 (CDBG Cares Act Coronavirus Funding Allocations)RESOLUTION NO. 14868
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT CORONAVIRUS
(CDBG-CV) ALLOCATION 3A FUNDING TO THE MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS FOR THE SAN RAFAEL PLANNING AREA
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Rafael as follows:
WHEREAS in June 1999, the City Council revised the Cooperation Agreement
with the County of Marin for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
whereby the City of San Rafael remained in the County system; and
WHEREAS the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES
Act”) signed into law on March 27, 2020, appropriates $5 billion in additional Community
Development Block Program funding to state and local governments; and
WHEREAS on September 11, 2020, Marin County was awarded $1,790,994 in
CDBG-CV Allocation 3A funds, of which San Rafael’s allocation is $943,853.84, and
these additional funds will not impact the 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 recommendations for
CDBG and HOME funds approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS on November 2, 2020, in accordance with the Cooperation
Agreement, the City Council reviewed staff ’s recommendation that the City of San
Rafael’s total CDBG-CV allocation of $943,853.84 be used to fund rental assistance and
provide financial assistance for small and microbusinesses/enterprises focused in areas
of San Rafael that are most at risk for COVID-19 transmission and risk of eviction;
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council
recommends to the Marin County Board of Supervisors that the City of San Rafael’s
CDBG-CV Allocation 3A allocation of $943,853.84 be allocated as such: 75% or
$707,890.38, to fund rental assistance focused in areas of San Rafael that are most at
risk for COVID-19 transmission and also most at risk of eviction and 25% or
$235,963.46, to fund small and microbusinesses/enterprises in areas of San Rafael that
are most at risk for COVID-19 transmission and also most at risk of eviction.
I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting
of the Council of said City held on the 2nd day of November 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk