Agenda Item Name:
Title
CARES Act Plan
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Presenter:
Michele Lieberman, Tommy Crosby 337-6205, April Shuping - CRI
Description:
CARES Act Plan update and revisions consideration
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
1) Approve the 1st Amendment to the County's CARES Act Funding Agreement with the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management, which increases the amount of the award to the County from $11,736,482 to up to $46,945,929, and allows the State to advance to the County an additional $9,389,186, and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment on behalf of the County.
2) Approve the 3rd amendment to the Engagement Letter with Carr, Riggs, and Ingram for consulting services related to CARES Act Funding, and authorize the Chair to execute same on behalf of the County.
3) Approve the programmatic changes presented by staff to increase individual and business assistance caps on funding and the establishment of the not-for-profit program as presented, and to include reallocation of funding to the not-for-profit program, Supervisor of Elections support for the General Election, School Board additional funding request, Children's Trust of Alachua County program, and Forage (Working Foods) request, to include a finding of necessity related to the COVID-19 public health emergency for increasing food access to residents specifically and a finding of necessity related to the COVID-19 public health emergency of all aspects of the plan as approved and amended; and to authorize the County Manager, or designated staff or consultant, to file, submit, prepare on-line, or any like action to amend the adopted Alachua County Cares Act plan in accordance with the Board's approved changes, in compliance with State of Florida requirements.
4) Approve entering into sub-recipient agreements with the Supervisor of Elections, Forage (Working Foods), Children's Trust of Alachua County, and an amendment to the School Board agreement as well as a memorandum o...
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