ARPA FUNDING ALLOCATION TASK FORCE

Monday, March 20, 2023 · 1:00 PM AM · Room 301-B, City Hall

TL;DR

This was a planning meeting for the ARPA Funding Allocation Task Force to discuss how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding. The task force reviewed their reporting deadline, public input gathered so far, and their recommendation process for allocating these federal funds to city projects.

Key Decisions

  • No decisions documented This was an agenda/planning document only
Agenda PDF Minutes PDF

Agenda

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  2. Call to order.
  3. Roll call.
  4. Review and approval of the previous meeting minutes from February 27, 2023.
  5. Review, update, discussion, and/or motion(s) on the task force reporting deadline.
  6. Review, update, discussion, and/or motion(s) on information gathered from public input meetings, surveys, and other correspondence.
  7. Review, update, discussion, and/or motion(s) on task force ARPA allocations review and recommendations process.
  8. Review, update, discussion, and/or motion(s) relating to work group activities.
  9. Update on the City's budget and processes.
  10. Next steps.
  11. Adjournment.
  12. Meeting materials of the task force can be found within the following file:
  13. 220789 Communication relating to the activities of the American Rescue Plan Act Funding Allocation Task Force.
    Communication
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  18. Also present: