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MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 23, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Councilmember
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager
Travis Storin, Chief Financial Officer
Kyle Stannert, Deputy City Manager
FROM:
SeonAh Kendall, City Recovery Manager and Sr Economic Manager
RE: NOVEMBER 23, 2021, WORK SESSION SUMMARY:
STATE ARPA FUNDING APPLICATION OVERVIEW
This memorandum provides a summary of the discussion related to the November 23, 2021, Work
Session Item – State ARPA Funding Application Overview.
Councilmembers Present: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Gutowsky, Pignataro,
Canonico, Peel, Ohlson
Presenting Staff: Travis Storin and SeonAh Kendall
DIRECTION SOUGHT:
1. What additional questions does Council have about the State ARPA funding application process?
2. Does Council have feedback on the preliminary regional ideas for the State ARPA funding
application?
DISCUSSION SUMMARY:
Council’s discussion covered the following points:
x Concern about the tight timeline of January 13, 2022 for application and Council’s ability to
share feedback.
o Staff will explore opportunities to bring this back to Council for further discussions.
x Identified that residents, businesses and organizations that were already challenged before the
pandemic have continued to see negative impacts.
x Encouraged transformational projects that don’t already have dedicated funding but could fill
gaps, have significant positive impacts and collaboration opportunities.
x Topic areas discussed included: behavioral health facility and service acceleration,
transportation/connectivity, air quality; support for transformational services for those
experiencing homelessness/near homelessness and potential undergrounding of electric poles.
NEXT STEPS:
Continued exploration and collaboration with regional partners on the state ARPA funding
application.
Explore opportunities to continue the two-way communication with Council, in a timely manner,
on the application.