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The City of Vallejo has received its second round of ARPA funds, and we want to hear from YOU, the community, about what to spend these funds on.
Join us for one of our three upcoming public meetings, or click here to jump right to the budget tool and submit your ideas today!
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm – Vallejo room 505 Santa Clara street
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm – Vallejo room 505 Santa Clara street
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On September 28, 2021, Council approved a resolution to amend Fiscal Year 2021-2022 adopted budget in the amount of $25,727,736. This amendment recognizes revenue and appropriate expenditures from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and approves the following projects utilizing ARPA funding:
Project |
Description |
Amount |
Downtown Streets Program |
This project will fund one year of a Downtown Streets Program. The program provides homeless individuals (referred to as "team members") with case management, employment coaching, job placement, and basic needs assistance in exchange for volunteerism. |
$400,000 |
Navigation Center |
This funding will contribute towards the construction of the 125 bed Vallejo Navigation Center which is intended to help individuals experiencing homelessness get immediate respite from the streets while working to reduce homelessness in the City. |
$2,000,000 |
Sideshow Deterrence |
These funds will be used to deter sideshows through evidence-based environmental design methods such as modified asphalt, raised pavement markers ("bot dots"), temp traffic devices for specific intersections, and stripping enhancements. |
$700,000 |
Advance Peace Program |
This project would fund one year of the Advance Peace program. Advance Peace works to end cyclical and retaliatory gun violence in urban neighborhoods by providing developmental and healing-centered resources to those at the center of lethal firearm offenses (violent actors and most likely victims, often one and the same). The program does this through evidence-based practices including street outreach, mentoring, intensive case management, life skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and subsidized employment.
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$700,000 |
Community Violence Intervention Program |
These funds will be used to support community violence intervention programs including the City's neighborhood watch program through the addition of three limited term Police Assistants and vehicles for the staff. |
$600,000 |
Broadband Build-outs |
The funds are to be used for building out broadband infrastructure in the city. The goal is to extend fiber to the schools, anchor businesses, lateral build-outs for the businesses, fiber to new developments coming to the city. Provide WIFI access in public gathering places like Vallejo waterfront, major city parks, and Vallejo Downtown. Provide free WIFI/broadband access to our disadvantaged communities (North and South Vallejo).
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$2,500,000 |
Station Tone Alerting System |
This project will replace the tone alert system in all 7 Vallejo fires stations (station alert software, cabling, lights, and speakers). The tone alert system alerts the fire fighters when a new emergency call is in progress. The system is over 20+ years old and seriously well beyond its useful end of life.
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$2,000,000 |
Economic Development Efforts |
These funds will go towards a variety of ED efforts including an Economic Development Strategic Plan, Downtown Facade Improvement, Business Attraction and Retention Survey and Recruitment Strategy, Small Business Grants program and other projects to provide economic support to the business community including an art grants program. |
$1,300,000 |
Planning Support |
This project will include various assessments and long-term plans to benefit the City and its residents. Some of these efforts include a food desert survey, climate planning supplement, and the State mandated update of three Elements of the General Plan, including Environmental Justice, Safety, and Housing. |
$500,000 |
Grant Software and Staff |
These funds will cover the implementation of a grants management system and fund two limited-term Grants Administrative Analysts |
$363,868 |
COVID-19 Delta Variant Coordination |
These funds will be used to hire a limited term employee to coordinate COVID-19 communications, compliance, monitoring and tracking for City employees.
|
$150,000 |
To view the meeting, review the agenda/minutes, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/v9cypyjc
The second half of the ARPA funds is projected to arrive in June 2022. City Staff will continue to solicit suggestions from the community leading up to Council Allocation of the section half of funds. City Staff anticipates outreach through community workshops/meetings, online submittal of ideas, and publications in the local paper to reach as many community members as possible.
If you have ideas on how to spend the remaining ARPA funds, or would like to review what other community members have submitted, please click here.
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On September 14, 2021, City Council was asked to amend the budget to accept the $25,727,736 in aid from the American Rescue Plan Act’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Council was also presented with City Staff recommendations on how to allocate the ARPA funds. Here are the allowable ways in which ARPA funds can be spent:
Staff requested input from all City Departments, the Community, Chamber of Commerce, and into considerations items such as the National League of Cities Principles, Recent & In Progress Legislation, and City Council Goal Setting. Based on the input and guidance, Staff recommended the following projects to receive ARPA funding:
Proposed Projects |
Funding |
Downtown Street Program |
$400,000 |
Navigation Center Construction |
$2,000,000 |
Sideshow Deterrence |
$700,000 |
Advance Peace Program |
$700,000 |
Community Violence Intervention Programs |
$600,000 |
Broadband Buildouts |
$2,500,000 |
Fire Station Tone Alerting System |
$2,000,000 |
Economic Development Efforts |
$1,300,000 |
Planning Support |
$500,000 |
Grant Software and Staff |
$363,868 |
COVID-19 Delta Variant Coordinator |
$150,000 |
Glen Cove Fire Station Reopening (previously approved by Council on August 24, 2021) |
$1,650,000 |
To review the Council meeting and discussion, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/3ee6uezz
The September 14th meeting was the first part of a two-step process. Council will be meeting again September 28, 2021, at 7pm for Step 2 to approve project allocations and amend the budget.
Members of the Public may provide comments and view the meeting by:
For additional instructions on how to speak during public comment, please visit, http://www.cityofvallejo.net/publiccomment.
The second portion of ARPA funds should be received by May or June 2022. In the coming months, City Staff and Council will continue to request feedback from community members on how money should be allocated. To provide ideas and input, please visit: https://www.myvallejo.com/american-rescue-plan-act/brainstormers/how-do-you-want-american-rescue-plan-funds-spent
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From April 2021 through September 2021, staff has been collecting ideas from the community on the best way to spend our ARPA funds. The ARPA page received 1,130 visitors and 89 people have contributed to the ideas page with 56 total submissions. In addition to original ideas, most ideas received multiple “upvotes”.
City staff worked to categorize each of the ideas to illustrate how the community desires Council to allocate ARPA funds. Below, is a summary of total votes by the community for each category:
Based on community input, staff is recommending Council to approve funding for the following project groups for the first half of ARPA funds:
Staff will continue to seek votes from the community to continue to determine the best way to allocate the remaining ARPA funds! To provide more input and suggest ideas, click here.
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The Treasury Department released interim guidelines and final allocations on May 10th.
Vallejo's allocation is $25,727,736! This is in addition to the $2.2 million we received through the HOME program.
What happens now?
Now we apply for funds, read through the guidance, and strategize how to maximize these funds.
It's important to note that we will get the first payment 60 days after submitting the application and the second half a year from the date of our first payment.
What can the money be used on?
Here is a high-level summary from Treasury's website. We can use the funds to:
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Support public health expenditures, by, for example, funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral healthcare, and certain public health and safety staff
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Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the public sector
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Replace lost public sector revenue, using this funding to provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue experienced due to the pandemic
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Provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service in critical infrastructure sectors
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Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, making necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, support vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and to expand access to broadband internet
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On April 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released information regarding supplemental funding, known as HOME-ARP. The City of Vallejo was awarded $2,213,960. These funds will help us support people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, including through development of affordable and supportive housing, tenant-based rental assistance, supportive services, and acquisition and development of non-congregate shelter units.
To learn more, please visit HUD's press release - https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_21_070
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Local guidance regarding the American Rescue Plan legislation is forthcoming and ongoing. We will post updates here as we have information or news to share.
