Reso 2022-189 Business Facilities Grant Program

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WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide a period for businesses operating in accordance with the Declaration to modify operations or obtain necessary permits; and WHEREAS, the transition period will ensure that businesses continue to operate in a safe manner while minimizing disruptions to their operations; and WHEREAS, the City Council previously allocated a portion of the City's American Rescue Plan Act ("ARPA") funds for recovery grants to help small businesses pay past -due rent; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to reallocate remaining Commercial Relief Grant funds, in the amount of approximately Three Hundred Seventy Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($377,860) of such funds for grants to help small businesses pay for improvements necessary to facilitate outdoor dining and other facility improvements. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE that the above recitals are true and correct and made a part of this Resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Declaration of the Director of Emergency Services of the City of San Leandro Suspending Enforcement of Certain Provisions in Land Use Permits and Approvals and Zoning and Encroachment Requirements in the San Leandro Municipal Code, issued by the Director of Emergency Services on June 17, 2020, as subsequently amended, is hereby terminated. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council that businesses with facilities established in accordance with the June 17, 2020 Declaration shall have until April 30, 2023, to either remove such facilities, bring them into compliance with applicable law, or submit a complete application for any necessary permits. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council that funds previously allocated for business recovery grants, in the amount of approximately Three Hundred Seventy Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($377,860) are reallocated to new programs to provide grants to small businesses to cover the cost of improvements necessary to facilitate outdoor dining and other facility improvements. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized and directed to take such action as is necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution. Introduced by Councilmember Lopez and passed and adopted this 17"' day of October 2022, by the following vote: Members of the Council: AYES: Councilmembers Aguilar, Azevedo, Ballew, Cox, Lopez, Simon, Mayor Cutter (7) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: Non (0) ATTEST: k& 9 Kelly B. C ncy, Acting City Cler16 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-189 2