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ARPA Funds - Grocery Store Construction Incentive
Department of Housing and Community Development
Director Rosalyn Clemens (x3647)
Revised
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Authorizing the disappropriation of $150,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund; authorizing the appropriation of $150,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund for a Grocery Store Construction Incentive; authorizing the Mayor to enter into necessary agreements for said purpose; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo is the recipient of $180.9 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to be used to address the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Toledo Recovery Plan framework (authorized by Ordinance 530-21) includes $1 million for healthy food initiatives.
Ordinance 295-23 appropriated $150,000 to Lucas Metropolitan Housing (LMH) for a Grocery Store Construction Incentive at the Collingwood Green development project. LMH has requested that funding be reappropriated due to its inability to secure a grocery store as envisioned. This ordinance allows for the reappropriation and expenditure of $150,000 for pre-development and construction costs for a grocery store in neighborhoods of Toledo with limited healthy food access exacerbated by COVID-19 impact.
The reappropriated $150,000 of ARPA funds will be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development and used for a Grocery Store Construction Incentive program. Funds will be awarded to an entity with financial capacity and grocery store construction and operating experience to develop a grocery store in neighborhoods of Toledo with limited healthy food access. The awardee must commit to a development agreement which requires providing healthy frozen and refrigerated foods and fresh produce as mandatory for continuing occupancy of the site.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the disappropriation of $150,000 is authorized from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Account Code 2021-16400- 5HEALTHFD1NEI and the appropriation of same is authorized from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to Account Code 2021-16100-5HEALTHFD4NEI for a Grocery Store Construction Incentive program.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $150,000 is authorized from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to Account Code 2021-16100-5HEALTHFD4NEI for the purpose authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into necessary agreements for the purposes authorized in Section 1 upon terms and conditions consistent with American Rescue Plan Act regulations and otherwise applicable to the Director of Law and the Director of Housing and Community Development.
SECTION 4. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $150,000 in payment of the above-authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to timely obligate federal ARPA funding and address the food access needs of City of Toledo residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: December 4, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: December 4, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor