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Home My WebLink AboutPRESENTATION - 60ACOVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 1 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020, Special City Council Meeting COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 2 COVID-19: What are the numbers? COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 3 Number of Cases as of August 3, 2020 •United States: 4,795,493 •California: 522,369 •Orange County: 37,813 •Santa Ana: 7,222 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 4 1,213 cases1,374 cases 1,829 cases 586 cases 787 cases 1,165 cases *Case numbers as of August 3, 2020 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 5 COVID-19: How has the City responded? COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 6 COVID-19 Response •March 17, 2020 –Santa Ana City Council declared a local emergency –Establishing a Director of Emergency Services (City Manager) –Granting authority to issue executive orders COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 7 Executive Orders •March 19, 2020: Executive Order No. 1 –Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures –Suspension of water shut-offs •April 7, 2020: Executive Order No. 2 –Extension of time/deadlines (and streamlined processing) for essential businesses –Postponement of administrative hearings and deadlines –Waived late fees for utility bills and parking tickets –Temporarily halted street sweeping tickets –Rent increase freeze through May 31 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 8 Executive Orders •April 15, 2020: Executive Order No. 3 –Required face coverings for essential workers; strongly encouraged businesses to require masks for customers and establish dedicated shopping hours for older adults •May 28, 2020: Executive Order No. 4 –Extension of eviction moratorium through June 30, 2020 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 9 Executive Orders •May 28, 2020: Executive Order No. 5 –Expansion of outdoor dining and retail (onto sidewalks and on-street parking spaces in downtown and in parking lots citywide) •June 30, 2020: Executive Order No. 9 –Extension of eviction moratorium to coincide with Governor’s extended order. •July 23, 2020: Executive Order No. 10 –Extension of eviction moratorium to coincide with Governor’s extended order. (Executive Orders 6, 7, 8 were curfew orders related to civil unrest.) COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 10 COVID-19: Where are we now? COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 11 State Guidance: covid19.ca.gov •All Californians are to wear masks when leaving their house unless they can maintain social distancing of 6 feet. •Restaurants, retailers, hair salons, gyms, places of worship and some other locations are allowed to operate outdoors only or by pick-up/delivery in Orange County and other counties on the State monitoring list. •Public schools to be distant learning only without an approved waiver and new guidance issued on Youth Sports. •Malls, museums, zoos, movie theaters, entertainment venues, wineries, bars and cardrooms must close statewide. COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 12 COVID-19 CARES Act Spending Plan COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 13 Proposed Spending Plan: $28.6 Million of CARES Act Money from State Deployment of Mobile Resources $ 5,950,000 Community Based Outreach / COVID Relief Workers / PPE distributed to community $ 1,150,000 FREE High-risk Resident Testing $ 4,800,000 Trilingual Nursing Hotline $ 300,000 Direct Monetary Assistance $8,000,000 Rental Assistance (in addition to $0.8 million of CDBG)$ 2,750,000 Childcare Assistance $ 250,000 Utilities Assistance (Grants to households having difficulty paying utility bills)$ 2,000,000 Small Business Grants $ 2,500,000 Arts Relief Program $ 500,000 Temporary Housing / Hotel Vouchers $ 300,000 Education & Outreach $ 800,000 Education & Outreach (flyers & phone calls)$ 500,000 Public Outreach Digital Signs $ 250,000 Special Design Masks (Community Contest)$ 50,000 Sanitization of High Risk Areas $ 1,000,000 Community Clinics and Data Modeling $ 3,000,000 Local Government COVID-Related Costs $ 2,085,156 Other direct City expenses (staff time, PPE, unemployment, third party vendor)$ 1,410,156 Assist Telework Capabilities $ 675,000 Contingency / Revenue Recovery (25%)$ 7,145,052 COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 14 Mobile-Based Outreach COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 15 Mobile Outreach Strategy •High-risk Resident Education •Mobile COVID-19 Testing •Distribution of CARES PPE Kits •Access to all Santa Ana CARES Assistance Programs COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 16 Place-Based Strategy •Deployment of Mobile Resources, Education, and Outreach by zip code •Outreach schedule will be aligned with street sweeping schedule •COVID CARE kits will also be distributed at city parks COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 17 COVID Testing •FREE mobile pop-up testing locations will be scheduled through neighborhoods in the City –FDA authorized testing kits –Medically trained technicians –No appointments needed COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 18 24/7 Nurse Hotline COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 19 Nurse Hotline •Trilingual 24/7 COVID-19 Nurse Hotline for Santa Ana residents FREE of charge (no insurance requirement) COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 20 Direct Monetary Assistance COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 21 Rental Assistance Program •$2,750,000 proposed allocation •Partnership with rental property to pay 80% of the tenant’s back-rent owed balance, and landlord will forgive remaining 20% •In return, landlords or property owners will agree not to evict any program participating resident for a period of 6 months from the date of the Agreement •This public-private partnership will relieve tenants of their back rent that has accumulated since April 1 as a result of the pandemic COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 22 Childcare Assistance •$250,000 proposed allocation •Fixed amount per child for those with no child care available as a result of COVID and both parents are employed outside the home COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 23 Utility Assistance •$2,000,000 proposed allocation •$500 assistance payments for residents to apply to their delinquent water, trash, electric, and gas bills •Cable, internet, and cell phone bills are NOT eligible COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 24 Small Business Grants •$2,500,000 proposed allocation •$10,000 for Santa Ana Businesses and non-profits with 25 or less full time employees that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 •Eligible business expenses include rent, utilities, payroll, marketing, personal protective equipment (PPE), cleaning and disinfecting supplies, inventory, services, and technology to automate systems or to allow for telecommute activities of employees COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 25 Arts Relief Program •$500,000 proposed allocation •Aimed at assisting individual artists, arts-related micro- businesses, and arts-related non-profit organizations within the City •The grant size for the COVID-19 Arts Relief Program will be based on demonstrated need and allocated as follows: –up to $25,000 per applicant for arts-related non-profit organizations –up to $2,000 per applicant for arts -related micro- businesses, defined as having five or fewer employees –up to $1,000 per applicant for individual artists COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 26 Temporary Housing / Hotel Vouchers COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 27 Hotel Vouchers •Hotel rooms for Santa Ana families with COVID-positive individuals COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 28 Education & Outreach COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 29 Education & Outreach •COVID Ambassadors •Dedicated Hotline •Resource Guide •Program Flyers •Door Hangers •Digital Signs •Social Media COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 30 Digital Signage •Street signage in the street right-of- way and electronic billboards COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 31 Mask Design Contest COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 32 Sanitization COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 33 Public Facility Sanitization •COVID-19 Sanitization Services at City-owned facilities and throughout the Public Right-of-Way •They will use a specially formulated disinfection solution to sanitize high-traffic public areas and high-risk public areas COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 34 Local community clinics & data modeling COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 35 Community Clinics and Data Modeling •Additional funding to local community clinics •Funding for statistically gathering and data modeling COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 36 Local Government COVID-19 Related Costs COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 37 Public Facility Enhancements •An appointment system to comply with social distancing and CDC requirements to limit the number and proximity of people at the City’s public counters. •Protective barriers to enhance safety at public counters •Social-distancing markers and contactless thermometers COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 38 Revenue Recovery •25% Pending Federal Legislation COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 39 COVID-19 Task Force •Kristine Ridge, City Manager •Minh Thai, Executive Director, PBA •Alvaro Nunez, Code Enforcement Manager, PBA •Margarita Macedonio, Senior Community Planner, PBA •Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney •Ryan Hodge, Assistant City Attorney, CAO •Steven Mendoza, Acting Assistant City Manager, CMO •Judson Brown, Housing Division Manager, CDA •Marc Morley, Economic Development Specialist III, CDA •William Galvez, Deputy Public Works Director / City Engineer, PWA •Kathryn Downs, Finance Director •Sergio Vidal, Assistant Director of Finance and Management Services, FMSA •Chief David Valentin, Police Chief, SAPD •Sgt. Gil Hernandez, SAPD •Commander Michael Claborn, SAPD •Chief Henery, Division Chief, Orange County Fire Authority •Paul Eakins, Public Affairs Information Officer, City Manager’s Office •Daisy Perez, Senior Management Assistant, City Manager’s Office COVID-19 and CARES Act Spending Plan August 4, 2020 Slide 40 -Appropriation Authorization -Spending Plan Approval -Authority to Adjust Questions?