HomeMy WebLinkAbout082-2020DocuSign Envelope ID: E150CBOD-0530-4FBF-A8AF-8870F81 D875B RESOLUTION NO. 82-2020 APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $293,000 TO FUND PHASE 2 OF THE FORWARD FOCUS COVID-19 BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM AND TO FUND AND ADMINISTER A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHEREAS, the business community in Danville is a vital part of the Town, generating tax revenues to fund municipal services, providing employment to residents, and offering goods and services to all members of the community; and WHEREAS, businesses within the Town are struggling to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to reduced numbers of customers and additional expenses necessary to comply with federal, state and county health orders; and WHEREAS, the Town has provided significant financial and logistical support to the business community during the pandemic, but has determined that it is necessary to take additional actions to assist businesses in continuing to operate during the upcoming winter and rainy season; and WHEREAS, on November 4, 2020 the Town Council approved the Forward Focus COVID-19 Business Grant Program (Grant Program) and appropriated $250,000 from the General -Purpose Capital Improvement Fund to fund Phase 1 of the Grant Program; and WHEREAS, the initial funding was exhausted within a few weeks of the Grant Program's development and the Town Council determined the need to further assist businesses significantly impacted by the pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Town authorized Phase 2 of the Grant Program to be based upon grant criteria that has been amended to include COVID Related Safety and Sanitation and other type expenditures for businesses to reopen and operate safely for the public; and WHEREAS, further support is needed to guide businesses through the second round of CARES Act relief funds, and the Town has contracted with Townsend Public Affairs to administer a Business Assistance Program for individual concierge level support to all businesses interested in applying for federal or state funding; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council appropriates $293,000 from the Contingency Fund to fund Phase 2 of the Forward Focus COVID-19 Business Grant Program to include eligible businesses that were waitlisted during Phase 1 and to fund the Business Assistance Program; and, be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Council hereby authorizes the Town Manager to develop the Grant Program details consistent with the funding levels and procedures spelled out in DocuSign Envelope ID: E150CBOD-0530-4FBF-A8AF-8870F81 D875B the staff report presented to the Town Council, to implement and manage the Grant Program consistent with those procedures, and to execute a contract with Townsend Public Affairs for the Business Assistance Program. APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a special meeting on December 18, 2020 by the following vote: AYES: Arne ri ch , Fong , Morgan , Stepper , Storer NOES: None AB STAINED: None ABSENT: None MA DocuSigned by: 4F385835E14D5... APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST: DocuSigned by: DocuSigned by: 895C6C4OADBF4BF... 71735A3F04C942F... CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK PAGE 2 OF RESOLUTION NO. 82-2020