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A resolution appropriating $2,090,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to the Metropolitan Action Commission for repairs and safety improvements to Metro-owned child care centers.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARP Funds") from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of ARP Funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes the important work of the Metropolitan Action Commission in providing affordable child care for Head Start children throughout the city; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that most of MAC's child care facilities are old buildings in need of substantial repairs and safety improvements, as described in Exhibit A; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that despite the availability of federal dollars for the Head Start program, generally, these funds cannot be used for the proposed expenditures in Exhibit A; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this resolution be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOL...
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