Santa Rosa ARPA Report

Greetings!

Thank you very much for your prompt response to my public records request for the City’s quarterly report to the Treasury Department on the use of American Rescue Program Act funds.  I have incorporated the information in it into the original spreadsheet you provided me when the City allocated ARPA and PG&E funding (attached).  By doing so, I can better understand the progress of the programs begun by it, and the changes you have made to the City’s original decisions.

What is clear from the report is that the City has declared obligations to spend $22,629,794, and has expended $16,660,661 against those obligations.  That leaves a balance of expenditures of a little under $6 million.  Maxing out the expenditures on remaining obligations, you should be able to spend about $3.5 million of those remaining funds within your program design.  That will leave $2.5 million in funds to be re-obligated before December 31, 2024.  How and when will the Council make those additional obligations?

The only other question I have is “What happened to the original obligation of $10 million for the Roseland Community Center?”  The quarterly report seems to indicate that it has been shifted into the category of “Revenue Replacement”.  Your report states “Funding under the revenue loss provision will be allocated towards Roseland Community Center. Construction of Roseland Community Center would provide a publicly owned Community Center in Roseland which would ensure a culturally safe space and sense of belonging, would reflect the voices of the community in the design process, represent an equitable investment in the City infrastructure for the newly annexed Roseland, and provide more opportunities for the City’s youth and elders.”    May I assume that the shift to Revenue Replacement accounts for the drop in overall obligations from $34,937,000 originally to the current figure of $22,629,794?  The City is still going to apply the ARPA funding to the Roseland Community Center, correct?

Again, thanks for the report. 

Gregory Fearon