City Council Agenda and Packet 2020 04 17 SP

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CXtyaf CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION Louisville AGENDA ITEM COLORADO • SINCE 1.878 SUBJECT: DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION: UPDATE TO RESOLUTION NO. 31, SERIES 2020—A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM DATE: APRIL 17, 2020 PRESENTED BY: MEGAN E. PIERCE, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR SUMMARY: This memo is an update to the materials that were previously published for the special City Council meeting on April 17. The Economic Vitality Committee (EVC) met on both April 13 and April 15. This memo summarizes the changes to the Emergency Solutions Grant Program from the April 15 meeting. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION: Discussions from the April 15 EVC meeting helped to clarify the structure of the grant program as well as recommendations on specific eligibility factors and criteria evaluation. The attached application has been revised to capture those discussions. Staff has also worked to organize and add narrative to the document to clarify program intent and data collection. Please note that this document has not been formatted for final presentation; it will be finalized in a format that can be submitted electronically. Below is a list of the significant application changes made from the April 15 EVC meeting: • Added notation about $100,000 of LRC funding • Added note to remind/promote purchasing goods, services, and employees locally • Revised program application dates to April 22 — April 24 (three day window) • Added language about administrative/City staff review process • Clarified FTE count is as of 3/10/20 • Revised section on business types by making it a check -list, adding definitions, and changing the narrative about eligibility; there are now nine categories based on the two eliminated (food stores and auto dealers/gas service stations) • Added notation on the W-9 documentation request • Eliminated requirement for submitting Certificate of Good Standing from the Colorado Secretary of State; added this to Acknowledgment section; staff will verify for all applicants • Revised the language related to the URA funding and moved it into the Business Information section since it is not an eligibility factor just how funding will be disbursed • In Privacy Note, changed "best" to "reasonable" CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION