City Council Agenda and Packet 2020 08 11 SP

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RECOVERY AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT THIS RECOVERY AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT (hereinafter "Grant Agreement" or "Agreement") is made and entered into this day of 20, by and between the City of Louisville, a Colorado home rule municipal corporation (hereinafter "City") and , a [insert entity type] (hereinafter "Business Owner"). WHEREAS, the City of Louisville (the "City") is a home -rule city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under and pursuant to Article XX of the Colorado Constitution and Charter of the City; and WHEREAS, the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic is causing widespread human and economic impacts to the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, the Mayor of the City of Louisville, pursuant to Chapter 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code and C.R.S. § 24-33.5-709, executed a Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency in and for the City of Louisville (the "Mayor's Declaration") in response to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 27, Series 2020, adopted on March 16, 2020, the City Council continued in effect the Mayor's Declaration until terminated by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, on May 18, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order D2020-70 Directing the Expenditure of Federal Funds pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 ("CARES Act"); and WHEREAS, CARES Act funds will be distributed to Boulder County and allocated to the City and other municipalities located within Boulder County pursuant to a collaborative agreement executed between the County and the municipalities, and which funds may be used by the City to assist its local businesses with recovery efforts as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the City Council has taken several actions intended to help its residents and businesses with the impacts of COVID-19, including approval of an Emergency Solutions Grant Program in April 2020 to provide assistance to City businesses with immediate needs brought on by COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the City's business community is faced with more longer -term needs for building projects and improvements necessary to transform business operations as a result of the pandemic and for fagade improvements to ensure commercial buildings remain vibrant and contributing to the overall economic health and wellbeing of the City into the future; and WHEREAS, on , 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution , Series 2020, approving the Recovery and Improvement Program and delegating to the City Manager the authority