City Council Weekly Information Packet Friday, April 16, 2021
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City Council Weekly Information Packet Friday, April 16, 2021 Includes the following documents/information: 1) City Council Events Schedule 2) State and Federal Update & Grant Opportunities 3) Equitable Sharing Report – Quarterly Expenditure Report 4) Community Development Activity Report April 2021 Compiled and distributed by the City Manager’s Office City Council Events Schedule April 16, 2021 thru May 19, 2021 The Mayor and City Council have been invited to attend various community meetings and public and private events at which a quorum of the City Council may be present. The Council will not be conducting city business, nor will any legal action be taken. This is an event only and not a public meeting. A list of the community meetings and public and private events along with the schedules, dates, times, and locations is attached. Organizers may require a rsvp or fee. DAY DATE TIME EVENT Sat Apr 17 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. State of the Neighborhoods and Awards Virtual tempe.gov/channel11 Sat Apr 17 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Arts in the Parks Activity Tour - Stories That Move You, Hidden Treasures and Hidden Critters Locations: Daley Park, Selleh Park, Harelson Park Tempe, AZ Sat Apr 17 1:00 pm. – 5:00 p.m. Hidden Hearts Location: Lily's Pad, 1348 E. Apache Blvd. Tempe, AZ 85281 Tue Apr 20 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Business Before Hours with Donor Network of Arizona Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/DonorNetworkAZ Tue Apr 20 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Solid Waste Rate Study Virtual Public Meeting tempe.webex.com Event number: 187 792 9558 Event password: rates Audio conference: To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the event, or call the number below and enter the access code. United States Toll +1-408-418-9388 Access code: 187 792 9558 Tue Apr 20 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Solid Waste Rate Study Virtual Public Meeting tempe.webex.com Event number: 187 055 9214 Event password: rates Audio conference: To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the event, or call the number below and enter the access code. United States Toll +1-408-418-9388 Access code: 187 055 9214 1 Sat Apr 24 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Clark Park Virtual Public Meeting https://zoom.us/j/ClarkPark Meeting ID: 994 0721 1905 Passcode: Clark Zoom phone number: 1- 699-900-6833 Meeting ID: 994 0721 1905 Passcode: 832471 Mon Apr 26 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Historic Preservation Plan Virtual Public Meeting https://zoom.us/j/HistoricPreservationPlan Meeting ID: 992 7598 5696 Passcode: Tempe Zoom phone number: 1- 699-900-6833 Meeting ID: 992 7598 5696 Passcode: 348421 Fri May 7 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Westside Multigenerational Center-Mural Celebration Location: Westside Multigenerational Center 715 W. 5th St. Tempe, AZ Wed May 19 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Ribbon Cutting for Mariposa Therapy Services Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/MariposaTherapyServices 04/16/2021 EF 2 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council THROUGH: Andrew Ching, City Manager FROM: Marge Zylla, Government Relations Officer DATE: April 16, 2021 SUBJECT: State and Federal Update & Grant Opportunities Below are summaries of recent actions and announcements at the state and federal level: • US Conference of Mayors Federal Update • USDOT NOFO RAISE Grants • American Jobs Plan, Veterans Support • Governor Executive Orders • State Legislative Update • AZ Department of Health Services COVID-19 Update Please let me know if there are follow-up questions for Tempe’s federal lobbyist. Also, please let me know if Tempe staff members are pursuing federal grants so we can arrange for letters of support from our Congressional delegation. US Conference of Mayors Federal Update Via USCM Staff, 4/13/21, Excerpted President Biden submitted his topline FY 2022 discretionary budget request to leaders of the House and Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees last Friday. This effectively begins the process for approving spending bills for federal programs and agencies in the new fiscal year. We are very pleased that the President is requesting significant increases for non-defense discretionary programs, many of which support our cities and their residents. These include housing, community development, transportation, public health, community policing, workforce investment, childcare, infrastructure modernization and many others. President Biden is requesting $769 billion for non-defense discretionary programs in FY 2022, a 16 percent increase over the FY 2021 enacted level. A total of $753 billion is requested for national defense, a 1.7 percent increase. USDOT NOFO RAISE Grants Via Ballard Spahr, 4/13/21 The U.S. Department of Transportation published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants. RAISE was formerly known as BUILD and TIGER. More information from the USDOT site at this link. American Jobs Plan, Veterans Support Via Ballard Spahr, 4/15/21 Last week’s memo included overview information regarding the American Job Plan. Attached is a fact sheet from the White House outlining assistance for veterans, specifically. Governor Executive Orders The Governor has issued a number of Executive Orders in 2020 and 2021. They can be found at this link. No Executive Orders were issued this week. State Legislative Update Today is the 96th day of the 2021 state legislative session. As of today, 1,708 bills have been posted, 276 have passed the Legislature and 250 have been signed by the Governor. The tracking list (List 1) that follows this memo includes the summaries of bills that may be of interest to Tempe, organized by department. This list is not exhaustive and will be adjusted as staff is able to review bills in depth and as proposals are amended. As more analysis is done, additional comments will be included. Readers can use the search/find tool (keyboard shortcut: press “Ctrl” and the “F” key) to search for terms of interest, like fireworks, rentals, zoning, etc. Readers of the bills list attachment will see a number of updated statuses for bills that did not satisfy legislative deadlines. These bills are noted as “Dead”. It is still possible that some proposals could return as strike-everything amendments or be included in a budget bill. The rightmost column in the bills list attachment will show the most recent action for the bill, including if the bill has been signed into law by the Governor. As noted in last week’s update, budget negotiations at the legislature are ongoing. The city continues to be concerned about tax proposals that would decrease Tempe’s resources. Much of the revenue in the state is generated from cities and towns, the state collects that revenue and then there are agreements that some of the revenue collections are distributed back to cities and towns. For income taxes specifically, these are voter-approved local revenues (VALR) from a long-standing agreement that cities would not have city-specific income taxes and that the state would collect the income tax revenue generated in cities and towns and then distribute those revenues back out to the municipalities. VALR represents an important portion of the resources that municipalities count on to provide services and contribute to the quality of life for residents and businesses. AZ Department of Health Services COVID-19 Update Via ADHS Staff, 4/15/21 Arizona Department of Health Services (Department) COVID-19 updates: • As of today, nearly 4.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Arizona with over 2.6 million Arizonans (37%) receiving their first doses of vaccine and nearly 1.8 million fully vaccinated. Over 387,000 doses of vaccine were administered throughout Arizona last week. o More vaccine data at the state and county level is available on our Data Dashboard. • This week, ADHS released a new public service announcement featuring several community leaders as an expansion of our “Roll Up Your Sleeve Vaccine” campaign to encourage Arizonans to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The community influencers PSA is available here. • ADHS continues to work with partners to operate high throughput state vaccination sites that serve as a national model. In total, over 28% of all doses administered in Arizona have been administered at a state vaccination site. About 113,000 doses were administered at state PODs in the last week. o This week an indoor, walk-up vaccination site opened at Desert Financial Arena on ASU’s campus. This site replaces the outdoor drive through site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. o Next week, three additional state vaccination sites will launch. All sites will offer Pfizer vaccine. On Monday, April 19, the first state vaccination site in Northern Arizona will open at NAU’s University Union Fieldhouse, This site will kick off with about 1,000 appointments a day running from 7 AM to 7 PM. On Thursday, April 22, the indoor vaccination site at Scottsdale’s Westworld will launch, bringing additional vaccination capacity to northern Maricopa County. On Friday April 23, the vaccination site at State Farm Stadium will transition indoors to Gila River Arena. o All existing state vaccination sites continue operations including sites at Dexcom in Southeast Mesa, University of Arizona, and Yuma Civic Center. • This Friday at 11 AM tens of thousands of appointments will be released across all state vaccination sites. All Arizonans 16 and older are eligible to book these appointments, which will span from April 19 through April 25. o Appointments can be booked online at http://podvaccine.azdhs.gov/ or by calling 1-844- 542-8201 for assistance in English and Spanish.