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CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE
American Rescue Plan Act
Recovery Plan Performance Report
City of Lake Elsinore—ARPA Recovery Performance Plan
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................................3
2. Uses of Funds.........................................................................................................................................4
3. Promoting Equitable Outcomes ............................................................................................................5
4. Community Engagement.......................................................................................................................5
5. Labor Practices.......................................................................................................................................6
6. Use of Evidence .....................................................................................................................................6
7. Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category (Pending) .........................................................................6
8. Project Inventory...................................................................................................................................9
9. Performance Report ..............................................................................................................................9
10. Required Performance Indicators and Programmatic Data ..................................................................9
11. Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States anclTerritories only) .................................................9
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1. Executive Summary
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or the American Rescue
Plan (ARP), is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed
into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, to accelerate the United States' recovery from the
economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The American Rescue Plan includes$350 billion
for the eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments. These funds, known as the Coronavirus
State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, provide a substantial infusion of resources to help turn the
pandemic tide, address its economic fallout and lay the foundation for a solid and equitable recovery.
Through the ARP Fiscal Recovery Funds, Congress provided State, local, and Tribal governments with
significant resources to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its economic impacts
through four categories of eligible uses:To respond to the public health emergency or its negative
economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to
impacted industries such astourism,travel, and hospitality;
a)To respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency
by providing premium pay to eligible workers;
b)For the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue due to the
COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal
year before the emergency; and
c) To make necessary investments in water, sewer,or broadband infrastructure.
The City of Lake Elsinore("City") is dedicated to allocating and expending funds from the American Recovery
Plan Act (ARPA) equitably and properly, all in compliance with the U.S.Treasury Guidelines. Therefore, the
City developed a preliminary ARPA funds allocation plan per the Interim Guidelines and will modify and
adopt a final allocation plan based on the final ARPA Guidelines. A final allocation plan is intended to be
presented to the City Council for consideration and public review and input within 30 days of issuing the
final Treasury ARPA guidelines.
The funds allocated are intended to provide recovery support to those sectors of our economy that are
struggling most to recover from the pandemic, provide a constituent and community-based focus,and be a
vehicle for transformational investment in our City's recovery, leading to improving citywide public health
equity outcomes and economic sustainability, to build future resilience to better withstand impacts from
COVID-19 or other future large-scale system threats. The City's preliminary proposed funding allocation
categories include Infrastructure, Housing& Homelessness, Economic Recovery, Revenue Backfill,and Non-
Profit Assistance. The preliminary proposed allocations for the Economic Recovery, Housing and
Homelessness, Infrastructure, and Non-Profit Assistance are generally allocated within Qualified Census
Tracts (QCT - HUD) or across programs and projects that benefit and provide a broad geographic and
community reach.
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2. Uses of Funds
The City has preliminarily designated the following categories for ARPA funding, pendingissuance of the
final ARPA Guidelines:
Infrastructure
The infrastructure funding category focuses on identifying investments in water, sewer, and broadband
infrastructure. The City is currently compiling a list of and evaluating a wide array of water, sewer, and
broadband projects. The evaluation process will identify projects that ensure compliance with applicable
public health and environmental safety requirements, address the most severe risks to humanhealth and
safety, and assists those communities most in need.
The City is currently coordinating with local utility districts to evaluate potential partnership opportunities
for water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure projects. Water and sewer infrastructure projects will
align with the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
requirements or the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
All projects will be required to conform to the California Public Contract Code requirements for delivering
public works projects,which is the City's standard practice.
Housing and Homelessness
The Housing and Homelessness funding category will target investments to increase local sheltering
capacity, permanent supportive housing units, and expand the supply of affordable housing. Per the
2020 Point-in-Time Count,the City had SO homeless residents on a given day, of which the majority, 34
are unsheltered. At present, the City has less than 6 year-round emergency shelter beds available to
serve homeless residents.This deficit poses a significant barrier to housing addressing homelessness. In
addition to limited shelter capacity, the City also has a significant shortage of affordable housing units.
An investment of ARPA funds in this category, coupled with investments in the Infrastructure category,
would boost sheltering capacity and support affordable housing projects.
The City of Lake Elsinore has identified Housing and Homelessness projects, including funding for
supportive services offered at the Homeless Crisis Intervention Facility, The Anchor.
Economic Recovery
This category will develop programs to assist businesses and industries struggling to rebound from the
pandemic and focus on strategic investment projects for the City's future economic growth andresiliency.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of The City's businesses. Accordingly, the City has
preliminarily identified categories to allocate funds to assist in the revitalization of The City's economy.
In addition, consideration is being given to increasing the diversification ofour economy through targeted
investments to enhance our overall economic resiliency and sustainability and improve the quality of life
of our residents.
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Revenue Backfill
This category covers dramatically reduced revenues or loss of revenue for specific categories that were
particularly impacted by COVID-19 due to state-mandated closures. The final Treasury guidelines will help
us make appropriate determinations on revenue backfill eligibility.
Non-Profit Assistance
This category supports local non-profit organizations as they provide a critical role in responding to the
public health emergency and its negative economic impacts by supporting the public health efforts,
delivering essential social services, and supporting individuals and families in stabilizing economically. As
part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City plans to utilize ARPA funding to establish a Non-
Profit Initiative to expand financial support and capacity within the City's non-profit sector and to work
collaboratively with local non-profits in service provision and to improve the quality-of-life of residents in
qualified census tracks and other communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
The City will assist our non-profit community with technical assistance to achieve more significant and
more sustainable resiliency. In general, we look to grow our partnerships with the non-profit sector in
delivering public services.
3. Promoting Equitable Outcomes
The City of Lake Elsinore desires to promote strong, equitable growth in managing its allocation of ARPA
funding. The goal is to provide equity and reach citywide through the above-described allocations for
Economic Recovery, Housing and Homelessness, Infrastructure, and Non-profit assistance.
The City's preliminary plan includes programs grounded in community engagement and collaboration,
providing for investments at critical intervention points that can best assist those in need at the earliest
intervention, and investing in sustainable responses that promote the City's recovery and resilience. The
desired outcome would be to address the disproportionate negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on
underserved and disadvantaged communities and populations. Plans would focus on increasing
opportunities for increasing public health equity and economic recovery,which would most appropriately
be done in conjunction with an overall community strategy that layers services such as affordable housing
and physical infrastructure improvements. This plan would be accomplished in partnership with non-
profits and include assistance with food, housing, employment programs, and youth sports and activities.
This response will assist in improving the quality of life of residents in qualified census tracks and
communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
4. Community Engagement
The City proposes to provide ARPA funds that focus on the recovery of the City from the effects of the
pandemic and builds our resiliency into the future. In addition, community engagement will be reviewed
with the Council Finance Subcommittee and utilizing past community surveys taking public input.
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5. Labor Practices
As it relates to infrastructure projects, the City shall comply with all applicable California Labor Laws,
Prevailing Wage requirements per State Labor Code Section 1771, and California Public Works
Requirements in the California Government Code. In addition, the City will work with any utility partners
that issue contracts for infrastructure funds or other partners such as Cities that contract out for building
supportive housing so that contracts issued meet all applicable State and Federal regulatory requirements
for labor practices.
Furthermore, the City intends to outreach bidding opportunities to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBE), including Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises(WBE).
6. Use of Evidence
The City will adhere to the final reporting guidelines issued by the Treasury to use ARPA funds.Based on
the reporting requirements included in the interim guidelines, it is expected that the City willbe reporting
expenditures where applicable within the following categories, per future approval by the City Council of
a final allocation plan and specific program expenditures.
7. Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category (Pending)
expendituresCategory Cumulative Amount spent
. since last
date Recovery Plan
1 Expenditure Category: Public Health
1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination 0 0
1.2 COVID-19 Testing 0 0
1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing 0 0
1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 0 0
Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites,
Schools, etc.)
1.5 Personal Protective Equipment 0 0
1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative Care 0 0
Facilities
1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant Changes $409,598 $409,598
to Public Facilities that respond to the COVID-
19 public health emergency
1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 0 0
(including Communications, Enforcement,
Isolation/Quarantine)
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Cumulative Amount spent
expenditures to since last
Category date ($) Recovery Plan
1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and $83,656 $83,656
Other Public Sector Staff Responding to
COVID-19
1.10 Mental Health Services 0 0
1.11 Substance Use Services 0 0
1.12 Other Public Health Services 0 0
2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic
Impacts
2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs 0 0
2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, and 0 0
Utility Aid
2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers 0 0
2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 0 0
Programs
2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction Prevention 0 0
2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash Assistance to 0 0
Unemployed Workers
2.7 Job Training Assistance (e.g., Sectoral job- 0 0
training, Subsidized Employment, Employment
Supports or Incentives)
2.8 Contributions to Ul Trust Funds* 0 0
2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance (General) 0 0
2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations 0 0
2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality 0 0
2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries 0 0
2.13 Other Economic Support 0 0
2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff 0 0
3 Expenditure Category: Services to
Disproportionately Impacted Communities
3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning 0 0
3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to High-Poverty 0 0
Districts
3.3 Education Assistance: Academic Services 0 0
3.4 Education Assistance: Social, Emotional, and $12,496 $12,496
Mental Health Services
3.5 Education Assistance: Other 0 0
3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care 0 0
3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: Home Visiting 0 0
3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: Services to 0 0
Foster Youth or Families Involved in Child
Welfare System
3.9. Healthy Childhood Environments: Other 0 0
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spentCategory Cumulative Amount
expenditures to since last
date Recovery Plan
3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing 0 0
3.11 Housing Support: Services for Unhoused $61,916 $61,916
persons
3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing Assistance 0 0
3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other 0 0
3.14 Social Determinants of Health: Community 0 0
Health Workers or Benefits Navigators
3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 0 0
Remediation
3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community 0 0
Violence Interventions
4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay
4.1 Public Sector Employees 0 0
4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 0 0
5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure
5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment 0 0
5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater collection 0 0
and conveyance
5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater 0 0
5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows 0 0
5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure 0 0
5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater $48,766 $48,766
5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation 0 0
5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation 0 0
5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source $65,045 $65,045
5.10 Drinking water: Treatment 0 0
5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution 0 0
5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution: 0 0
lead remediation
5.13 Drinking water: Source 0 0
5.14 Drinking water: Storage 0 0
5.15 Drinking water: Other water infrastructure 0 0
5.16 Broadband: "Last Mile" projects 0 0
5.17 Broadband: Other projects 0 0
6 Expenditure Category: Revenue Replacement
6.1 Provision of Government Services 0 0
7 Administrative and Other
7.1 Administrative Expenses 0 0
7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 0 0
7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government 0 0
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spentCategory Cumulative Amount
expenditures to since last
date Recovery Plan
7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 0 0
(States and Territories only)
8. Project Inventory
The City will comply with reporting on project inventory requirements that the final Treasury
guidelines will require.
9. Performance Report
The City will comply with reporting on performance report requirements that the final Treasury
guidelines will require.
10. Required Performance Indicators and Programmatic Data
The City will comply with reporting on performance indicators and programmatic data requirementsthat
the final Treasury guidelines require.
11. Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and
Territories only)
Does not apply to the City.
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