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Ratify an amendment to the contract with the Better Business Bureau to provide additional grants to arts and culture non-profits that had previously applied to the Austin Arts & Culture Non-Profit Relief Grant program, in the amount of $5,406,380 for a total contract amount not to exceed $41,510,805.
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Lead Department
Economic Development.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $5,406,380 is available?from the U.S. Department of Treasury, American Rescue Plan.
Prior Council Action:
May 7, 2020 - Approved Resolution No. 20200507-023 directing the City Manager to develop an initial program to help sustain small and local non-profit organizations and businesses using a portion of federal dollars designated for pandemic-related relief, and partner in the creation of a regional Economic Response Dashboard.
June 4, 2020 - Approved Resolution No. 20200604-040 adopting the COVID-19 proposed spending framework for the use of all available federal and local funding that leverages and maximizes the benefit of federal COVID-19 relief funding and local funding.
June 11, 2020 -Ratified a contract with Better Business Bureau (BBB) to administer the Commercial Loans for Economic Assistance and Recovery (CLEAR) and Austin Nonprofit and Civic Health Organization Relief (ANCHOR) Fund grant program to disburse emergency funds to small businesses and non-profits in need of relief as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in amount not to exceed $1,144.000 with an option to amend and extend the term and administrative fee should additional grant funds become available to administer.
October 1, 2020 -Ratified a contract amendment with the BBB to administer a total of $25,890,750 in emergency funds through the Austin Small Business Relief Grant, the Austin Non-Profit Relief Grant, and the Austin Creative Worker Relief Grant programs, with an option to amend and extend the term and administrative fee should additional grant funds become available to administer...
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