HomeMy WebLinkAbout15413RESOLUTION NO. 15413
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 15168
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000) FROM PROJECT NO. CI-2113
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
CONSTRUCTING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 603 (A) OF THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT AND U.S. TREASURY FINAL RULE 31 CFR
35
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the U.S. Senate-amended
H.R.1319 (P.L. 117-2) known as the American Rescue Plan Act ( “ARPA”); and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 9931, approved on May 17, 2021, the City Council
established Project No. CI-2113 and budgeted and appropriated up to $36.7 million in funds
which were expected to be distributed to the City from ARPA for covered costs and eligible
expenses to be incurred during the period which began on March 3, 2021, until December 31,
2024 (to be expended by December 31, 2026); and
WHEREAS, on January 6, 2022, the U.S. Treasury issued, with an effective date of April
1, 2022, the Final Rule to implement ARPA in Title 31, Part 35 of the CFR; and
WHEREAS, under the Final Rule, recipients may use Coronavirus State and Local
Fiscal Recovery Funds (“SLFRF”) to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the
negative economic consequences resulting therefrom; and
WHEREAS, under the U.S. Treasury’s Final Rule pertaining to ARPA, recipients may
use SLFRF funds to invest in communities to promote improved health outcomes and public
safety such as parks, recreation facilities, and programs that increase access to healthy foods;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that
SECTION 1.
(a) Additional funds in the amount of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) are hereby
authorized for payment from Project No. CI-2113 – American Rescue Plan Act, for purposes of
Act, for redundant fiber-optics infrastructure to connect the City’s new fire station near W. 24th
Street on the east side of Pueblo Boulevard and Pueblo County’s new county jail near W. 24th
Street on the west side of Pueblo Boulevard.
SECTION 2.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform all acts consistent with this
Resolution to implement the policies and procedures described herein.
SECTION 3.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: November 13, 2023
BY: Vicente Martinez Ortega
MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED:
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY:
City Clerk's Office Item # M5
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 13, 2023
TO: President Heather Graham and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Nicholas A. Gradisar
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: George Hypolite, City Attorney
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 15168 AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($80,000) FROM PROJECT NO. CI-2113 – AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
ACT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE, AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 603 (A) OF THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND U.S. TREASURY FINAL RULE 31
CFR 35
SUMMARY:
This Resolution authorizes the payment of an additional $80,000 in American Rescue
Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds for a total of $680,000 for the purpose of installing redundant
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fiber-optic infrastructure to connect the City’s new fire station near W. 24 Street on the
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east side of Pueblo Boulevard and Pueblo County’s new county jail near W. 24 Street
on the west side of Pueblo Boulevard.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
By Ordinance No. 9931, approved on May 17, 2021, the City Council established
Project No. CI-2113 and budgeted and appropriated up to $36.7 million in funds which
were expected to be distributed to the City from the American Recovery Plan Act
(“ARPA”) for covered costs and eligible expenses to be incurred during the period
which began on March 3, 2021, until December 31, 2024, (to be expended by
December 31, 2026). Additionally, by Resolution No. 15168, approved on March 13,
2023, the expenditure of $600,000 in ARPA funds for the installing redundant fiber-optic
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infrastructure to connect the City’s new fire station near W. 24 Street on the east side
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of Pueblo Boulevard and Pueblo County’s new county jail near W. 24 Street on the
west side of Pueblo Boulevard.
BACKGROUND:
The City is building a new fire station on the west side of Pueblo on W. 24h Street.
Pueblo County (County) is building a new county jail near W. 24th Street on the west
side of Pueblo Blvd. The City and County desire to cooperate to install redundant fiber-
optic infrastructure to both facilities to connect the technological resources necessary to
support the operations required by each agency. The City and the County is working in
joint cooperation on this project. The original engineering design for the redundant path
must be altered due to policy change for the use of the Colorado Department of
Transportation’s conduit with local municipalities. This policy change forced a design
change for the City and County. To keep costs down, we are switching to an aerial
pathway. The cost for this change will be split 50/50 between the city and county
which the city’s portion being eighty thousand, $80,000, dollars. The County has
already approved and encumbered the funds for this change.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
An additional $80,000 in ARPA funds are being authorized for payment bringing the
City’s total cost for the project to $677,275.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not applicable to this Resolution.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
Not applicable to this Resolution.
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could decide not to support or fund the additional resources needed to
complete the broadband infrastructure project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Resolution
ATTACHMENTS:
None