File #: 23-476    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/20/2023 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 10/10/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: Andrew Joyce, Dennis A. Feeney, Robert J. Beston, William M. Clay, Mickey Cleary, Frank J. Commisso, Lynne Lekakis, Carolyn McLaughlin, Matthew J. Miller, Victoria Plotsky, Dustin M. Reidy, William Reinhardt, Bill L. Ricard, Ellen Rosano, Merton D. Simpson, Wanda F. Willingham
Attachments: 1. The Pine Hollow Arboretum, 2. Arts Culture Tourism Grant Master List of Projects by Tier (08.25.23)_RPA, 3. 23-476 ARPA - TMP-4657 - The Pine Hollow Arboretum

RESOLUTION NO. 476

 

AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

 

                     Introduced: 10/10/23

By ARPA Executive Committee, Beston, Clay, Cleary, Commisso, Feeney, A. Joyce, Lekakis, McLaughlin, Miller, Plotsky, Reidy, Reinhardt, Ricard, Rosano, Simpson and Willingham:

 

WHEREAS, The County of Albany received $29.6 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which may be used for various projects and programs within the County to help mitigate the long-term effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and

 

WHEREAS, The Albany County Legislature created the ARPA Executive Committee and its various Subcommittees to determine how these funds should be distributed and to review applications for these monies, and

 

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee and its various Subcommittees have worked tirelessly over the last year in order to establish guidelines that will assist them in reviewing and evaluating the numerous applications they will receive, and

 

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee, having evaluated numerous proposals, has requested authorization to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $40,000 to and enter into an agreement with The Pine Hollow Arboretum for a term commencing September 11, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee has indicated that such funding would be used to help The Pine Hollow Arboretum recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing for enhancements to its visitor center and improving educational opportunities by offering more guided tours, events, and mission-related programs to the community, as well as creating an ADA compliant trail loop, redesigning its Founders’ Garden, and renovating the house on-site to accommodate more visitors and events, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $40,000 to and enter into an agreement with The Pine Hollow Arboretum, Slingerlands, NY 12159 regarding Arts, Culture and Tourism Recovery Activities for a term commencing September 15, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the 2023 Albany County Budget is hereby amended as follows:

 

                     Increase Revenue Account CM.4.2425B.04089Z.ARP23 by $40,000

 

Increase Appropriation Account CM.9.2425B.44046Z.ARP23 by $40,000 by increasing Line Item 44046Z.ARP23 by $40,000

 

and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.