County of Albany - File #: 23-486

• File #: 23-486
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/2/2023
• In control: County Legislature
• Final action: 10/10/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH GRAND STREET COMMUNITY ARTS INC. 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, Jennifer A. Whalen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/10/2023	1	County Legislature

RESOLUTION NO. 486

AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH GRAND STREET COMMUNITY ARTS INC. 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 $150,000 to and enter into an agreement with Grand Street Community Arts, Inc. for a term commencing September 11, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026, and

WHEREAS, Grand Street Community Arts, Inc. seeks funding to support the rehabilitation and renovation of both the interior and exterior infrastructure for the building located at 68 Grand Street in the City of Albany so that the building can be returned to full use for community purposes, and

WHEREAS, This project will expand the ability of Grand Street Community Arts, Inc. to provide its various community programs including community radio, after-school youth programming, programs to feed the community, voter registration programs, COVID vaccination programs, as wel...