HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2020-56_____________________________________________________________________________________
Sponsored by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, APPROVING A GRANT DISBURSEMENT
PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE UTILIZING FUNDS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT.
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2020 President Donald J. Trump approved a Disaster Declaration for the
State of Alaska; and,
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2020, the City Council enacted Ordinance 3130-2020 accepting Federal
CARES ACT funding passed through the State of Alaska for expenditures in response to the
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the administration developed a grant disbursement program (Attachment A), which
includes several grant programs to provide individual assistance to small businesses, commercial
fishing permit holders, and City of Kenai residents in need of mental health services or mortgage
rent relief, and marketing services for businesses utilizing funds from the CARES Act where help
is needed due to impacts associated with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the grant disbursement program meets the intent of the CARES Act to provide
emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected
by the 2020 COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and were incurred during the period that begins
on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, the grant disbursement programs follow guidance for local governments issued by
the federal government; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Kenai to approve grant disbursement programs
to ensure that relief funds are granted to businesses and nonprofits in need of critical funding
now.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA:
Section 1. That the Grant Disbursement Program for Individual Assistance Utilizing Funds
from The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (Cares) Act is Approved as Attached or
modified in similar form.
Section 2. That this resolution takes effect immediately upon passage.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 1st day of July, 2020.
Resolution No. 2020-56
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ATTEST:
BRIAN GABRIEL, SR., MAYOR
Establishing City of Kenai COVID-19
Relief and Recovery Grant Programs
CITY OF KENAI
CITY HALL
210 FIDALGO AVENUE
KENAI, AK 99611
PAUL OSTRANDER
CITY MANAGER
POSTRANDER@KENAI.CITY
907.283.8222
LARRY PERSILY
PROJECT LEAD
LPERSILY@KENAI.CITY
907.283.8226
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Contents
Introduction
Overview
Small Businesses
Nonprofits
Individual Assistance
10Conclusion
The Kenai City Council on May 20 approved
an approach to distributing CARES Act funds
received by the City, identifying broad
categories, governmental, private, and
nonprofit to help provide economic relief due to
the public health emergency. The
Administration focused on developing the three
grant programs outlined in this document to
provide meaningful impact in the community in
an expeditious manner.
Along with myself, the team included Project
Lead Larry Persily (hired as a temporary
employee for this effort), Finance Director
Terry Eubank, City Attorney Scott Bloom, and
Assistant to City Manager Christine
Cunningham. We considered a wide range of
programs and guidance along with the need
for timely relief support with as few restrictions
as possible to ensure relief funds can be spent
as needed, balanced with accountability, and a
simplified process that is in the best interests
of both the City and applicant.
I believe we have assessed the requirements
and needs of the City soundly, producing a set
of responsive programs to ensure we, as a
City, succeed in expending funds to best serve
the citizens of Kenai with responsible
management.
Introduction
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*Businesses with more than $50,000 in gross
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Overview
The City of Kenai expects to receive $7,700,832 from the Federal Government passed through the
State of Alaska for expenditures in response to and to aid in the economic recovery from the COVID-
19 Public Health Emergency. The Administration has evaluated an approach to distributing the
economic recovery funds identifying how to best support the long-term recovery of our local economy.
This approach includes an allocation plan for expenditure of these funds approved by City Council and
designed to identify broad categories, governmental, private, and nonprofit where help is needed due
to impacts associated with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
$2,500,000 – First Responder and Incident Management Team Payroll. This allocation includes a
reimbursement of City payroll expenses for Fire Department, Police Department, Public Safety
Dispatch, and Incident Management Team.
$3,000,000 – Business and Nonprofit Entity Recovery Grants. This allocation includes grant awards to
qualifying City of Kenai businesses or nonprofits affected by COVID-19 to offset impacts or to provide
mitigation. The City will administer a grant program to determine eligibility and requirements that may
apply. The grant program guidelines are included in this document.
$300,000 – CARES Act Administration & Non-Payroll Expenditures. This allocation includes
reimbursement of City expenses related to COVID-19, which have been documented. These
expenses include City purchases to ensure the health and safety of City employees and residents due
to the disaster. All expenditures from this department will follow all City code requirements.
$900,832 – Individual Assistance Grants. This allocation will include grants to nonprofits to assist
Kenai households impacted by COVID-19. The City will administer the grant programs to determine
eligibility restrictions and requirements that may apply. The grant program guidelines are included in
this document.
$1,000,000 – City Resiliency and Recovery. This allocation will include City of Kenai capital projects
or expenses intended to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. All expenditures from this department will
follow all City code requirements.
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Small Business
The grant categories for small businesses will be
divided into four levels, based on each business’
2019 total gross sales for four quarters as reported
on their tax returns to the Borough:
Up to $2,500 for businesses with 2019
revenues of $50,000 to $100,000
Up to $5,000 for businesses with 2019
revenues of $100,000 to $250,000
Up to $7,500 for businesses with 2019
revenues of $250,000 to $500,000
Up to $10,000 for businesses with 2019
revenues of more than $500,000
The initial application period for grants was open
for two weeks, June 5, 2020 to June 19, 2020, and
the City Council re-opened the application period
from July 10, 2020 to July 17, 2020 to allow
additional businesses to apply that did not apply in
the first round. If the demand for grants in the
second round exceeds the City’s available funds,
the City reserves the right to prorate the grants to
stay within available funding.
A business must have been in existence as of
January 1, 2020, to qualify. That would not
exclude an existing business with a state license,
and that has previously filed tax returns with the
Borough even though it may have reported no
operations in January 2020 (such as a seasonal
business).
For purposes of determining eligibility for a new
business without a full year’s tax returns for 2019,
the City would take gross sales reported for any
quarters in 2019 or the first quarter 2020 and
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extrapolate the numbers to estimate a full year’s
sales for the business.
Businesses that are not required to file sales tax
returns with the Borough must provide a copy of
their most recent federal income tax return or
other proof of revenues as deemed suitable by
the City review committee to determine the level
of grant award they might qualify to receive.
The business must be located within the City of
Kenai, with a valid state business license and be
current in its sales tax registration with the Kenai
Peninsula Borough. The business owner(s) does
not have to be a resident of the City of Kenai.
The program is open to all qualifying businesses,
regardless of whether they have applied for or
have obtained any other state or federal COVID-
19-related assistance.
The program will exclude from eligibility:
C Corporations traded on a U.S. stock
exchange or a corporate-equivalent entity
traded on a foreign stock exchange, and
businesses owned in whole or majority-
owned by such a publicly traded
corporation
National chains that own and operate their
premises in Kenai; franchise owned-and-
operated businesses in Kenai would be
eligible
Businesses with a City lien or are in
violation of a payment agreement with the
City
Businesses with a Borough lien for unpaid
sales taxes. A sales tax delinquency would
not disqualify a business from the grant
program unless the borough has initiated a
lien on that debt. Businesses that have
entered into a payment plan with the
Borough and are adhering to that plan
would be eligible for the grant, so long as
the lien has been lifted
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Small Business
Businesses currently in bankruptcy
proceedings
Businesses that lack a permanent
physical presence in the City for the sale
of goods or the provision of services with
at least one worker assigned to that
facility
Marijuana businesses licensed under
Alaska Statute 17.38.
Businesses sharing physical quarters may each
apply and qualify for their own grant, so long as
each business has its own state license, files a
sales tax return under its own name and does
not share the same ownership with the other co-
located businesses.
Applicants are required to self-certify that they
have been affected by the COVID-19 public
health emergency and resulting economic
impacts. The intent of the federally funded
CARES Act program is to assist communities
and businesses that suffered economic harm
from the public health emergency. Impacts
could include, though are not limited to, loss of
sales due to mandatory shutdown, inventory
loss, additional operating expenses of reopening
and protecting staff and customers, including
funds already spent for those purposes.
Businesses will not be required to detail
specifically (in dollars) how they have been
affected.
Business will be asked how they might use the
money, making clear that the application
question is voluntary and for informational
purposes only to gauge community need and
effectiveness of the program.
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Applicants will be required to check a box that
states they intend to remain in business into
2021. The grant funds must be fully expended
by December 30, 2020.
The applicant must certify that the information
provided is true and accurate and that they
agree to assist in the verification of information
provided in the application and to provide
additional information to the City, if requested.
The application period will be open for two
weeks. The City review committee will verify the
information as the applications come in, but the
City will hold off paying out any funds until after
the deadline period has closed and the total
amount of eligible requests is known.
The review committee will determine whether
the application is complete and the business is
eligible under the program requirements. The
committee will not judge the need or use of the
money.
An applicant denied by the review committee
may appeal to the City Manager (in writing).
Any appeal must be filed in writing by 5 p.m. the
10th calendar day after the day the applicant
received notice from the City.
It is the City’s intent, to the extent allowed by
law, that the review committee’s work and
discussions, and the applications themselves,
will not be available to the public. The names of
businesses that receive grants and the amount
each receives will be considered a public
record.
The City reserves the right to amend any
criteria or procedures as may be required if new
state or federal guidelines are issued.
Nonprofits
The grants for nonprofits would be divided into
three levels to help meet the needs of repairing
the economic damage to nonprofits caused by
the COVID-19 public health emergency:
Up to $10,000 for nonprofits of less than
$50,000 in annual revenue
Up to $25,000 for nonprofits of between
$50,000 and $250,000 in annual revenue
Up to $50,000 for nonprofits of more than
$250,000 in annual revenue
The initial application period for grants was open
for two weeks, June 5, 2020 to June 19, 2020,
and the City Council re-opened the application
period from July 10, 2020 to July 17, 2020 to
allow additional nonprofits to apply that did not
apply in the first round. If the demand for grants
in the second round exceeds the City’s available
funds, the City reserves the right to prorate the
grants to stay within available funding.
Annual income will be determined by the
nonprofit’s most recent IRS Form 990 from 2018
or 2019. For those nonprofits that do not file with
the IRS, the City will accept an audited financial
statement or an unaudited statement by a third-
party preparer.
The program is open to nonprofits that provide
services to residents of the City, regardless of
where the nonprofit has its main office — though
the nonprofit must have a physical or service
presence within the City of Kenai — and
regardless of whether the local chapter or affiliate
is part of a larger statewide or national
organization.
Additional eligibility rules:
The grants will be available only to IRS-
certified 501 nonprofits (the full list of IRS
501 nonprofit categories will be on the
application)
The nonprofit must have been in operation
serving City of Kenai residents since at
least January 1, 2019
A majority of the group’s local board of
directors or local advisory board and its
officers must be Alaska residents. A local
affiliate of a national organization must
have a local advisory or governing board
Faith-based nonprofits are eligible, so long
as they provide services which are
promoted and available to the general
public without regard to religious affiliation
Nonprofit organizations “that are
principally engaged in teaching,
instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating
religion or religious beliefs, whether in a
religious or secular setting, or primarily
engaged in political or lobbying activities"
are not eligible (as per 13 CFR §
120.110(k) in the Code of Federal
Regulations)
The grant funds must be fully expended by
December 30, 2020.
The program is limited to nonprofits
economically damaged by the COVID-19 public
health emergency. The nonprofit will be required
to certify and briefly describe how it and/or its
work has been affected, but will not be required
to provide financial statements, budgets,
receipts or other records detailing the financial
damages.
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Nonprofits
The program is open to all qualifying nonprofits,
regardless of whether they applied or obtained
any other state or federal COVID-19-related
assistance.
Applicants will be asked to provide a brief report
to the City no later than one year after receipt of
the grant funds, reviewing the use of the
money. This is voluntary and is requested to
assist the City in evaluating the impact of the
program.
A nonprofit cannot obtain a grant through the
City’s CARES Act-funded grant program for
nonprofits while also receiving a grant as a
small business, even if the nonprofit also
operates a business enterprise in Kenai.
The applicant will need to certify that the
information provided is true and accurate, and
they agree to assist in the verification of
information provided in the application and to
provide additional information to the City, if
requested.
The application period would be open for two
weeks. The City review committee will verify the
information as the applications come in, but the
City will hold off paying out any funds until after
the deadline period has closed and the total
amount of eligible requests is known.
The review committee will determine whether
the application is complete and the nonprofit is
eligible under the program requirements. The
committee will not judge the need or use of the
money.
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An applicant denied by the review committee
may appeal to the City Manager (in writing).
Any appeal must be filed in writing by 5 p.m. the
10th calendar day after the day the applicant
received notice from the City.
It is the City’s intent, to the extent allowed by
law, that the review committee’s work and
discussions, and the applications themselves,
will not be available to the public. The names of
businesses that receive grants and the amount
each receives will be considered a public
record.
The City reserves the right to amend any
criteria or procedures as may be required if new
state or federal guidelines are issued.
Individual Assistance
The City of Kenai is establishing several grant
programs to provide individual financial
assistance to the community’s smaller
businesses that did not qualify for the City’s
Small Business Grant program, for commercial
fishers, and for renters and homeowners. The
City is also setting up a a program to assist
residents in need of mental health services in
the months ahead as the emotional strains of
the COVID-19 public health emergency
continue to weigh on the community; and a
program to assist the business community with
professional marketing support in light of
decreased customer demand.
The specifics of the programs are:
Individual Assistance to Small
Business
The program provides grants of $1,000 each to
small businesses with 2019 reported gross
revenues (as per sales tax records or other
acceptable forms of proof of revenues) of
between $25,000 and $50,000. The eligibility
requirements are similar to the City Small
Business grant program that provided funds for
business with revenues above $50,000 a year.
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To qualify for the program, the smaller
business:
Must certify it was impacted by the
COVID-19 public health emergency.
Must be physically located in Kenai, with
a valid state business license showing a
Kenai address for the business (a home-
based business would be eligible).
Must not be in violation of a payment
plan on a debt to the City.
Must not be under a borough lien for
unpaid sales taxes.
Must not be in bankruptcy proceedings.
Businesses must have been in existence in
Kenai as of January 1, 2020, to qualify.
Applicants will be required to briefly describe
how the COVID-19 public health emergency
has affected their operations but will not be
required to provide detailed financial
information on lost revenues due to shutdowns
or additional expenses of reopening under
public health guidelines.
The application period will open Friday, July
10, and close at 5 p.m. Monday, August 31.
Applications may be submitted online at the
City website, by mail to City Hall or dropped off
at City Hall. The City intends to review the
applications and distribute the funds as quickly
as possible.
The City has set aside $150,000 for this
program, subject to demand.
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Individual Assistance
Individual Assistance to
Commercial Fishers
The program will provide grants of $1,000
each to Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry
Commission permit holders who reside in the
City of Kenai and reported landings in 2019
with revenues of at least $10,000.
The program is open to commercial fishing
permit holders but not crew members.
Applicants must certify their fishing income
was affected by the COVID-19 public health
emergency (such as lower prices due to
reduced market demand) and will be asked to
briefly describe how the public health
emergency has affected their operations but
will not be required to provide detailed financial
information on lost revenues due to shutdowns
or decreased customer demand, or additional
expenses of operating under public health
guidelines.
The application period will open Friday, July
10, and close at 5 p.m. Monday, August 31.
Applications may be submitted online at the
City website, by mail to City Hall or dropped off
at City Hall. The City intends to review the
applications and distribute the funds as quickly
as possible.
The City of Kenai has set aside $150,000 for
this program, subject to actual demand.
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Rental and Mortgage Relief
The City of Kenai may work with the Alaska
Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) to
benefit Kenai residents who qualified for the
state rental assistance and mortgage relief
program, or the City may set up its own
program. AHFC set aside $10 million to
provide one-time grants of up to $1,200 per
household to assist Alaskans with rent or
mortgage payments, and received more than
8,000 applications statewide for the AHFC
Alaska Housing Relief program by the June 26,
2020 deadline, with 118 from Kenai
households.
The City may at a later date consider a
rental/mortgage relief program similar to the
AHFC program. The state program had a
household income cap, and the maximum
household income in Kenai to qualify for the
program was $71,760 a year.
The City has set aside $150,000 for this
program, subject to available funding and
demand.
Mental Health Services
The City will contract with mental health
professionals in Kenai to provide counseling
for individual residents affected by the COVID-
19 public health emergency and in need of
mental health services. The program will cover
a resident’s out-of-pocket expenses after any
insurance or if they lack insurance coverage
for the services. There will be no income limit
for participating in the program.
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Individual Assistance
Mental Health Services (Con't)
The City will announce the service provider
after a procurement process and will publicize
the availability of the service to the public. The
intent is that the City will issue a contract for an
amount not to exceed $50,000 for mental
health counseling services, with individuals
limited to no more than six counseling
sessions to ensure that as many people as
possible can participate.
The contractor would bill the City for its
services at a fixed hourly rate without
identifying the individuals, only the total
number of hours in a billing cycle. The identity
of individuals would be held confidential by the
service provider, the same as any other
doctor-patient relationship. Individuals would
inquire about the services and make
appointments directly with the mental health
provider; the City would not be involved in
anything more than payments to the provider.
The service would be provided prior to
December 30, 2020, subject available funding
and demand. The City expects to have the
program available to the public by early
August.
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Small Business Development/
Marketing Services
The City of Kenai will contract with a marketing
service provider to assist local businesses that
reported gross revenues of at least $10,000 in
2019 (as per sales tax records or other
acceptable forms of proof of revenues) in their
marketing, social media and online presence,
as businesses focus on repairing the economic
damage suffered during the COVID-19-related
shutdown and restructuring their business to
operate under the new rules of commerce and
social activity.
The City will announce the service provider
after a procurement process and will publicize
the availability of the service to the public. The
intent is that the City will issue a contract for an
amount not to exceed $50,000 for a City
program that will provide a $1,000 credit to
each eligible small business in Kenai that can
be used with the marketing service provider.
The eligibility requirements are similar to the
City Small Business Grant and Individual
Assistance for Small Business programs. The
business must certify it was impacted by the
COVID-19 public health emergency and be
physically located in Kenai. Once the business
has been approved for the program, the
marketing service provider will provide an
assessment and customize marketing services
for each participating business limited to
$1,000 in services covered by the City funding.
The service would be provided prior to
December 30, 2020, subject available funding
and demand. The City expects to have the
program available to the public by early
August.
Conclusion
The City of Kenai will administer the grant programs without incurring the additional cost of an outside
group or foundation to screen, process or assist in administration of the grant program, except for
programs in with the City contracts with a service provider for individual assistance programs.
In order to reach the small businesses and nonprofit organizations and individuals in the City that may
be eligible, a successful community outreach strategy is necessary. This strategy will include the
following:
Press Releases to local media
Direct mail to small businesses, nonprofits, permit holders or other groups
Coordination with the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District (KPEDD), Kenai Chamber
of Commerce and Visitor Center (KCCVC), and Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Social Media posts
Information about the programs as well as application forms, FAQs, a summary of the program and
application process, and timetable will be provided on the City's website at www.kenai.city as well as a
direct contact email and phone number for inquiries.
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Individual Assistance Grant Application (Commercial Fishing)
Permit holder’s name:
Contact (if different from above):
Contact address:
(mailing)
Contact phone number:
Contact email address:
Physical address of permit holder:
(as it appears on permit
application to verify residency)
IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
(leave blank if using a Social Security Number
and the City will contact you for information)
Do you hold an Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Did you have landings in 2019? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Was your 2020 fishing income affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Briefly describe how your fishing income was affected.
(Impacts may include, but are not limited to, lower prices due to decreased customer demand
related to business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, additional operating expenses to meet
public health and safety guidelines.)
☐ I am requesting a $1,000 grant for a commercial fisheries permit holder with 2019 revenues of at
least $25,000 in 2019.
Section 1 – Applicant Information
City: State: Zip:
City: State: Zip:
Section 2 – Grant Request Information
How will the grant funds be used?
(Optional for informational purposes only to gauge community need and program effectiveness)
Please answer the following eligibility questions:
Do you have an unpaid financial obligation to the City? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Do you have a Borough lien for unpaid sales taxes? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Are you currently in bankruptcy proceedings? ☐ Yes ☐ No
(If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are not eligible for a grant)
Applications must be received or postmarked by 5 p.m. on August 31, 2020, and may be submitted
by email to: grantsadmin@kenai.city or hand-delivered or mailed to City of Kenai City Hall at 210
Fidalgo Ave., Kenai, AK 99611, Attn: Grant Review Committee. Applications may be amended before
the deadline. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Applicants will be notified of the status of their
application via email to the contact person listed on the application. Questions about the grant
program, application process, or application status must be directed to Larry Persily, City Project
Lead, 283-8226, or email lpersily@kenai.city. If the demand for grants exceeds the City’s available
funds, the City reserves the right to prorate the grants equally to all recipients to stay within available
funding. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to determine or to seek independent advice as to
the tax implications of receiving the grant funds.
As an official signer for the applicant, I certify that the information provided in this application is true
and accurate and acknowledge that the funds will be spent by the required deadline of Dec. 30, 2020.
I agree to assist in the verification of information provided in this application and to provide additional
information to the city, if requested.
Signed: ___________________________________________ Date: ____ ________
Print Name: Title:
Individual Assistance Grant Application (Small Business)
Business or applicant name:
Contact (if different from above):
Contact address:
(mailing)
Contact phone number:
Contact email address:
Physical address of business:
(business must be located
within the City of Kenai)
IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
(leave blank if using a Social Security Number
and the City will contact you for information)
Was your business impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Briefly describe how your business was affected by the public health emergency:
(Impacts may include, but are not limited to, loss of sales due to mandatory shutdown, inventory
loss, additional operating expenses of reopening and protecting staff and customers, including
funds already spent for those purposes.)
☐ I am requesting a $1,000 grant for a business with 2019 revenues of $25,000 to $50,000
(based on the business 2019 total gross sales revenue for four quarters as reported on tax returns
to the borough).
How will the grant funds be used?
(Optional for informational purposes only to gauge community need and program effectiveness)
Section 1 – Applicant Information
City: State: Zip:
City: State: Zip:
Section 2 – Grant Request Information
Please answer the following eligibility questions:
1. My business is a C Corporation or a corporate-equivalent entity
traded on a foreign stock exchange, and owned in whole or majority-
owned by such a publicly traded corporation.
Yes No
2. My business is a national chain that owns and operates a premise
in the City of Kenai (individually owned-and-operated local franchises
are eligible).
Yes No
3. My business has an unpaid financial obligation to the City.
Yes No
4. My business has a Borough lien for unpaid sales taxes.
Yes No
5. My business is currently in bankruptcy proceedings.
Yes No
6. My business lacks a permanent physical presence in the City of
Kenai for the sale of goods or provision of services, with at least one
worker assigned to that facility (a home-based business would be
eligible).
Yes No
7. My business is a marijuana business licensed under Alaska
Statute 17.38.
Yes No
(If you answered yes to any of the above questions, your business is not eligible for a grant)
Do you intend to remain in business into 2021? ☐ Yes ☐ No
Applications must be received or postmarked by 5 p.m. on August 31, 2020, and may be submitted
by email to: grantsadmin@kenai.city or hand-delivered or mailed to City of Kenai City Hall at 210
Fidalgo Ave., Kenai, AK 99611, Attn: Grant Review Committee. Applications may be amended
before the deadline. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Applicants will be notified of the status
of their application via email to the contact person listed on the application. Questions about the
grant program, application process, or application status must be directed to Larry Persily, City
Project Lead, 283-8226, or email lpersily@kenai.city. If the demand for grants exceeds the City’s
available funds, the City reserves the right to prorate the grants equally to all recipients to stay
within available funding. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to determine or to seek
independent advice as to the tax implications of receiving the grant funds.
As an official signer for the applicant, I certify that the information provided in this application is true
and accurate and acknowledge that the funds will be spent by the required deadline of Dec. 30,
2020. I agree to assist in the verification of information provided in this application and to provide
additional information to the city, if requested.
Signed: ___________________________________________ Date: ____ ________
Print Name: Title: