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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3161-2020JC Sponsored by: Administration K~NAI CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 3161-2020 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE COVID-19 CARES ACT RECOVERY FUND AND ACCEPTING A CARES ACT GRANT PASSED THROUGH THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH FOR KENAI SENIOR CENTER EXPENDITURES IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEAL TH EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the first coronavirus patient in Alaska was diagnosed in Anchorage on March 12, 2020, and other positive diagnoses have since occurred on the Kenai Peninsula; and , WHEREAS , Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency on March 11, 2020, and the President of the United States issued a Proclamation Declaring a National Emergency on March 13, 2020; and, WHEREAS , on March 18 , 2020 , the City Manager declared a local disaster emergency that was extended the same day by the City Council; and, WHEREAS , on March 24, 2020, the City Council enacted Ordinance 3115-2020 granting the City Manager City certain emergency powers; and, WHEREAS, on April 9, 2020 President Donald J . Trump approved a Disaster Declaration for the State of Alaska; and, WHEREAS, the State of Alaska's distribution of $568,572,886 to local governments included $37,458,449 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and, WHEREAS, the Borough has initiated a pass-through grant program to senior citizen centers that will provide up to $50,000 for expenditures related to response and recovery from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ; and, WHEREAS, the Kenai Senior Center has applied and been awarded a grant for $50 ,000 to be used for meal distribution and facility improvements; and, WHEREAS, the grant requires the expenditure of funds by November 30 , 2020 prompting the request to utilize the provision of KMC 1.15. 70( d) which provides for the introduction and final passage of an appropriating ordinance at a single meeting; and, WHEREAS, acceptance of these pass through-funds is in the best interest of the City, its business and its residents . NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, as follows: Ordinance No. 3161-2020 Page 2 of 2 Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $50 ,000 from the Federal Government passed through the Ken ai Peninsula Borough for Kenai Senior Center expenditures in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to execute grant agreements to accept these funds and expend the funds pursuant to that agreement and th is ordinance . Section 3. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows: COVID-19 Cares Act Recovery Fund : Increase Estimated Revenues - Federal Grants Increase Appropriations - City Resiliency and Recovery General Contingency $50.000 $50.000 ~ Sect ion 4. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or applitation thereof to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered , and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision , or application . Section 5. Effective Date : That pursuant to KMC 1.15.0?0(f), this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon enactment. ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, this 2nd day of September, 2020. Introduced: September 2 , 2020 Enacted : September 2, 2020 Effective: September 2, 2020 City of Kenai I 210 f:idalgo Ave, Ke nai, AK 99611-77941907.283.7535 I www.kenai .city MEMORANDUM TO: THROUGH: FROM : DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor Gabriel and Council Members Paul Ostrander, City Manager Kathy Romain, Senior Center Director August21 ,2020 Ordinance No. 3161-2020 Representatives of senior centers on the Kenai Peninsula Borough met via ZOOM July 3P1 to discuss the impacts to their programs and additional costs incurred as the result of the COVID- 19 public health emergency. The general consensus included the need to retrofit facilities for future congregate settings while maintaining social distancing mandates or to address the financial impacts of providing additional meals to seniors during this time . The centers were then asked to provide information to be shared with the assembly with the concerns pertinent to their programs . On August 11 , 2020, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved $50,000 to each senior center within the Borough to use to mitigate COVID- 19. The Kenai Senior Center will be using these funds to change to touch free appliances or fixtures wherever possible and to increase space for social distancing in the Card Room/Library. Your support for the Ordinance No. 3161-2020 is greatly appreciated . Thank you .