Meeting Time: December 10, 2024 at 10:00am PST
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Agenda Item

13. Recommendation, in accordance with NRS 244.1505, to approve allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) in the total amount of [$1,219,519], approve associated resolutions, and authorize the County Manager to sign necessary award documents, for the following eight projects awarded to government entities or nonprofit organizations created for charitable, religious, or educational purposes: 1. Golden Eagle/Spanish Springs Shooting Range - Office of the County Manager, in the amount of $80,000, to support a Plan of Development necessary for making application to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) lease, and to initiate an environmental review to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements to institute a safe recreation shooting area. 2. The Center for Nonprofit Business - Nonprofit Capacity Building, in the amount of $50,000 to support development of a website that will function as a regional nonprofit resource hub, providing a source to find local capacity building service providers and resources like trainings, documents, guides, and tools, and to develop and conduct training to increase nonprofit capacity, and approve Resolution R24-103 3. Nevada Humane Society - Community Spay & Neuter Project, in the amount of $600,000, to support the operation of a public high-volume, spay/neuter program. This funding will support 4,000 spay/neuter surgeries in the first year and 5,600 spay/neuter surgeries the following year reducing the number of unwanted animal births annually in our community, and approve Resolution R24-95 4. Options Veterinary Care - Access to Spay/Neuter Services for Washoe County Residents, in the amount of $200,000, to support a minimum of 3,200 animals to receive spay/neuter surgery, and approve Resolution R24-104 5. Gerlach General Improvement District, Facility Improvements, in the amount of $162,932, to support projects consisting of improvements to GGID facilities 1) GGID Community Center, energy efficient windows and doors, LED lighting and a heat pump HVAC system, 2) a Quonset hut foundation and concrete repairs at the GGID transfer station; 3) an eye wash station and an emergency shower at the GGID town shop; 4) an anemometer to be installed at the GGID water treatment plant; 5) and purchase of a Sewer Jetter and brush mower for the maintenance of GGID lands and systems. Remaining funds, if any, will be used to support foundation repairs for the historic Gerlach water tower, and approve Resolution R24-105 6. Two Hearts Community Development - Supportive Service Planning in the amount of $14,333 to provide proposal assistance and supportive service plans, related to regional AB310 proposals. State of Nevada, AB310 appropriates $32.2 million to be used to develop supportive housing, build capacity of nonprofits to deliver supportive services, and to measure outcomes of supportive housing. Two Hearts Community Development, LLC, in collaboration with the Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), are developing a supportive service workforce training program. AB310 is providing statewide funding for permanent supportive housing (PSH) applicants to develop and test high fidelity wrap around services. This contract supports activities provided to Washoe County providers applications to the State of Nevada to help PSH projects strengthen their AB310 funding proposals by leveraging existing, underutilized resources in Northern Nevada. Recommendation to approve an increased allocation to these previously approved projects: 7. Increase funding for the Fitness Courts - Rancho San Rafael & South Valleys Regional Park by $12,000 for a total of $511,568 increased construction costs for the shade structures. 8. Increased funding for the Our Home contract by $100,254 to extend the service agreement through February 2025. The Our Home facility serves community members suffering with severe mental illness, or intellectual or developmental disabilities who have not been able to access the supportive housing resources. And, if approved, direct Finance to make necessary net zero cross-fund and/or cross-functional budget appropriation transfers. Manager. (All Commission Districts.) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION