STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Housing & Homelessness Solutions
AGENDA DATE: June 28, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager to (1) implement the American Rescue Plan Act Residential Septic Tank Program (Program), as described in Exhibit A, to utilize Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funding to connect eligible properties to city water/wastewater/sewer infrastructure currently being developed through Dallas Water Utilities Unserved Areas Program by providing grants of up to $100,000.00 per qualified property for eligible home repairs to connect homes to city water/wastewater/sewer infrastructure; and (2) execute all documents and agreements necessary to implement the Program, including but not limited to agreements with homeowners, subrecipients, contractors, and administration agreements, approved as to form by the City Attorney - Not to exceed $2,200,000.00 - Financing: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
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BACKGROUND
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) will be used through the American Rescue Plan Act Residential Septic Tank Program to connect owner-occupied households in Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) Unserved Areas Program target geographies to city managed water/wastewater/sewer services installed by DWU through the Unserved Areas Program. Water/wastewater/sewer services are necessary and essential to protecting the health of communities, the environment, and the residents of Dallas. In partnership, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization (Housing) and DWU will extend infrastructure access, and necessary services, to individual households disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for more equitable investments in infrastructure, by revealing the disparities in ...
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