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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for April 4, 2022 Page 3 of 4 Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Washington County for CSAH8/Oneka Parkway Traffic Signal The 2022 Oneka Parkway Improvement Project was discussed at the March 21 City Council meeting where a public hearing was held. At the conclusion of the public hearing, City Council ordered the Improvement and authorized the preparation of plans and specifications. As part of the project, staff had requested Washington County consider moving up the signal improvements proposed for the intersection of CSAH 8 and Oneka Parkway from 2024 to 2022 so it could be included and designed as a City led project. Washington County had agreed to this approach and saw it as mutually beneficial. The Memorandum of Understanding outlined party responsibilities and cost sharing consistent with County practices. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approve the MOU with Washington County for the CSAH8/Oneka Parkway Traffic Signal. Approve Resolution Electing the Standard Allowance Available Under the Revenue Loss Provision of the American Rescue Plan Act At their June 21, 2021 City Council Meeting, Council approved a resolution authorizing acceptance of Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds that the City of Hugo was eligible to receive under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). To date, the City had received $834,205.96 and expected to receive a second allotment for that same amount in 2022, bringing the expected total received to $1,668,411.92. In May 2021, the United States Department of Treasury issued an Interim Final Rule to serve as guidance for governments on eligible expenditures for the Recovery Funds. Eligible uses included responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the negative economic impacts of the pandemic, premium pay for essential workers, necessary investments in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure, and replacement of revenue lost due to the pandemic that would have been used to provide vital government services. For cities to claim lost revenue, they had to complete a full revenue loss calculation under the Treasury’s complex calculation method. On January 6, 2022, after taking feedback and comments on the Interim Final Rule, the Department of Treasury released the Final Rule, which provided governments broader flexibility and simplicity to maximize the impacts of their Recovery Funds. Not only did the Final Rule include broadened eligibility for water, sewer and broadband infrastructure investments and streamlined options to provide premium pay, it offered a standard allowance option for cities to use when calculating revenue loss due to the pandemic. The Department of Treasury assumed that all cities experienced a revenue loss of up to $10 million. This meant that recipients who selected the standard allowance could use that amount – in many cases their full award – to fund general government services. General government services included any service traditionally provided by a government. Common examples included; road building, road maintenance, other infrastructure, general government administration, staff and administrative facilities, and provision of police, fire and other public safety services. Staff recommended that the City Council approve the resolution electing the standard allowance available under the revenue loss provision of the Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund established under the American Rescue Plan Act. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2022-18 ELECTING THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE AVAILABLE UNDER THE REVENUE LOSS PROVISION OF THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.