Final Recommendations
Following a series of public meetings held in January 2022 and an online survey open between January 28 through February 14 for public comment/feedback, final recommendations of which projects to recommend for funding with American Rescue Plan Act funds will be provided to City Council for a decision.
Background:
On March 11, 2021 President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which provides financial support to local governments to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Ann Arbor is now in the process of determining how to allocate the onetime $24.1 million in ARPA funds the city is receiving. To help accomplish this, city staff have developed a list of potential projects that:
Meet ARPA fund criteria;
Solve an important public policy priority of City Council;
Provide an opportunity for the city to pursue new or transformative initiatives;
Help free up funds from other sources to accelerate investment in other critical city programs or infrastructure.
However, the City of Ann Arbor has more potential projects than available funding so the city would like the community to weigh-in on which projects they would like to see advanced using ARPA funding. City Council will take community input into consideration to make the final decision about what projects receive ARPA funds. City Council was previously provided a memo (PDF) outlining the program and funding.
To learn more about the proposed projects, please see the brief descriptions and videos here.