American Rescue Plan Act

The City Manager’s Proposed

Dayton Recovery Plan
City Commission Work Session
December 8, 2021
Background • On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the
$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into
law.
• Based on a modified CDBG formula, the Local
Fiscal Relief section of the bill provides $138
million to the City in two equal installments; the
largest grant in the City’s history.

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 City Process

• The City Manager mobilized the organization to

develop a framework, The Dayton Recovery
Plan, for this unprecedented funding with the
goal of disrupting multi-generational poverty,
income, and health disparities in targeted
geographies.
• Consistent with the Interim Treasury Guidance,
criteria for project awards were created that
included special focus on Black and Brown
businesses and addressing racial equity and
inclusion.
• Assisting and establishing PEP-certified
companies to advance opportunity and wealth
creation in historically underserved Black and
Brown communities was a principled value for
this funding.
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City Process
On June 2, the City Commission adopted
Resolution 988-21-A outlining the City’s
intention to invest ARPA proceeds into six
investment areas:
 Neighborhood Investments
 Amenities
 Major Catalytic Investments
 City Organization Projects
 Community Proposals
 Small Business Support

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 City Process

• Targeted project applications were solicited from City Staff to address

investment in the following areas:
 Neighborhoods – investments to improve the quality of life in our
neighborhoods including demolition, housing, sidewalks, and tree lawns
 Amenities – investments that provide recreational activities and promote
healthier life-styles including park upgrades, new and upgraded spray
parks
 Major Catalytic Projects – investments that spur additional economic
activity and advance economic recovery
 City Organization Projects – investments that support and enhance City
Service delivery

• A process was also conducted to solicit project applications for:

 Community Projects
 Small Business Support

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 City Process

• On September 16, three Notices of

Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for
Community Projects, Small
Businesses and an Idea Box were
released and publicized.
• Ten technical assistance workshops
with in-person or virtual office
hours were offered to assist the
community with completing
applications. More than 265
individuals/organizations were
assisted.
• The application period closed at 5
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29. A total of
170 applications were received,
with funding requests totaling
about $311 million.
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 City Process

• A subcommittee of the
Applications Stats
Community and
Neighborhood Development
Small Business & Hospitality Scored 16
Advisory Board (CNDAB), a
committee that oversees
the City’s federal Housing Community Projects Scored 77

and Urban Development

(HUD) funding, scored the Idea Box 30

93 eligible applications.
• The full Board approved the Ineligible-Refer to Other Funding
Sources
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scoring committee’s list of

ranked projects for Applications Submitted 170
recommendation to the City
Manager. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

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Community
Engagement
In keeping with our
commitment to
accountability and
transparency, the City
posted an online survey to
gather community input on
the six investment areas.

Over 1,700 responses were

received.

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 Community
Engagement
The City Commission along with the
City Manager conducted seven
listening sessions across the City
 Community
Engagement
And four Follow-Up Sessions with the
Community during the first week of
December
 Community
Engagement
• A dedicated ARPA web-
page was created where
residents, businesses,
and stakeholders could
access all ARPA-related
information.
• The City’s Fall Newsletter, sent to all Dayton households,
featured a message from the City Manager informing
residents about ARPA opportunities.
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The Dayton Recovery Plan
Social Determinants of Health Index

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 The Dayton Recovery Plan
Social Determinants of Health Index

Description of Measure Determinant Type Data Source Release Year

Proportion of Individuals in HUD Assisted Housing Housing HUD Picture of Subsidized Household 2020
Housing Vacancy Rate Housing American Community Survey 2015-2019
Proportion of Families Living in Poverty Economic American Community Survey 2015-2019
Median Gross Rent as a Proportion of Monthly Income Economic American Community Survey 2015-2019
Proportion of Adults in Poor Physical Health Health Center for Disease Control 2020
Proportion of Adults with Poor Mental Health Health Center for Disease Control 2020
Proportion of Adult Population without High School Diploma Education American Community Survey 2015-2019
Proportion of Households with No Computer Device Education American Community Survey 2015-2019
Entropic Measure of Segregation: Proportion of Black Individuals Social American Community Survey 2015-2019
Proportion of Households Utilizing Snap Social USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas 2020

1. Using the Social Determinants of Health as a guide, two metrics were chosen to
represent the five social determinant types.
2. The lowest geographic unit is the Census Tract; the lowest statistical unit is a person.
3. All data is taken from the most recent data release.
4. The data are identified, high level outcomes from Federal data sources, such as the
CDC, the Census Bureau, Housing & Urban Development and the US Department of
Agriculture.

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Census Tracts
• A “high” numerical value on the index
indicates an area that is in the
greatest need or is experiencing the
highest level of social harm.
• Raw score average was 106.70; scores
were normalized to an average of 100 17
for simplicity. 15
• Of the 56 census tracts in the city, 30 13
had a score greater than 100.
• The highest need census tract had a 7
score of 184, the Wolf Creek area. 4
• Omitting the area around the airport,
the lowest need census tract had a
score of 33, the Pheasant Hill
neighborhood.

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 Targeted Geographies: West, Northwest,
and Tornado East

Social
Determinants
of Health
Index Map

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 The Dayton Recovery Plan’s Goal

• The goal of the proposed Dayton Recovery Plan is to create long-term transformational
and sustainable impacts in our City, especially in targeted geographies.

• The Dayton Recovery Plan was developed using a data-driven approach that analyzes
socio-economic, health, and demographic data to make informed funding decisions that
benefit minority communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic while also
addressing long-standing economic and social inequities in our city.

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 U.S. Treasury Interim Final Rule

• The Treasury Department issued the Interim Final

Rule for use of ARPA funds on May 17, 2021. We
expect the final guidance to be released in the
next two weeks.
• The City submitted comments to the Interim Final
Rule on July 16, 2021 requesting greater flexibility
in the use of these funds (i.e., demolition) to
create transformational impacts in our
neighborhoods.
• Mayor Whaley was not only instrumental in the
passage of the Act, but also a national leader as
the President of the US Conference of Mayors, in
seeking greater flexibility for ARPA funding.
• The Interim Final Rule provides a formula for calculating revenue replacement that looks
at the revenue growth rate of General Revenues for three years prior to the pandemic.
• The City declared $25.6 million in revenue replacement funds for 2020. Funding the
Dayton Recovery Plan in December will allow us to use the $25.6 million for any
governmental purpose.
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 Proposed Dayton Recovery Plan

$138 MILLION

Improving Our Supporting Black Aiding Community Enhancing Catalyzing

Neighborhoods & Brown & Small Business Critical City Economic
Business Recovery Services Recovery

$55.0 $7.6 $7.3 $21.5 $10.8

Million Million Million Million Million

To Cover Revenue Losses Associated

with the Pandemic in order to Maintain
City Services through 2024
$36.0 Million
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 Improving Our
Neighborhoods
• Demolish blighted structures $15.8M
$55.0 Million • Improve housing conditions: provide in-fill and new
housing; rehab and repair $18.7M
• Support neighborhood-based businesses and
services $800,000
• Reconstruct sidewalks and curbs $10.0M
• Plant new tree lawns $1.0M
• Upgrade parks $2.2M
• Improve and construct new spray parks $4.4M
• Provide other amenities $2.1M

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 Supporting
Black & Brown
Businesses
• Establish a Racial Equity Fund $3.0M
$7.6 million • Create a Micro-Grant Opportunity Fund $1.5M
• Assist Black & Brown Businesses to make capital
investments $3.1M

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 Aiding
Community &
Small Business
Recovery
• Support community health and wellness $4.4M
$7.3 Million • Incent savings through an EITC Savings
Program $450,000
• Assist Small Businesses $500,000
• Provide Educational Opportunities $1.0M
• Support Community Organizations $1.0M

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 Enhancing
Critical City
Services
• Address community health and crime through a
$21.5 Million new joint Police-Fire station with space for the
community $11.0M
• Improve City facilities $10.5M

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 Catalyzing
Economic
Recovery
• Invest in the historic Wright Factory Site $3.8M
$10.8 Million • Create a First Floor Fund to make loans in the
City’s Business Districts $7.0M

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Focus Neighborhoods provide
the opportunity to layer
investments creating long-term
transformational impacts with
the goal of seeding future
investment that will spread
outward.
Investments will include:
• Housing
• Sidewalks & Curbs
• Tree Lawns
• Residential Resurfacing
• Demolition
• Park Upgrades

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The Dayton Recovery Plan
funding will allow us to
demolish about 850 units
across the city

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The Dayton Recovery Plan
funding, along with Your
Dollars, Your Neighborhood,
will allow us to upgrade 28
Parks across the city.
Upgrades will include:
• New playground equipment
• New shelters & restrooms
• Repaved basketball courts
• Walking path and parking lot

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The Dayton Recovery Plan
Funding will allow us to
Construct 8 new Spray Parks
across the city and upgrade
4 other Spray Parks.
Upgrades will include:
• In-ground sprayers
• Water cannons
• Water dump buckets

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The Dayton Recovery Plan
proposes the following
Small Business and Community
Projects proceed to the next
phase of review and due
diligence for possible awards in
2022:
• 7 Small Business Awards
totaling $2.5M
• 35 Community Project
Awards totaling $19.1M

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The Dayton Recovery Plan
Next Steps
• Public Hearing and Legislation on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

• If approved, conduct review and due diligence on all funding awards to make certain
they comply with applicable laws and standards.

• Prepare sub-recipient contract terms and conditions including environmental

sustainability, financial leverage, and social outcomes to ensure successful
implementation of the project.

• Approval by City Commission of subrecipient agreements and funding levels.

• Goal is to have all awards finalized by mid-year 2022.

• This leaves 2.5 years to obligate all funding.

• Develop and monitor performance metrics for each awarded project.

• Stringent reporting, compliance, and audit requirements will accompany these

awards.

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Other Ohio Cities ARPA Plans
Ohio Municipal League Survey
• According to a recent OML survey, the majority of respondents are planning to
improve underground infrastructure, including upgrading a water plant, replacing
water meters and lead water lines, purchasing generators for a water plant, water
and sewer line extensions and replacing fire hydrants.
• A large number of respondents also stated that their municipality will use ARPA funds
to invest in public safety, including hiring police officers and firefighters, updating a 9-
1-1 dispatch center, and purchasing safety radios and EMS supplies. Several also
stated that they will use the funds for revenue loss replacement.
• Many respondents are allocating ARPA funds for capital projects, improving parks and
playgrounds and updating community buildings to make them safer in light of the
pandemic. Others plan to support their communities through investments
in restaurant and small business grants, youth programs, hunger support in schools,
mental health counseling, and down-payment and renter assistance.
Source: Ohio Municipal League

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 The Dayton Stimulus Command Center
• How do we leverage our ARPA • Dayton was named as one of eight
funding to create greater impacts? Stimulus Command Centers in the nation.
• The Command Center is an 18-month
partnership involving the U.S. Conference
of Mayors, Accelerator for America and
Drexel University’s Nowak Metro Finance
Lab.
• The purpose of the Center is to maximize
benefits to our region through planning,
prioritizing and coordinating federal relief
and recovery investments.
• A group of local private and public sector
Desired Community Outcomes leaders have been meeting since June.
1. Advance opportunity and wealth creation in historically underserved black and brown
communities.
2. Leverage funding sources in targeted geographies to create transformational and
sustainable impacts while building neighborhood capacity.
3. Identify major catalytic projects to accelerate long-term economic recovery and
resiliency.
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 Addendum

List of Community & Small Business Projects

These proposals will move forward to the

next step of the process for possible award in
the first half of 2022

Funding amounts for project awards may be

less than the applicant’s request

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