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City Manager's Report
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SUBMITTED BY: Mark Detter, City Manager
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Federal Lobbyists-Stratton Edwards of the Capitol Hill Group has provided a 3rd Quarter report for the City Council (attached). Mr. Edwards attended a meeting September 23rd with representatives of the Corp of Engineers related to Valdez potential Port improvements. The Ports Director is working on letters of "intent" to the Corp of Engineers to begin exploring possible enhancements to the Valdez Port.
Ports and Harbor is also working with the Maritime Administration Division under the Department of Transportation Administration to explore funding possibilities.
The important issue for the City Council and Valdez citizens to keep mind when looking at the various sources of federal funding made available in the future is that even if direct funding is not granted via the proposed infrastructure funding other funding opportunities are made available due to a backlog of projects being funded by the infrastructure bill.
ARPA Funding- The City of Valdez has received approval for approximately $930K in ARPA funds as a non-entitlement City. The City has received $465K as the 1st half of the ARPA funds. Another 465K will be distributed to the City in 2022.
The City of Valdez is also on schedule to receive an additional $995,000 (essentially because of our status as an unorganized borough). The funds are allotted to the Census tract that Cordva and Valdez currently comprise. The current discussion is to request these monies based on the new water well project.
Also, AML has informed municipalities in Alaska that additional ARPA Funds may be rewarded by the Treasury Department for local governments that have federal lands within their boundaries and receive PILT monies currently. No estimate has been given on what Valdez may receiv...
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