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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2021-067 Amending the Marana Matters: COVID19 Small Business Assistance Program MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2021-067 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING THE MARANA MATTERS: COVID19 SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO REVISE THE BUSINESS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM WHEREAS the Town Council is authorized by A.R.S. § 9-240(A) to control the finances of the Town; and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the United States government declared a National Emergency related to the COVID19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, Mayor Ed Honea issued a Proclamation of Local Emergency in response to the actions taken by federal, state, and local jurisdictions in addressing conditions related to the COVID19 pandemic outbreak; and WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, the Town Council adopted Resolution No. 2021- 009 approving the Marana Matters: COVID19 Small Business Assistance Program to assist small businesses operating in the Town of Marana that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS the Town Council finds that approving the amendment to the Marana Matters: COVID19 Small Business Assistance Program addressed by this resolution is in the best interest of the Town of Marana. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows: SECTION 1. The Marana Matters: COVID19 Small Business Assistance Program approved by the Town Council on January 19, 2021, by adoption of Resolution No. 2021- 009, is hereby revised as follows (with deletions shown with strikcout9): BUSINESS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS • Must be a for-profit or nonprofit business located at a physical address within the Town of Marana. • Must have a valid Town of Marana Business License at time of application and award disbursement. • Must be a licensed Marana Business as of January 1, 2020. • Must have no fewer than 3 and no more than 25 employees (based on Full Time Equivalents,i.e. FTEs). Resolution No.2021-067 - 1 - • Must have no more than$3,000,000 (three million)in annual revenues from calendar year 2019 or calendar 2020. • Can demonstrate negative financial impacts as a result of COVID19. • Must be able to demonstrate a work plan regarding current/future implementation of public health and safety protocols per CDC/ADHS guidelines. • If establishment is a corporate franchise,it must be independently owned. SECTION 2. The Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to carry out the terms, obligations, and objectives of this resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona, this 18th day of May, 2021. Mayor Ed Honea ATTEST;,>7 APPROV D AS TO fp FOr: ‘cfk 10 4y. C erry L. :wson, Town Clerk Jan- .11, Town Attor -y MARANA AZ ESTABLISHED 1977 Resolution No.2021-067 -2 -