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).
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• 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
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