Standard Allowance Election, Urgent Care Center Allocation, and Five-Year Admin Cost Framework

The U.S. Treasury issued its final rule implementing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program under the American Rescue Plan on January 6, 2022, effective April 1, 2022. Treasury now allowed governments a one-time, irrevocable election to utilize a $10 million “standard allowance” for general government services in lieu of calculating revenue loss by formula. This item proposed the election and three companion actions: a long-pending subrecipient commitment to the East Side Urgent Care Center, an administrative cost framework covering the full program through December 31, 2026, and the supporting appropriations.

ARPA Allocation: $32,408,804
Revenue Loss “Standard Allowance” (elected): −$10,000,000
East Side Urgent Care Center (from standard allowance): −$2,250,000
Remaining Standard Allowance: $7,750,000

Estimated total administrative cost for the duration of the ARPA Program: $2,440,377 (7.5% of total allocation; below the 10% federal cap). Composition: City staff $1,172,587 + GSG $1,215,300 + Community Foundation of North Central Florida $52,460.

1. Approve the irrevocable election to utilize the “standard allowance” of $10 million to fund general government services.
2. Set aside the revenue loss “standard allowance” in a separate project account.
3. Accept the “East Side Urgent Care Program Description.”
4. Appropriate $2,250,000 of funding under the Revenue Loss category to the UF Health Eastside Urgent Care Center project on the next FY 2022 budget amendment.
5. Enter into a triparty agreement with the County and the University of Florida Shands Hospital memorializing the East Side Urgent Care Center project.
6. Enter into a subrecipient agreement under the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 with UF Health Shands for the partnership.
7. Appropriate $2,440,377 from the remaining ARPA allocation as an administrative expense for the duration of the ARPA SLFRF program (through December 31, 2026).