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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COI-INCIL WORK SESSION _ JULY 27,2020 <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla indicated a lot of cities were defining <br />small businesses as 50 employees or less. He explained he would have to review the language <br />within the CARES Act. <br />Councilmember Holmes stated she would like for the Council to receive further information <br />from staff prior to the City promoting a program. <br />Community Development Manager/Cify Planner Mrosla reported staff would be bringing this <br />item back to the Council in early August. <br />Finance Director Bauman indicated staff could schedule a special worksession meeting in early <br />August to discuss this matter and noted the CARES Act funds had to be spent by November 1Sth. <br />Councilmember Holmes stated she did not want this program promoted until the Council was <br />able to pin down the specif,rcity of this program. <br />Mayor Grant agreed and asked if the City determined how much funding could be allocated or <br />was this determined by the State/federal government. <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported this determination was to be <br />made by the City. <br />Mayor Grant asked how long it would take staff to structure a program for the Council to review <br />at a future meeting. <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla anticipated this would take staff five <br />to seven days to complete. <br />Finance Director Bauman indicated the City would have internal costs due to COVID and any <br />additional funds could be used towards this program. <br />Councilmember McClung stated he wanted to be assured the City was covering all of its internal <br />costs and the costs for police and fire through the CARES Act funding, prior to offering small <br />business grants. <br />Mayor Grant agreed and stated the Council would have this conversation in seven to ten days <br />from now. <br />Council consensus was to direct staff to move forward with a CARES Act small business grant <br />program and to request staff to schedule a special worksession meeting in early August to discuss <br />this program in further detail. <br />7. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND STAI'F UPDATES <br />7 <br />None.