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Atkins North America, Inc.
2001 Northwest 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172-2507
Telephone: +1.305.592.7275
www.atkinsgiobal.com/northamerica
February 8, 2023
Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Miami Riverside Center
444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor
Miami, FL 33130
Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF)
Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds
Project Name: American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora
District 3
Proposed ARPA Funds Amount: $175,000
Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Beneficiary (Grant)
Mrs. Gouin,
We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced
project.
The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora (AMCD) is a culturally specific museum of
memory, dedicated to showcasing and documenting the history, culture, and contributions
of the Cuban exile community through exhibitions, and programming in the arts and
humanities. AMCD is seeking financial assistance to compensate for revenue losses
suffered as the museum was forced to temporarily shut down during the COVID pandemic
(March 18, 2020 — March 23, 2021). The objective is to complete its permanent exhibition
on Cuban American history and its promotion through tour operators, guides and
advertisements. Specifically, the immigration section of the exhibit which discusses the
different waves of Cuban immigration to the United States since 1959, including the story of
Miami's Freedom Tower, and the section on the contributions of Cuban Americans to Miami
in particular, and more generally that of Cuban American success stories in the US in
multiple fields.
Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management
and Budget and the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, the project American
Museum of the Cuban Diaspora is eligible for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds under
the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Category: 2.34 — Negative
Economic Impacts: Assistance to Impacted Nonprofit Organizations (Impacted or
Disproportionately Impacted), contingent upon additional considerations and
requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred
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on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and
expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend
SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance. For considerations and requirements details go
to the Project Analysis, here attached.
The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $175,000, can be allocated to the Non -Profit as
a beneficiary to implement the program as detailed. The funding received from ARPA will
allow AMCD to continue to share the history and culture of Miami's Cuban American
community with the city's residents and its tourists. The program strives to attract 50,000
visitors during the first twelve months of the exhibit's opening date.
Please review and contact us with any questions you may have.
Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PMP, CGM
ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert
Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead
Enclosures as noted.
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Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF)
District 2
Project Title
American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora
Project No. (e-Builder)
N/A
Total Project Cost
$175,000
Proposed ARPA Funding
$175,000
Project Type
• Grant for Tourism/Nonprofit
Project Status
• Not started
Project Estimated Completion
December 2023
Agreement Type
Beneficiary
Eligible Use
Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response
by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well
as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses,
nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector.
Project Expenditure Category
2.34 - Negative Economic Impacts: Assistance to Non -Profits -
Assistance to Impacted Nonprofit Organizations (Impacted or
Disproportionately Impacted)
Project Justification (short-
The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora (AMCD) is a
SOW)
culturally specific museum of memory, dedicated to
showcasing and documenting the history, culture, and
contributions of the Cuban exile community through
exhibitions, and programming in the arts and humanities.
AMCD is seeking financial assistance to compensate for
revenue losses suffered as the museum was forced to
temporarily shut down during the COVID pandemic (March 18,
2020 — March 23, 2021). The objective is to complete its
permanent exhibition on Cuban American history and its
promotion through tour operators, guides and advertisements.
Specifically, the immigration section of the exhibit which
discusses the different waves of Cuban immigration to the
United States since 1959, including the story of Miami's
Freedom Tower, and the section on the contributions of Cuban
Americans to Miami in particular, and more generally that of
Cuban American success stories in the US in multiple fields.
The funding received from ARPA will allow AMCD to continue
to share the history and culture of Miami's Cuban American
community with the city's residents and its tourists. The
program strives to attract 50,000 visitors during the first twelve
months of the exhibit's opening date.
Eligible (Y/N)
Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of
Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional
considerations and requirements being met.
Additional Information
• Provide any additional information related to use of
needed
contracted services with partners
Next Steps
• Atkins to monitor costs, expenditures and gather data
for quarterly and annual reporting.
• Atkins to review contract agreements when available.
QC Completed (Name/Date)
Jamelyn Austin Trucks 2/8/2023
Additional Considerations/Program Requirements:
• Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021.
Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.
This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of
performance."
• ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021,
however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds.
• Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process or the Sub -Recipient Procurement Process
meets Office of Management and Budget procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316-
320.
• Expenditure Categories 2.34 — Negative Economic Impacts: Assistance to Non -Profits: Assistance
to Impacted Nonprofit Organizations (Impacted or Disproportionately Impacted) — Requires the
following additional reporting:
o Recipients must report on whether projects are primarily serving disproportionately
impacted communities.
• Project Demographic Distribution - (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic Impact
ECs: EC 1.1-2.37)— Collection to begin April 2022
Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic
on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must report whether certain
types of projects are targeted to impacted and disproportionately impacted communities.
Recipients will be asked to respond to the following:
What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this project
primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served.
If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or Disproportionately
Impacted population, please select up to two additional populations served.
Recipients will select from the following options:
o Assistance to Small Businesses
Impacted
o Small businesses that experienced a negative economic impact of the pandemic
o Classes of small businesses designated as negatively economically impacted by the
pandemic (please specify)
Disproportionately Impacted
o Small businesses operating in Qualified Census Tracts
o Small businesses operated by Tribal governments or on Tribal lands
o Small businesses operating in the U.S. territories
o Other small businesses disproportionately impacted by the pandemic (please specify)
Public Health and Negative Economic Impact - The information listed must be provided in each
report (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection to begin in April 2022
o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public
health or negative economic impact experienced
o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably and
proportional to a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19.
Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) — Collection to begin in April 2022
o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence -
based interventions
o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted
Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19
To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health or
economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to that
impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and reasonably
designed to benefit those impacted.
The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many
communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers faced
unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes these as
"impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits.
At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain
communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe health
and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often because pre-
existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes these as
"disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits.
Assistance to Nonprofits
Nonprofits have faced significant challenges due to the pandemic's increased demand for services and
hanging operational needs, as well as declines in revenue sources such as donations and fees.
Nonprofits eligible for assistance are those that experienced negative economic impacts or
disproportionate impacts of the pandemic and meet the definition of "nonprofit" —specifically those
that are 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) tax-exempt organizations.
Impacted Nonprofits
Recipients can identify nonprofits impacted by the pandemic, and measures to respond, in many ways;
for example, recipients could consider:
• Decreased revenue (e.g., from donations and fees)
• Financial insecurity
• Increased costs (e.g., uncompensated increases in service need)
• Capacity to weather financial hardship
• Challenges covering payroll, rent or mortgage, and other operating costs
Assistance to nonprofits that experienced negative economic impacts includes the following
enumerated uses:
• Loans or grants to mitigate financial hardship
• Technical or in -kind assistance or other services that mitigate negative economic impacts of the
pandemic