Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Objectives with the ARPA funds: o Support Public Health Response – Create cleaner, safer, healthier, and more aesthetically appealing neighborhoods. ▪ Respond to the Negative Economic Impacts – This project strengthens neighborhoods and communities by creating safe and clean environments for citizens of Dayton to live, work, and play. ▪ Address the socio-economic disparities in low-income and minority populations resulting in those communities suffering a greater negative impact from COVID19 o Serve the Hardest hit Communities - The City’s targeted areas are west, northwest and the tornado impacted east. These communities are designated as Qualified Census Tracts (QCT) by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). o Project benefits to minority populations that have been disproportionally impacted by COVID19 ▪ Establish a new equitable quality of life baseline for all HUD census track neighborhoods. Neighborhoods with low-moderate households face the biggest challenges for maintaining and improving homes. Therefore, equitable opportunities to grow financial equity from their home creates more inequities. Executing this project will provide the City with opportunities to make improvements for quality of life in neighborhoods that were already challenging 7 prior to COVID and have been exacerbated by COVID impacts. Spending more time at home working, kids need to be entertained more at home, kids need to be able to play in yards safely and walk or ride bike to park safely. Respond to the Negative Economic Impacts – This project strengthens neighborhoods and communities by creating safe and clean environments for citizens of Dayton to live, work, and play.