Title
Small Business Airport Concessionaire Grant Program (Ordinance S-46865)
Description
Request retroactive authorization of the City Manager's implementation of the Phoenix Small Business Airport Concessionaire Grant Program and the City Controller's disbursement of funds for this program. Total funding for this program was $1 million. Funding was available through the City’s allocation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act received from the federal government. There was no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
On May 5, 2020, the City Council approved grant programs to assist Phoenix’s small businesses ($5 million), microbusinesses ($6 million), restaurants ($1 million), and small business airport concessionaires ($1 million) that lost at least 25 percent of their sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligibility for the Phoenix Small Business Airport Concessionaire Grant was restricted to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) concessionaires that met one of the following criteria:
- Concessionaires with a single PHX location: 50 or fewer employees and no more than $6.5 million in taxable PHX receipts for calendar year 2019.
- Concessionaires with multiple PHX locations: 150 or fewer employees and no more than $18 million in taxable PHX receipts for calendar year 2019.
The Phoenix Small Business Airport Concessionaire Grant was administered by the City. Awards were made on a sliding scale based on the number of employees each applicant employed at PHX as of March 1, 2020, and were issued in mid-July. Grant recipients are prohibited from conveying, transferring, or paying any grant funds to a prime concessionaire and are required to submit a report detailing how the funds were spent by Nov. 1, 2020.
Financial Impact
Total funding for this grant program did not exceed $1 million. Funding was available through the City’s allocation of the CARES Act received from the federal government. There was no impact to the General Fund.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
City Council approved allocating $1 million to assist small business airport concessionaires at its May 5, 2020 Policy meeting.
Location
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Mario Paniagua and Jeff Barton, and the Community and Economic Development and Aviation departments.