Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Review Draft and Presentation and Provide Comments
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Review Draft Phase 2 Vulnerability Assessment and Presentation and Provide Consultant Feedback for Consideration to Include in Final Document.
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Submitted By: Peter May, Executive Project Manager, Stormwater
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
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Presentation Information: See attached presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council provide input into the Draft Regional Resilience Plan report and companion Draft Resilience Vulnerability Assessment (RVA-Other Hazards).
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Background: In 2022, St. Lucie County was awarded a CDBG-Mitigation grant in the amount of $600,000 and entered into an agreement with the Florida Department of Commerce (Commerce) to develop a community-wide St. Lucie County Regional Resilience Plan (RRP). The initiative included conducting in-depth Resilience Vulnerability Assessments (RVA) to identify risks and inform potential mitigation and adaptation strategy recommendations as part of the RRP.
Two Vulnerability Assessments were conducted:
1. RVA-Flood
o Funded through a Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida grant.
o Analyzed present and future impacts of flooding and sea level rise on critical assets.
o Presented to and accepted by the PSL Council in June 2025.
o Included as an attachment to the RRP.
2. RVA-Other Hazards (RVA-OH)
o Funded through the CDBG-Mit grant.
o Evaluated vulnerabilities related to inland and storm-surge flooding, high winds, extreme heat, drought, wildfire, and coastal erosion.
o A draft version is included as an attachment to the RRP and is currently open for Council f...
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