Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 22-R22, A Resolution Granting Signature Authority to the City Manager for Funding the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
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Submitted By: Billy Weinshank, Emergency Management
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Executive Summary (General Business): This resolution will grant the City Manager the authority to sign documents pertaining to the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding FEMA has allocated to the COVID-19 emergency dedicated to St Lucie County.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council complete the motion in the affirmative
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and complete the motion in the affirmative
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff direction
Background: On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a nationwide emergency. Per the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, amending the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Code of Federal Regulations, Stafford Act Title 44, Chapter 1, Part 201 (44 CFR Part 201) a fixed portion of the funding expended towards a Presidentially declared disaster is to be allocated to hazard mitigation for those communities impacted by the disaster under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The Florida Division of Emergency Management allocated $2,006,087.75 in HMGP funding to St Lucie County's Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Working Group of which the City's Office of Emergency Management is a member. In partnership with the Public Works Department and the Utilities Department the Office of Emergency Management has applied for this grant funding for infrastructure mitigation projects benefiting the City.
Issues/Analysis: Granting the City Manager signature authority over mitigation grants will expedite the process.
Financial Information: There...
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