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A Resolution Of The Hollywood, Florida Community Redevelopment Agency (“CRA”), Ratifying The Submission Of An Application To The Florida Department Of Environmental Protection For A Land And Water Conservation Fund Grant For The Keating Park Project; Authorizing The Appropriate CRA Officials To Accept The Grant In An Amount Up To $750,000.00; Authorizing 50% Matching Funds; And Further Authorizing The Appropriate CRA Officials To Execute All Applicable Program Documents And Agreements.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
In 1964 Congress established The Land and Water Conservation Fund program (“LWCF”); which, is managed at the state level by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) and at the federal level by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Parks Service (NPS). The LWCF program was adopted to fulfill a bipartisan commitment to safeguard our natural areas, water resources and cultural heritage, and to provide recreation opportunities to all Americans.
Keating Park was identified within the 1997 Hollywood Beach Community Redevelopment Plan as it promotes redevelopment, expands recreational opportunities and eliminates the causes of physical and economic blight, while improving and enhancing the quality of life for the neighborhood and the overall Beach CRA District.
In September 2023, the CRA Board identified Keating Park improvements as a Capital Improvement Project and approved the Capital Improvement Plan which included the Project’s funding of $1,500,000.00, supported by Resolution R-CRA-2023-39.
During the 2023 - 2024 application cycle, the CRA submitted an application to the FDEP for the Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 for an LWCF grant for the Keating Park improvement project from the National Park Service (NPS). The project’s scope included, but was not limited to, all appropriate scopes of work as it pertains to the LWCF grant guidelines as outlined in the submitted LWCF grant application documents and grant work plan. The CRA requested the ability to begin the work prior to the grant award and was authorized by the NPS to do so.
The Keating Park project scope encompassed the implementation of the overall Keating Park masterplan comprised of necessary structural remediation efforts and renovations to the existing restroom facility, complete interior restroom renovation, including new plumbing fixtures, new louvers and doors, new paint and stucco, pre-cast coquina accents on the base of the façade, doors, and column bases. The renovations also include the installation of two new standing seam metal roofs over the pavilions, educational and ecological components, and implementation of a new dog park.
In September 2025 CRA was awarded LWCF grant funding through FDEP in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000.00. This award requires the CRA to provide matching funds for at least 50% of the total costs for the Project.
The resolution authorizes the appropriate CRA officials to execute a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Grant agreement under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant for the Keating Park Project in an amount not to exceed $750,000.00.
The resolution ratifies and confirms that upon the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Grant funding being awarded to the CRA, and the CRA Executive Director accepting said award and executing all agreements and other applicable documents in a form acceptable to the CRA Executive Director and approved as to form and legal sufficiency by the CRA’s General Counsel.
Fiscal Impact:
The required matching funds funding for grant matching expenditure is available in the Beach CRA FY 2025 account number 163.639901.55200.563010.001237.000.000, Keating Park Project.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
George R. Keller, Jr. CPPT, CRA Executive Director
Susan Goldberg, Deputy Director