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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Agreement No. 26SRP22 With The State Of Florida Department Of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida Program Grant, In The Amount Of $2,970,921.00, For The Construction Of Tidal Flooding Mitigation And Shoreline Protection Phase II Projects; Authorizing The Required Matching Funds In The Amount Of $2,970,921.00 To Be Paid From General Obligation Bond Project Funding; And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Applicable Grant Documents, Agreements And Amendments For The Hollywood Tidal Flooding Mitigation And Shoreline Protection Project Phase II, A General Obligation Bond Project.
Strategic Plan Focus
Resilience & Sustainability
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
On March 12, 2019, the City held a Special Election wherein a majority of voters approved funding, through a General Obligation Bond (GO Bond), for the Tidal Flooding Mitigation and Shoreline Protection Project. The project’s purpose was to provide tidal barriers to the City owned properties most vulnerable to tidal flooding, around the two man-made inlets known as North Lake and South Lake.
The Department of Design and Construction Management (“DCM”), on behalf of the City, submitted a grant application to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) for funding through its Resilient Florida Grant Program in the amount of $13,908,935.00 to assist in funding the design and construction of all the City owned sites along North and South Lake.
FDEP awarded the City a total of $14,112,000.00 to fund 50% of the design and construction. On September 21, 2022, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution No. R-2022-281, approving the appropriate City officials to accept and execute FDEP Resilient Florida Grant (“Agreement No. 22FRP13”) and authorizing the required...
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