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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Accepting The United States Department of Housing And Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funding Through The State Of Florida Department Of Economic Opportunity For Two Lift Stations (N-07 And N-08) And The Force Main Project In The Amount Of $3,435,000.00; Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Agreements And Documents Relating To The Grant; Amending The Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilites
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development provides funding for infrastructure replacement and renewal to municipalities through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery ("CDBG-DR") Grant Program. This grant program helps cities, counties, and states to recover from Presidentially declared disasters. Under this grant program funding is provided to local communities to focus on long-term disaster recovery efforts.
On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Broward County and caused damage to sanitary sewer lift stations (LS) N-07 and N-08. Hurricane Irma showed the vulnerability of these two lift stations and a portion of the force main system, making it a priority for improvements, renovations, and repairs to provide continuous and reliable sanitary sewer service. Based on a review of the CDBG-DR grant program, the Department of Public Utilities identified lift stations N-07 and N-08 and a portion of the connecting forcemain that crosses over the South Florida Water Management District C-10 Canal at Oakwood Boulevard as eligible infrastructure projects. This project is located in the Liberia-Oakwood community of the City of Hollywood.
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