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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Apply For And If Awarded, Accept Residential Construction Mitigation Program Grant Funds From The State Of Florida Division Of Emergency Management In The Approximate Amount Of $194,000.00 To Provide Funding For Mitigation Retrofit Improvements For Eligible Households In Hollywood; Amending The Budget Of The Special Programs Fund (11) Of The Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget Adopted And Approved By Resolution R-2015-294, As Amended, And As Detailed In The Attached Exhibit 1; Revising And Recognizing Operating Revenues; Authorizing Budgetary Adjustments, Appropriations And Transfers; Authorizing The Department Of Financial Services To Establish The Accounts To Properly Monitor And Track The Revenues And Appropriations, As Needed, And, Further, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Any And All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreement(s).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The State appropriates at least $10 million annually from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to the Florida Division of Emergency Management ("Division"). The Division is using $3.5 million of that amount to fund the Residential Construction Mitigation Program ("RCMP"). The RCMP is designed to protect against damage to property caused by disasters; by reducing the exposure of insured property in the State of Florida and thereby reducing the exposure to the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. The RCMP provides grant funding to governmental entities and others as a means to improve the resiliency of residential structures within their communities. Mitigation retrofit improvements currently authorized for the RCMP include:
a) Replacement of roof sheathing;
b) Replacement of roof covering;
c) Strengthening of roof deck attachment;
d) Installation of secondary water barrier;
e) Installation of hurricane straps;
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