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Hurricane Recovery Items - Administrative Agenda |
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| | | | | | | | | DATE: | September 19, 2023
| | DEPARTMENT: | County Manager
| | REQUESTER: | Glen Salyer
| | TITLE: | Approve Submission of Required CDBG-DR Action Plan to HUD |
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| | | | | | | | | I. | MOTION REQUESTED | | | A) Approve the submission of Lee County’s Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
B) Authorize the Chair, on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, to sign HUD Certifications and HUD Form SF-424s.
C) Designate the County Manager or the Assistant County Manager of the lead department for CDBG-DR to execute and submit HUD required forms and reports for the life of the program.
D) Adopt resolution designating the County Manager or the Assistant County Manager of the lead department for CDBG-DR as the Certifying Officer to approve the submission of the environmental review documents to the federal government and certify compliance in accordance with this resolution.
E) Accept $1,107,881,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development upon receipt of grant agreement and approve attached budget amendment resolution for FY2023-2024.
F) Authorize Board Chair to execute grant agreements and related documentation upon receipt from HUD.
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| | | | | | | | | II. | ITEM SUMMARY | | | Authorizes submission of Lee County's Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for review. The plan provides the framework for $1.1 billion of Hurricane Ian recovery programs that Lee County will administer pursuant to HUD guidelines and relevant federal regulations. |
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| | | | | | | | | III. | BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION |
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| | | | | | | | | | A) | Board Action and Other History | | | | HUD officially announced the $1.1 billion allocation of CDBG-DR funding directly to Lee County through Federal Register Notice 6393-N-01 published on May 18, 2023. HUD’s Federal Register notice triggers an approximate six-month process to produce a HUD-approved plan for the use of the grant funds.
On August 1, 2023, the Board approved the publication of Lee County's Draft Action Plan to initiate a 30-day period for soliciting public comment.
The plan was made available for public comment and feedback between August 1, 2023, and August 31, 2023. The County facilitated several public meetings at which the public asked questions and provided comment on the Draft Action Plan. The information gathered through the citizen participation process was considered during the final development of the Action Plan. |
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| | | | | | | | | | C) | BoCC Goals | | | | Meets requirements for HUD grant funding to support recovery and resiliency in Lee County. The primary objectives of the Draft Action Plan are as follows:
• Create and preserve safe, resilient, and affordable housing opportunities.
• Assist individual property owners to recover from the impacts of Hurricane Ian.
• Restore critical public facilities and infrastructure.
• Mitigate future disaster impacts through infrastructure improvements.
• Deliver essential public services that support individual and community-wide recovery.
• Plan for future resiliency. |
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| | | | | | | | | | D) | Analysis | | | | The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Lee County will receive $1,107,881,000 in funding to support long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian (FEMA – 4673 – DR) through the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR) within the Office of Community Planning and Development. Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding is designed to address needs that remain after all other assistance has been exhausted. Program rules are detailed in 88 FR 32046 (May 18, 2023) and other relevant federal statutes and regulations. (See: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CPD/documents/6393-N-01CDBG-DR-Allocations.pdf) |
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| No funding required. | | | B) | Is this item approved in the current budget? | N/A | | | C) | Is this a revenue or expense item? | N/A | | | D) | Is this Discretionary or Mandatory? | N/A | | | E) | Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
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Account Strings: | | | G) | Fund Type? | N/A | | | H) | Comments:
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| | | | | | | | | VI. | TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION | | | • The Action Plan must be submitted to HUD by September 20, 2023.
• HUD review and approval of the Action Plan is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2023.
• Anticipated program roll-out is in early 2024. |
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| | | | | | | | | VII. | FOLLOW UP | | | A) The Board will need to sign the grant agreement upon receipt from HUD. In addition, the Board will periodically need to sign the following:
a. Any future amendments to the agreements for this fiscal year and previous years, that do not substantially alter the original intent of the contract;
b. Amendments to the Lee County Action Plan once prepared in accordance with the Federal Register and other applicable regulations
B) Strategic Resources and Government Affairs staff will administer CDBG-DR programs throughout the grant performance period. |
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| REVIEWERS: | | Department | Reviewer | Action | Date | | County Manager | Salyer, Glen | Approved | 9/8/2023 - 11:47 AM | | Budget Services | Henkel, Anne | Approved | 9/8/2023 - 3:45 PM | | Budget Services | Winton, Peter | Approved | 9/11/2023 - 9:06 AM | | County Attorney | Fraser, Andrea | Approved | 9/11/2023 - 10:22 AM | | County Manager | Salyer, Glen | Approved | 9/12/2023 - 9:32 AM |
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