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ITEM 3.
Hurricane Recovery Items - Administrative Agenda


AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:	November 7, 2023
DEPARTMENT:	County Manager
REQUESTER:	Peter Winton
TITLE:	Accept FDEM Hurricane Ian and Nicole Repair and Recovery Grant

I.	MOTION REQUESTED
	A) Accept $107,766,387 Florida Division of Emergency Management Hurricane Ian and Nicole Repair and Recovery Grant. B) Authorize County Manager to sign the grant agreement and amendments when received.

II.	ITEM SUMMARY
	Accepts a grant from Florida Division of Emergency Management in the amount of $107,766,387 to provide advance funding to repair County damages submitted to and eligible for FEMA reimbursement. This grant is a 0% loan and will be repaid as FDEM receives FEMA federal reimbursement. A portion of the grant, $7,766,387, will go to the Town of Fort Myers Beach for installation of sea turtle lights.

III.

BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION

	A)	Board Action and Other History
		The Hurricane Ian and Nicole Repair and Recovery Funding was appropriated by the 2023 Florida Legislature General Appropriations Act.

	B)	Policy Issues

	C)	BoCC Goals

	D)	Analysis

	E)	Options

IV.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

	A)	Current year dollar amount of item:	No funding required.
	B)	Is this item approved in the current budget?	No
	C)	Is this a revenue or expense item?	N/A
	D)	Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?	Discretionary
	E)	Will this item impact future budgets? If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.	No
	F)	Fund: Program: Project: Account Strings:
	G)	Fund Type?	Other: FDEM Grant
	H)	Comments:

V.	RECOMMENDATION
	Approve

VI.	TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION

VII.	FOLLOW UP

ATTACHMENTS:
Description	Upload Date	Type
FDEM Award Letter to Lee County	10/26/2023	Letter

REVIEWERS:
Department	Reviewer	Action	Date
County Manager	Winton, Peter	Approved	10/26/2023 - 12:30 PM
Budget Services	Henkel, Anne	Approved	10/26/2023 - 12:53 PM
Budget Services	Winton, Peter	Approved	10/26/2023 - 4:36 PM
County Attorney	Wesch, Richard Wm.	Approved	10/27/2023 - 8:49 AM
County Manager	Winton, Peter	Approved	10/27/2023 - 9:47 AM