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Community Development Block Grant Program Disaster Recovery Grant ($100,000) (B)
This item involves a request for the City Commission to approve the acceptance of a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant Program Disaster Recovery Grant from Alachua County for the City's Roof Program.
Explanation
Alachua County has been awarded $475,822 through a non-competitive grant process from the State of Florida for disaster recovery due to 2008 Tropical Storm Fay. This grant will fund the following projects: stormwater projects within low-moderate income areas of the City of Newberry and City of Archer, rehabilitation of Alachua County Housing Authority public housing units, roofing repair of Gainesville Housing Authority public housing units and a roof replacement program for low-moderate income homes in the City of Gainesville. The sub-recipient grants awarded are as follows: Gainesville Housing Authority $60,000; Alachua County Housing Authority $60,000; City of Gainesville Housing $100,000; City of Newberry Stormwater $189,213; City of Archer Stormwater $54,713; and Administrative $11,896 for a total amount $475,822. The funds awarded to Alachua County are to be used for disaster relief and long-term recovery for damages received from Tropical Storm Fay. In the absence of any significant damages, the funding may go towards mitigation projects. All projects must meet one of three national objectives: Benefit low-moderate income persons; address slum and blight; or be an urgent need.
The primary objective of the Roof Program is to reduce the vulnerability of housing structure and infrastructure systems to severe weather and wind conditions. The State of Florida has always been vulnerable to damage caused by hurricanes, coastal storms and tornadoes. In an effort to minimize this type of property damage, these grant funds will be utilized to enhance the City's Roof Program for the application of wind mitigation techniques. The grant funding will be us...
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