DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Human Services
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Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) - Special Needs Safe Room
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
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Recommended Action:
a) Accept agreement between Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Hazard Mitigation Grant Match Program and Charlotte County in the amount of $2,434,617.40 for reimbursement of Special Needs Saferoom Project Grant match; and
b) Authorize the Chairman to sign the grant agreement and related documents; and
c) Approve amending the Capital Improvement Project “Special Needs Saferoom” to recognize grant funding; and
d) Approve Resolution authorizing the County Administrator, or his/her designee, to sign certain Community Development Block Grant Applications; and
e) Authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution.
**Change, Added attachment - Revised Agreement, 11/06/2025**
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. A Quarter 1 budget adjustment will be brought to the Board for approval. Grant funding will be provided by the Florida Department of Emergency Management in the amount of $6,036,241.50. Matching funds in the amount of $2,012,080.50 will be provided by Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Hazard Mitigation Grant Match Program. Sub-recipient management costs of $422,536.90 are 100% reimbursable. The Capital Improvement Project amendment recognizes Task 3 grant funding for engineering.
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
Charlotte County has been awarded $2,434,617.40 in CDBG-DR funding to provide the local match for the Special Needs Safe Room project, which previously received an HMGP grant award (H117/ 4673-223-R). This project will establish a County-owned, purpose-built Special Needs Shelter that will provide safe refuge during hurricanes and other serve weather events for residents requiring medical support and other accommodations.
Resolution 2025-253 authorizes the County Administrator, or his/her designee, to execute certain grant applications related to CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT funding in response to Hurricanes Debbie, Idalia, Helene, and Milton. The proposed Resolution adds Hurricane Ian to the list of storms for which the delegated authority applies.
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