Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: May 7, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Mitchell Glasser, Manager
PHONE: 407-836-5190
DIVISION: Housing and Community Development Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of Projects and Award Amounts for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery for Hurricane Ian. All Districts. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Projects and Award Amounts for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery for Hurricane Ian
PURPOSE: On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a direct allocation of Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds, in the amount of $219,712,000, to Orange County to address long-term impacts from Hurricane Ian. On January 9, 2024, the Board approved an Action Plan that included an analysis of unmet and mitigation needs, a summary of citizen input and engagement, general program requirements, and the County’s proposed budget for the CDBG-DR Program.
To advance implementation of programs and strategies proposed in the approved CDBG-DR Action Plan, the County issued Requests for Applications (RFA) on December 10, 2024, for the infrastructure, public facilities, mitigation programs, and for the planning program. The RFAs closed on February 5, 2025. All applications received were evaluated and scored by an evaluation committee, with members recommended by the local Mitigation Strategy group. The projects recommended for funding were presented and approved by the Community Development Advisory Board on April 16, 2025. Pending Board approval, agreements are anticipated to be issued in Summer of 2025, upon completion of environmental reviews, capacity, and risk assessments for the selected projects.
PROJECTS AND AWARD AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT - DISASTER RECOVERY FOR HURRICANE IAN
Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program
Orange County Utilities - Orlo Vista Integrated Water Resources $12,600,000
Orange County Public Works - Long Lake Pump Station Improvement $ 8,711,455
Orange County Public Works - Bonnie Brook Subdivision
Drainage Improvements $ 1,514,104
City of Orlando - Richmond Heights Flood Mitigation $12,498,549
City of Orlando - Haralson Estates Stormwater and Flood Mitigation $ 8,701,411
City of Winter Garden - Bethune, Edgeway, Basin, Maxey
& Dunbar Drainage $ 6,562,500
City of Winter Park - W/WW Lift Station Project
Ravaudage & Wymore $ 5,157,507
Total Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program $55,745,526
Mitigation Program
Orange County Public Works - Verona Park Subdivision &
Pump Station Improvement $ 3,660,966
City of Ocoee - Roper Pkwy &
Capitol Court Drainage Improvement $ 486,627
City of Orlando - Flood Mitigation through
Drain Well Replacements $15,750,000
Town of Eatonville - Eatonville Resilience & Recovery $ 8,291,743
Total Mitigation Program $28,189,336
Planning Program
Orange County Office of Sustainability & Resilience
Building Community Resilience $ 500,000
City of Ocoee - Lake Lotta and Northwest Ditch Basin Studies $ 500,000
City of Orlando - Nature Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation $ 500,000
Total Planning Program $ 1,500,000
BUDGET: N/A