Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: May 13, 2026
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 and execution of Planning Studies Subrecipient Agreement between Orange County, Florida and 1) City of Orlando in the amount of $500,000 and 2) City of Ocoee in the amount of $500,000 regarding U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery ("CDBG-DR") Program B-23-UN-12-0003. All Districts. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: City of Orlando Nature Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation Planning Grant and the City of Ocoee Lake Lotta and Northwest Ditch Basin Studies
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 the programs outlined in the approved CDBG-DR Action Plan, the County issued a Request for Applications (RFA) on December 10, 2024, for infrastructure, public facilities, mitigation, and planning studies. The RFA closed on February 5, 2025. All applications were evaluated and scored by a multi-stakeholder committee. Recommended projects were presented to the Community Development Advisory Board on April 16, 2025 and approved by the Board on June 3, 2025. To implement the selected CDBG-DR Planning Studies projects, subrecipient agreements m...
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