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...
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