Agenda Item Name:
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Request Approval of a Retrofit Grant to Hurricane Harden the Freedom Center
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Presenter:
Jason Maurer, Parks and Open Space Manager, 352-213-4796
Description:
Request Approval of a Retrofit Grant to Hurricane Harden the Freedom Center
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the attached State-Funded Grant Agreement to hurricane harden the Freedom Center (project #8214101), and authorize the County Manager to execute and administer the Grant Agreement. Adopt the attached Resolution to recognize unanticipated revenue and approving the corresponding budget amendment to establish the budget, and resulting interfund loan, which will be reimbursed by the State upon completion of the project.
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
$166,000. This is a State of Florida reimbursement-based grant. The Department will need an interfund loan to get this project started.
Fund: 083 (which has been used for prior retrofit projects)
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Background:
The Freedom Center has been designated by Alachua County Emergency Management as a hurricane evacuation shelter. Therefore, the State of Florida has offered to provide a $166,000 reimbursement grant to hurricane harden the facility by upgrading the windows and doors and installing a generator to meet State Shelter guidelines.
The grant requires the County to make the building available as a public hurricane evacuation shelter upon request by our local Emergency Management agency.
All systems must meet or exceed wind load requirements of American Society of Civil Engineers’ Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures standard 7 (ASCE 7), Risk Category IV and Exposure C.
In FY18, our Community Support Services was the recipient of a similar grant to hurricane harden that facility which houses our 311 operation.