TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Amendment of the Application to the Resilient SRQ Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program in the Amount of $10,314,000 for the Reconstruction of the Myakkahatchee Creek Bridge over Price Boulevard and Authorize the City Manager or the Mayor, as Applicable Under the City Charter, to Execute all Funding Documents After Legal Review, Should the Grant be Awarded to the City.
Recommended Action
Approve amendment of the application to the Resilient SRQ Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program in the amount of $10,314,000 for the Reconstruction of the Myakkahatchee Creek Bridge over Price Boulevard and authorize the City Manager or the Mayor, as applicable under the City Charter, to execute all funding documents after legal review, should the grant be awarded to the City.
Background Information
Sarasota County is a direct recipient of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). Sarasota County has named this grant initiative Resilient SRQ (RSRQ). The County will be awarded $201.5 million in funding to deliver unmet needs assistance to the community from the impacts from Hurricane Ian.
On March 18, 2024, The City of North Port submitted an application to the Resilient SRQ Program, requesting funding for the design and construction of a replacement for the Myakkahatchee Creek bridge over Price Boulevard, Bridge No. 175014, a critical evacuation route for citizens living to the west of the creek and which experienced high, turbulent water during and after Hurricane Ian. The original application requested a total of $12,314,000, with a match of $2,000,000, for a total project cost of $14,314,000.
This project initially received a low score by RSRQ staff. City of North Port staff determined that this was largely due t...
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