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Approve the Federally-Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement for public assistance support for Hurricane Ian expenditures and grant authority to the City Manager or designee to enter into, approve, and execute same and future modifications for Hurricane Ian expenditures. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program is a Federal grant to aid State and Local governments in returning a disaster area to pre-disaster conditions. A Request for Public Assistance (RPA) was submitted, approved, and awarded September 30, 2022.
FEMA and the State share the responsibility for making public assistance funds available to the Subgrantee/Subrecipient. It is now necessary for the City of Clearwater, as the Subgrantee/Subrecipient, to enter into the Agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (the Grantee/Recipient).
Under the Hurricane Ian funding process, recipients may receive modifications awarding additional funding as approved by the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management. It will be beneficial for the City to allow the City Manager, or designee, to execute any future modifications in order to provide for efficient and timely processing of the modifications and acquire judicious funding.
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