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Approve the Modification Z0229-1 and Z0229 to the Federally-Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement for public assistance support for Hurricane Irma expenditures and grant authority to the City Manager or designee to enter into, approve and execute same and future modifications for Hurricane Irma 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 and approved by the Council in July 2018 for the amount of $24,929.58.
Modification #1 - The City has been awarded additional funds under Modification #Z0229-1 resulting in an increase in Federal funding by $16,503.05 and the State funding by $2,750.51 for a maximum payable amount of $44,183.14.
Modification #2 - The City has been awarded additional funds under Modification #Z0229-2 resulting in an increase in Federal funding by $6,560.69 and the State funding by $1,093.45 for a new maximum payable amount of $51,837.28.
FEMA and the State share the responsibility for making Public Assistance funds available to the Subgrantee/Subrecipient. It is necessary for the City of Clearwater, as the Subgrantee/Subrecipient, to enter into the modified agreements with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (the Grantee/Recipient) in order to receive the additional funding.
Under the Hurricane Irma funding process, recipients will continue to receive modifications awarding additional funding as approved by the State of Florida, Division of Emergency. It will be beneficial for the City to allow the City Manager to execute future modifications in order to provide for efficient and timely processing of the Modifications and acquire judicious funding.
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USE OF RESERVE FUNDS: N/A