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Ratify and confirm the amendment of an agreement between the City of Clearwater (City) and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), which deems the City a pilot community thereby providing the City technical assistance in the creation of a coastal vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan, and authorizing the Planning and Development Director to amend the expiration date of such agreement from the original expiration date of December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
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SUMMARY:
On September 3, 2015, City Council authorized the execution of an agreement between the City and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to serve as one of three pilot communities in DEO’s Community Resiliency Initiative (Resolution 15-21). The DEO contracted with Dewberry Consultants LLC (Dewberry) to complete the two key deliverables: a coastal vulnerability assessment and an adaptation plan. The DEO and Dewberry determined that additional time was required to complete the project, and DEO has extended the contract date for final completion of the deliverables from the original expiration date of December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017. In order to accommodate DEO’s request for prompt response, the City’s Planning and Development Director approved this amendment to the agreement between DEO and the City.
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