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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-105 RESOLUTION NO. 05-105 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 04-028, AS EXTENDED, TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY INITIA TIVE FUNDING WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the following determinations: 1. Congress has allocated $100,000,000.00 in funding to the State of Florida pursuant to the Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act to assist in recovery from federally declared disasters that occurred between August 31, 2003 and October 1, 2004. 2. These federal funds will be made available for disaster relief, long-term recovery, economic development, infrastructure improvements and mitigation directly related to the effects of the disasters. 3. Upon release of the federal funds, St. Lucie County, the City of Fort Pierce and the City of Port St. Lucie will receive an allocation of $9,000,000.00 through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Initiative Funding. 4. These funds will prove essential to the disaster recovery and restoration efforts within St. Lucie County and the Cities. 5. In order for these funds to be released by April 11, 2005, the Governor's Executive Order must be extended on or before April 4, 2005. Failure to extend the Order by this date will result in delay of the release of the funds until after July 1, 2005, which would severely restrict the ability of the County and the Cities to proceed with their recovery efforts. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. This Board does hereby support the further extension of Executive Order 04- 248, as extended, in order to ensure the timely release of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Initiative Funding. 2. The County Administrator is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to members of the St. Lucie County Legislative Delegation and members of the Florida Legislature. After motion and second the vote on this resolution was as follows: Chairman Frannie Hutchinson Vice Chairman Doug Coward Commissioner Paula A. Lewis Commissioner Joseph E. Smith Commissioner Chris Craft AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE PASSED '.. . "DULY ADOPTED this 8th day of March, 2005. ~·"··ñ-~l~~~",:~r, .'1# r. U J/I; ':10. I., 'i>'- -if', ATTEST:, ,.:::(' .\. (~'" C"<-b.\< BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISS:£ONERS 'f~' 4"~ -'l2 ''1) ST. LUCIEA=0UNTY, FL~.tQA .'-' "J' J, /' \ /../~// '. -/ ~' - BY: "{/?.a¡..v~/ . ~rf£.Y"'/\ . ; CHAI AN