Resolution 261-2019 RESOLUTION NO. 261 -2019
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT OF THE
REVISION OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) STATE ACTION
PLAN TO ALLOW THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS TO APPLY FOR AND DISTRIBUTE CDBG-DR
WORKFORCE RECOVERY TRAINING PROGRAM
FUNDS.
WHEREAS, Congress has appropriated significant funds for disaster recovery
through the Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery ("CDBG-DR")
program nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD")
administers the CDBG-DR grant program; and
WHEREAS, economic revitalization is one of the stated goals of the CDBG
disaster recovery program; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Training Recovery Program is an economic
revitalization program; and
WHEREAS, HUD issued guidelines for application and award of CDBG-DR
funds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the HUD guidelines the Florida Department of
Economic Opportunity ("DEO") submitted a state action plan setting forth the states
proposed disaster recovery programs; and
WHEREAS, the state action plan included a component for Workforce Training
Recovery Programs; and
WHEREAS, the approved state action plan requires that the CDBG-DR funds be
distributed through 14 eligible workforce boards within the Hurricane Irma impacted
region; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is in the Local Workforce Development Area 23:
Career Source South Florida which encompasses Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Workforce Recovery Training Program is to provide
"a new [skilled] labor force to support the needs coming out of the Hurricane Irma
recovery effort"within the areas of carpentry,plumbing, HVAC, electric and others, and;
WHEREAS, the College of the Florida Keys has established an Apprenticeship
program in partnership with local business community in the lower Keys to train a skilled
labor force and now seeks to expand this program into the most severely impacted
Hurricane Irma damaged areas to support the reconstruction effort, and;
WHEREAS, the training providers that implement the traditional (non-disaster)
Workforce Training Programs for Monroe County have experienced significant problems
within the last few years obtaining funding and as a result have been severely
underfunded;
WHEREAS, Monroe County believes that implementation of Workforce
Training Recovery Programs would achieve greater success if the CBBG-DR funds were
administered by a Monroe County entity, specifically, the College of the Florida Keys;
and
WHEREAS, DEO Executive Director of Disaster Recovery Reginald Dixon has
been informed of the concerns expressed by Monroe county's training providers and is
sympathetic to the county's concerns; and
WHEREAS, the DEO state action plan will need to be revised to provide for
CDBG-DR funding to flow directly to public universities, colleges, and technical
institutions as an eligible entity.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA,that:
1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners strongly urges and fully
supports the revision of the State of Florida Action Plan for Disaster
Recovery-Hurricane Irma to redirect CDBG-DR funding to flow directly to
public universities, colleges, and technical institutions in the entire affected
area and the College of the Florida Keys in Monroe County.
2. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this resolution to:
a. Governor Ron DeSantis
The Capitol
400 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
b. Ken Lawson
Executive Director of the Department of Economic Opportunity
107 East Madison Street
Caldwell Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4120
c. Senator Anitere Flores
11401 SW 40th Street, Suite 465
Miami,Florida 33165
d. Representative Holly Raschein
Suite 10
99198 Overseas Highway
Key Largo,Florida 33037-2437
e. Jonathan Gueverra, Ed.D.
President, College of the Florida Keys
5901 College Road
Key West,Florida 33040
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of September, 2019.
Mayor Sylvia Murphy Yes
Mayor Pro Tem Danny Kolhage Yes n "' an
Commissioner Michelle Coldiron Yes ITT
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Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes ttv..
Commissioner David Rice Yes c-)
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS �' -• '
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA '.
BY:
Syl la Murphy, Mayor
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ATTEST: Kevin Madok, Clerk
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By:
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Deputy Clerk PEDRO J ERCADO
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