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Home My WebLink AboutItem C2 Add-on BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: July 24, 2002 Bulk Item: Yes No X Division:County Administrator Department: N/ A AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a resolution ratifying agreement reached by the Intergovernmental Task Force for allocation of Florida Department of Environmental Protection grant funding for wastewater and stormwater projects among Monroe County and its five municipal governments. ITEM BACKGROUND: During a teleconference held on July 10, 2002, with Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") and other state agency representatives, local government representatives indicated a willingness to consider the option of allocating grant funds up-front among all six local Monroe County governments identified as eligible to receive grant funding. On July 18, 2002, the Intergovernmental Task Force met reached unanimous agreement to divide the remaining $4.76 million in funding not initially allocated, among each local government on the same percentage basis as the initial funding distribution as follows: (1) $1,122,408 each to the municipalities of Marathon and Key West, Village of Islamorada, and Monroe County; and (2) $135,184 each to the municipalities of Key Colony Beach and City of Layton. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes: N/A No: COST TO COUNTY:N/A REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year APPROVED BY: County Atty ~ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _ DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: ~~ James L. Roberts DOCUMENTATION: Included X To Follow Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # ~_ RESOLUTION -2002 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TASK FORCE FOR ALLOCATION OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GRANT FUNDING FOR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER PROJECTS AMONG MONROE COUNTY AND ITS FIVE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS WHEREAS, as Line Item 1765A, 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act, the Florida Legislature appropriated $11.8 million in funds to be used by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("FOEP") to fund the construction of eligible wastewater and stormwater projects in Monroe County; and. WHEREAS, the appropriations language required that the FOEP initially distribute funds totaling $7.04 million to projects meeting eligibility requirements as follows: (I) $1.66 million each to the municipalities of Marathon and Key West, Village of Islamorada. and to Monroe County for Key Largo: and, (2) $200,000 each to the municipalities of Key Colony Beach and Layton. WHEREAS, the appropriations language provides that the remaining $4.76 million in grant funds and funds initially distributed to projects that fail to meet eligibility requirements will be proportionally divided among eligible projects by the FOEP or in such other amounts as may be agreed in writing by the local governments of qualifying projects; and, WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection prepared specific guidelines and procedures for project eligibility requirements in response to the provisions of the language contained in Line Item 1765A of the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act; and, WHEREAS, during a teleconference held on July 10, 2002, with FOEP and other state agency representatives, local government representatives indicated a willingness to consider the option of allocating grant funds up-front among all six local Monroe County governments identified as eligible to receive grant funding; and, WHEREAS, the FOEP representatives indicated that if the local governments wanted to change the distribution of the funding they needed to reach a consensus on such redistribution within 30 days; and. WHEREAS, the local governments agreed to call a meeting of the Intergovernmental Task Force to address the funding redistribution issues; and, WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Task Force met at a duly noticed and advertised public meeting on July 18, 2002, at the Marathon Government Annex; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT: Section 1: The Board of County Commissioners approves the understanding reached by the Intergovernmental Task Force concerning the redistribution of FOEP grants among Monroe County and its five municipal governments, which is as follows: a) The Intergovernmental Task Force reached unanimous agreement to divide the remaining $4.76 million in funding not initially allocated. among each local government on the same percentage basis Page I of2 os the \nitial fuftdiDg dis1rib1.ltiOD OU7.04 millioll. Based OIl that UDI1entanding, the distriblltiOU of ~ remainin& $4.76 million ill glUt funding will M as rouows: (1) $1,122,408 \l3Cb 10 \be mllDicipalities of ManlhOD aDd K~y West, Village of Islamomda. aDeS Monroe County; and (2) Sl3S,ll4 cadi 10 me oulllicipilities of Key Colony Belll:h and City of Layton. b) TIle IntergOvernmental TlL~ Foru also a&reod that if a local govcmIJDeot flDds !hat il i~ lIDabl~ [0 move forwlld with a proj<<t eligible for tun<1in; or is unable (0 met the March 1, 2003. deadline, tha( government will notify the Inlel'&OvllI'1Imentll.l Task. Foret to reconvene in order \D reach agreeuw/lt on th~ division of these initially alloca1ed flU\ds amons me eb&ible projecu oflhc oUler \oClll govemments. Sfttiott 1: The County Aclmini$tBf.Or is requested to send a copy of this resolution to me Florida oe.partmet\t ofEnvirOflmental Affairs and to the five mwUap:d ~vemanen{S in Monroe County PASSED AND ADOPTED by tho Bolrd ofCoun\y C\lmm':'$iODCfS of MOJlloe COUDlY. Florida, Ilt a fe&ulJr meeting of said Board held on die _of . A.D., 2002. Mayor MCCoy Mayur Pro Tcm Spcbllr Commission." Nelson Commi$sioner Neugent Conunissioner Jimell.Cz (SEAL) Attc~..t: DANNV L.KOLHAGE, Clerk By Deputy Clerk 'Page 2 ofl - BOARD Of COUNlY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORID" By MayotiCbairpetSon