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INFORMATION ITEM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown County Administrator THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP Community Development Director FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP Chief, Environmental Planning DATE: June 12, 2017 RE: Notice of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Application for Elevation of the Main House at the Jones's Pier Conservation Area It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at the Board's regular meeting of June 20, 2017. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On February 8, 2017, the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) announced the availability of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds resulting from the Presidential Disaster Declaration for Hurricane Matthew. The purpose of the HMGP is to assist communities in implementing hazard mitigation measures. The program is federally funded, but is allocated and distributed by the State through the FDEM. The estimated funding availability for hazard mitigation projects in Indian River County under the current HMGP funding cycle is $437,839. Indian River County is an eligible HMGP applicant in that the County has a FEMA -approved local mitigation plan and has a formally adopted Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS). This past January, the County's LMS Working Group created a prioritized list of potential HMGP projects. That list was subsequently narrowed down to 12 eligible county -wide projects, including a proposal to elevate the historic main house at the Jones's Pier Conservation Area, which was flooded during Hurricane Matthew. Attached is a copy of the refined LMS list of eligible projects, with the Jones's Pier project ranked 12th on the list. The deadline for submittal of HMGP proposals under the current cycle was June 9, 2017. Staff submitted an HMGP application for the Jones's Pier project prior to the June 9 deadline, with the understanding that if the project is selected for funding, a formal agreement will be subject to County Commission approval at a future date before the grant is accepted and finalized, or otherwise declined by the Board at that time. Project Description The historic Jones's Pier bungalow/ main house, original built circa 1921, lies approximately 80 feet from the Indian River Lagoon and currently has a finished floor elevation (FFE) of 3.27 feet (NAVD 88), which is 3.73 feet below the FEMA Base Flood Elevation (BFE) of 7 feet (NAVD 88). During Hurricane Matthew, P39