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-)o INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator FROM: Andy Sobczak; Chief, Environmental Planning and Code Enforcement THROUGH: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP; Community Development Director DATE: September 23, 2019 SUBJECT: Application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for a FY 2020-2021 Florida Resilient Coastlines Program (FRCP) Grant It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 1, 2019. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Resilient Coastlines Program provides grants to help coastal communities in Florida prepare and plan for rising sea levels, coastal flooding and erosion, and ecosystem changes. Eligible applicants include local governments within the 35 coastal counties of Florida that are required to have a Coastal Management Element in their comprehensive plan. The deadline for application for the 2020-2021 grant cycle is October 7, 2019, and the maximum grant award is $75,000.00. ANALYSIS The Florida Resilient Coastlines Program provides grant funding for projects in the following five priority areas: 1. Compliance with "Peril of Flood" statute (Sec. 163.3178(2)(f) F.S.) for communities with a Coastal Management Element in their comprehensive plan. 2. Development of Adaptation Action Areas and associated Goals, Objectives, and Policies for communities with a Coastal Management Element in their comprehensive plan. 3. Vulnerability Assessments, Adaptation Plans or Resilience Plans other than that necessary for compliance with Peril of Flood Requirements, such as those for historic resources or stormwater management systems. 4. Regional collaboration efforts. 5. Environmental Justice to ensure that all aspects of the environment are being considered in the plan and its outcomes, such as those for historic resources or stormwater management systems. To date, the County has addressed some of these priority area issues, including recent revisions to the County's Coastal Management Element of the comprehensive plan making it compliant with the "Peril of Flood" statute (Sec. 163.3178(2)(f) F.S). These revisions included the addition of sea level rise inundation maps and a generalized risk assessment to critical infrastructure in the County. To better assess the potential risks related to sea level rise and coastal flooding, the proposed grant project 10