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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator Kylie Yanchula, Natural Resources Director THROUGH: Eric Charest, Assistant Director, Natural Resources Department SUBJECT: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Local Government Funding Request Grant 231R2, Amendment #1, Indian River County 2022 Hurricane Ian and Nicole Recovery Project DATE: February 25, 2025 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Senate Bill 4A (SB4A) was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on December 16, 2022, allocating $100 million dollars to support beach nourishment projects within the 16 counties most impacted by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022, including Indian River County. On August 17, 2023, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) entered into Local Government Funding Request (LGFR) Grant Agreement No. 231R2 with Indian River County (IRC) to assist with funding Beach and Dune restoration efforts throughout several of the County's Beach Management Sectors to address Hurricane Ian and Nicole impacts. The original agreement committed up to $7,722,000.00 in State reimbursement funding for non- federal reimbursed costs associated with the specific Projects identified in the Grant. Unlike most LGFR Grants, Indian River County's LGFR 231R2 does not require a County match of funding. The Natural Resources Department applied for an additional $1,624,000 through the FDEP's Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program (HRRGP), upon notification of availability and board approval, to assist with County expenses associated with the Sector 4 Dune Restoration Project. On October 22, 2024, IRC was notified that the HRRGP grant was being awarded. As the HRRGP was a new program for the FDEP, at the time of award notification, details on how the funds would be managed were not immediately available. FDEP has determined the tool for managing the funds would be to amend the County's LGFR 231R2 grant and add a line item to identify HRRGP funds. On January 16, 2025, as FDEP continued to draft up Amendment #1 to LGFR 231R2, County Staff were provided the opportunity to increase the HRRGP funding request up to $1,692,766.61. County Staff then submitted the necessary documentation for the State to increase the County's award by $68,766.61 over what was originally awarded under the HRRGP program for Sector 4. LGFR 231R2, Amendment #1 identifies the inclusion of the HRRGP funds for the Sector 4 Project as a new line item, Construction — HRRGP with an amount of $1,692,766.61. Along with this inclusion of these additional funds, the grant has been amended to include 2 different deliverable due dates. Since LGFR Grant 231112 covers many Beach Management Sectors within the County, 130