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11.B. DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY - CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 98 -LM -4H-1040-01-031 - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (DCA), The Board reviewed a Memorandum of May 11, 1998: TO: 'Honorable Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Jim Chandler, County Administrator FROM: Doug Wright, Director Emergency Services DATE: May 11, 1998 SUBJECT: Contractual Services Agreement No. 98-LM4H-1040-01-031 Between the Florida Department of Community Affairs and Indian River County to Develop a Local Mitigation Strategy The Florida Department of Community Affairs recently informed the County that it, and its municipalities, were eligible to receive funds in the amount of $105,000 to complete a single, unified Local Mitigation Strategy. As part of the total amount listed above, $50,000 has been set aside to assist the County with the completion of planning and vulnerability assessment activities with the goal of breaking the costly cycle of recovery and rebuilding after a disaster occurs. The remaining funds will be divided among the five municipalities in the County. In addition, per DCA, the County will receive 10 percent (10%) of the amount awarded each municipality that enters into a subcontract agreement with the County to complete a unified Local Mitigation Strategy. This additional funding will help account for administrative activities such as coordinating municipal mitigation strategy efforts associated with the initiative. The Department of Community Affairs determined the amount and how the funds are to be divided among municipalities in the County. The DCA advised that all funding amounts were individually calculated to match the vulnerability of each city and county in terms of repetitive loss, population, risk and mutual aid participation. The funding as allocated by DCA is as follows: Fellsmere $ 7,500 Indian River Shores $ 15,000 Orchid $ 2,500 Sebastian $ 15,000 Vero Beach $ 15,000 Unincorporated $50,000 TOTAL AWARD $105,000 The total award listed above will be committed through the contract between the Department of Community Affairs and the County which is before the Board at this time. As a condition of accepting the award, the County is asked to subcontract the identified municipal awards to each respective municipality. The final deliverable of all contracts will be the development of a single unified mitigation strategy. A Working Group is in the process of being formed and each municipality has received a letter requesting that the appropriate individual(s) be designated to participate in the Working Group. A meeting has been scheduled for May 20, 1998, for organizational purposes and to ascertain if the municipalities plan to sub -contract with the County in this endeavor. MAY 199 1998 -67- f as s E 0�'K �1�C