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7.D. Residential Construction Mitigation Program Grant Contract - Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program - Florida Department of Community Affairs - Gifford Front Porch Community The Board reviewed a memorandum of August 6, 2002: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator DJI,YISI N HEAD CONCURRENCE: • fraCeereL Robert M. Keating, AICP J ✓ Community Development irector 1 FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP S y1 Chief, Long -Range Planning DATE: August 6, 2002 SUBJECT: REV1rW AND CONSIDERATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM GRANT CONTRACT It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 13, 2002. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Recently, the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) notified county planning staff that the county because of its designation as a Front Porch Community, is eligible for a $55,000 Residential Construction Mitigation Program (RCMP) Grant for the Gifford area The Residential Construction Mitigation Program is part of a greater effort called the Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program's Low to Moderate Income Project. The Florida Department of Community Affairs has been designated to administer the Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program (Huva)) as authorized by Section 215.559, Florida Statutes (2001). The purpose of the HLMP is to develop programs to improve wind resistance of site -built residences and manufactured homes. The Low to Moderate Income Project leverages local housing rehabilitation dollars (SHIP, HOME, CDBG) by funding simultaneous mitigation retrofits on homes undergoing general rehabilitation. In the Gifford area, RCMP grant funds can be used as part of the county's SHIP or CDBG programs. Activities eligible for RCMP grant funding are repair or replacement of roofs walls, floors, foundations, doors, and windows. August 13, 2002 16