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s� 0C <br /> STATE OF FLORIDA <br /> 0 3woo � a <br /> DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS <br /> " Dedicated to making Florida a better place to call home " <br /> JEBBUSH <br /> Governor COLLEEN CASTILLE <br /> Go <br /> Secretary <br /> April 11 , 2003 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO : County Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group Chairpersons <br /> FROM : W . Craig Fugate, Director <br /> Division of Emergency Management <br /> SUBJECT : Planning Grant to Revise the Local Mitigation Stratew to Comply with the <br /> Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 <br /> The purpose of this memorandum is to solicit applications for small planning grants, to <br /> assist Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Working Groups in bringing their LMS into compliance <br /> with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K) criteria. The Florida Division of Emergency <br /> Management (DEM) will provide each county with a grant of up to $20, 000 in federal funds on a <br /> 75 % federal share and 25 % local cost share basis (no state match is available) . Local cost share <br /> can be cash, in-kind services or a mixture of both. <br /> DEM will accept applications for these small planning grants through June 13 , 2003 . <br /> After this date remaining funds will be made available for larger mitigation planning grants on a <br /> statewide competitive basis . Grants will be provided to the LMS Working Group through a <br /> contract with respective county government, who may in turn subcontract for the desired <br /> consultant services . However, if a county intends to subcontract with an organization that DEM <br /> is authorized to enter into a direct contract with (i. e. Regional Planning Councils , American Red <br /> Cross) , DEM would, at the request of the county, consider entering into a direct consultant <br /> services contract with the organization. <br /> The following attachments are provided : <br /> • ATTACHMENT A: The Planning Grant Application Form — Must be completed and <br /> signed by the Chairperson of the County Commission or a designee authorized to sign <br /> contracts . <br /> 2555 SHUMARD OAK BOULEVARD TALLAHASSEE , FLORIDA 32399 - 2100 <br /> Phone : 850 . 488 . 8466 / Suncom 278 . 8466 FAX : 850 . 921 . 0781 / Suncom 291 . 0781 <br /> Internet address : httP : / / www . dca . state . fl . us <br /> CRITICAL STATE CONCERN FIELD OFFICE COMMUNITY PLANNING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> 2796 Overseas Highway, Suae 212 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard <br /> Marathon, FL 33050.2227 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 <br /> (305) 289-2402 (850) 488-2356 (8501413-9969 (850) 488-7956 <br />