TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 5/6/2024
FROM: Interim City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 9 - C
SUBJECT:
Title
Request approval of the State Funded Grant Agreement between the City of Deltona & the State of Florida Department of Transportation for the Elkcam Boulevard Roadway Elevation project - Phyllis Wallace, Interim Public Works Director 386/878-8965
Strategic Goal: Infrastructure
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LOCATION:
Two locations on Elkcam Boulevard - Elkcam Boulevard @ Oneida Court and Elkcam Boulevard between Amherst Avenue & VanOrman Drive.
COST:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
N/A
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Public Works
STAFF RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED BY:
That the Commission approve and authorize approval of the State Funded Grant Agreement between the City of Deltona & the State of Florida Department of Transportation for the Elkcam Boulevard Roadway Elevation project - Phyllis Wallace, Interim Public Works Director 386/878-8965
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to approve the State Funded Grant Agreement between the City of Deltona & the State of Florida Department of Transportation for the Elkcam Boulevard Roadway Elevation project - Phyllis Wallace, Interim Public Works Director 386/878-8965. The City Manager has the authority to make corrections of scrivener’s errors and the like.”
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BACKGROUND:
Background
During Hurricanes Ian & Nicole (2022) Elkcam Boulevard was overtaken by stormwater and required an extended roadway closure. This closure severely impacted emergency services; the ability of residents to traverse east & west; delivery of commodities to businesses; and created extreme frustration for the traveling public. The road closure resulted in expenses of staffing, equipment and monitoring of the roadway closure, thus taking critical resources away from recovery activities.
The City pursued appropriation funding from the State of Florida and was awarded $400,000 to be used/leveraged with the City’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Application with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) for elevation of Elkcam Boulevard in two locations. This funding will be used for the Engineering/Design/Permitting process of the project. The optimum outcome is that the FDEM will find our project cost beneficial, and we can proceed with engineering, design & permitting.
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