Broward County - File #: 22-730

• File #: 22-730
• Status: Agenda Ready
• In control: Public Works - Water and Wastewater Administration
• Agenda Date: 5/24/2022
• Final action: 5/24/2022
• Title: MOTION TO APPROVE Federally Funded Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program ("CDBG-MIT") Subrecipient Agreement ("Agreement") between Broward County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ("DEO") to reimburse 50% of the program costs up to a maximum of $6,250,000 for Broward County's Regional Effluent and Reuse Interconnect Project and to approve the Subrogation Agreement in Attachment M; authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the Agreement and the Subrogation Agreement in Attachment M; authorizing the County Administrator to execute Attachment F and authorizing the County Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions related to administration of the Grant Agreement. (Commission Districts 2, 4 and 8)
• Indexes: Established Commission Goals

Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Trevor M. A. Fisher
Department: Public Works Division: Water & Wastewater Administration

Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Federally Funded Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program ("CDBG-MIT") Subrecipient Agreement ("Agreement") between Broward County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ("DEO") to reimburse 50% of the program costs up to a maximum of $6,250,000 for Broward County's Regional Effluent and Reuse Interconnect Project and to approve the Subrogation Agreement in Attachment M; authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the Agreement and the Subrogation Agreement in Attachment M; authorizing the County Administrator to execute Attachment F and authorizing the County Administrator to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions related to administration of the Grant Agreement. (Commission Districts 2, 4 and 8)

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Why Action is Necessary
Board of County Commissioners' approval is required pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code Section 20.31.b.3.

What Action Accomplishes
Allows Broward County to accept $6,250,000 in grant funding to offset the costs of parallel effluent and water reuse interconnect pipelines between the County and the City of Pompano Beach.

Is this Action Goal Related
Yes

Previous Action Taken
None

Summary Explanation/Background
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

This item supports the Board of County Commissioners' Value of "Encouraging investments in renewable energy, sustainable practices and environmental protection" with the goal to "increase water quality protection efforts and lead creative approaches to water storage and aquifer recharge, as well as diversification of water supplies, regionally."

The project will construct two parallel pipelines for 3.5 miles between the County's North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant ("NRWWTP") and the City...