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City awarded $360,000 DEP grant for vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan
Summary
Staff said Florida DEP’s Office of Resiliency and Coastal Protection awarded the city a $360,000 grant to update hydrologic and hydraulic models, identify priority flood‑risk areas and prepare an adaptation plan; staff will recommend authorization to execute the grant agreement.
City staff told the Winter Haven City Commission on July 28 that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Resiliency and Coastal Protection awarded the city a $360,000 grant to complete a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan. Staff said the project will update hydrologic and hydraulic modeling to evaluate flood risks and climate‑related exposures, identify priority risk areas, and provide a strategic framework for improving local resiliency. Staff said the assessment will position the city to compete for future implementation grants and that the award requires no local match. Staff recommended the commission authorize the city manager to execute the grant agreement and take related actions to implement the assessment; no formal vote is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
