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Council authorizes staff to pursue state resiliency planning grant to study storm-surge impacts
Summary
Bonita Springs city council directed staff to investigate applying for the state’s Resilient Florida planning grants to explore planning responses if surge water shifts north from Collier County projects.
Bonita Springs — Councilmembers voted to authorize staff to examine and prepare an application for the Florida Resilient Florida planning grants, a state program that funds resiliency planning and has funded projects across the state.
Councilmember Chris Corey described the proposal as a low-risk chance to obtain planning money to study how new berms or other structures in Collier County could push storm surge north and affect Bonita Springs neighborhoods such as Bonita Bay and Pelican Landing. “This doesn’t cost us anything to take a look,” Corey said during the discussion.
Staff told council that the state program is administered through state environmental or resiliency agencies and that the notice of funding opportunity would be returned to council for approval before any formal submission. Council passed a motion directing staff to pursue the opportunity and to return with a complete application and any match requirements if the program’s notice of funding opportunity is released.
City staff and council emphasized the item is a planning grant; any recommended countermeasures would require subsequent design, permitting and funding authorization.
