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Council authorizes city to pursue new emergency‑operations center near City Hall; mental‑health partner loses priority for that site
Summary
The City Council authorized the city manager to pursue siting Cape Coral’s expanded emergency operations center (EOC) at a City Hall‑adjacent parcel after staff reported federal and state grant support. The vote was 7–1; several councilmembers and staff flagged the site had been discussed earlier as a potential nonprofit mental‑health location.
The Cape Coral City Council on July 23 approved a motion directing the city manager and emergency‑management director to proceed with a planned replacement or expansion of the city’s emergency operations center on a parcel adjacent to City Hall, voting 7–1.
Ryan Lamb, the city’s emergency management resilience director, told the council that the city has secured two state appropriations of $9 million each (total $18 million) and an approved Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) award of $15 million from the state, with final FEMA approval still pending. Lamb said the grants could be used for a new EOC building or an expansion attached to the existing facility.
"We have a $15 million HMGP grant that's been approved by the state of Florida, and we're waiting final approval from FEMA," Lamb said, describing the funding picture and the expedited need to decide a site before engineering and design move…
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