Title
A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing acceptance of a grant from the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), for the Coral Gables Waterway / Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvements Project in the amount of $900,000; authorizing an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Budget to recognize the $900,000 grant as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the grant expenditures.
Body
The City was awarded a competitive grant from the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a Water Quality Improvements Project in the amount of $900,000 to be used to help improve water quality in the Coral Gables Waterway and Biscayne Bay by reducing runoff containing nutrients and hydrocarbons, enhance drainage capacity within the Basin, and help recharge the Biscayne Aquifer with fresh rainwater.
The total project cost is $1,200,000 of which $900,000 is from DEP and $300,000 is from the City of Coral Gables.
An amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Budget is required to recognize the $900,000 grant as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the grant expenditures
Recommended Action
Approval