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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: January 7, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Elliot Kampert
SUBJECT: Letter of Support for Regional Planning Council's Brownfield Grant
Proposal
DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The West Florida Regional Planning Council (WFRPC) is seeking letters
of support for its application to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Brownfields
Assessment Grant Program that would make funds available for the cities and counties in the WFRPC's
area of responsibility (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Holmes and Washington Counties).
BACKGROUND: The EPA's Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities,
tribes, and nonprofits to provide funding to develop inventories of brownfields; to characterize, assess,
and prioritize sites; and to conduct planning (including clean up planning) and community involvement
related to brownfield sites.
A brownfield site is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants,
controlled substances, petroleum or petroleum products, or is mine-scarred land.
For community-wide proposals, applicants may request up to $200,000 from the hazardous substances
funding for sites with potential contamination of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and up
to $200,000 from the petroleum funding for sites with potential petroleum contamination. The WFRPC
plans to submit a combined application for the maximum amount of both the hazardous and petroleum
funding. The funding period runs from October 1, 2014 through September 31, 2017.
The grant would enable the WFRPC to conduct brownfield assessment projects in the cities and counties
in the WFRPC area of responsibility (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Holmes and
Washington Counties).
OPTIONS: Approve or not approve sending the letter.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners
approve, and authorize the Chairman to sign, the attached letter for transmittal to the US
Environmental Protection Agency.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator