Okaloosa County BOCC — December 16, 2014 — WFRPC letter of support request — reading text

From: Kelly Windes To: Rick Owen Subject: Fwd: West Florida Regional Planning Council letter of support request Date: Friday, December 05, 2014 8:52:49 AM Attachments: WFRPC Brownfields Support Template.doc ATT00001.htm Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Daniel, Kate" <kate.daniel@wfrpc.org> Date: December 3, 2014 at 4:16:42 PM CST Subject: West Florida Regional Planning Council letter of support request Good Afternoon, The West Florida Regional Planning Council (WFRPC) is preparing an application for the FY 2015 EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant Program. If awarded, this grant would be available for identification and assessment of brownfields sites throughout our region, making them eligible for clean-up and redevelopment. The grant funds would be used only for parties interested in pursuing brownfields identification and remediation. In order to have the best chances of receiving funding under this grant, the WFRPC needs to show support and commitment from partners throughout our seven county region, and we are requesting a letter of support for this purpose. Providing a signed letter of support for the WFRPC application would not obligate participation in the program, but may increase the WFRPC’s ability to receive the grant, and to provide funding to supporters who do want to participate. An additional factor in this year’s application process will be the commitments made by local agencies for activities such as helping to identify potential sites for assessment and redevelopment, to market the Brownfields program locally on your website or by posting information in offices, or to provide assistance in public outreach and involvement either through direct participation or in donating meeting spaces. Please include in your letter any commitment that you are able to make towards the success of this program. I am including a draft letter of support as an example. If you are willing to support the West Florida Regional Planning Council’s application for the FY 2015 EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant, please complete the letter on your letterhead, sign, and return a copy to the West Florida Regional Planning Council by December 12, 2015. This can be done by scanning and emailing a copy in a reply to this email. Please do not send the letter directly to the EPA, as it will need to be included in our application package to be considered. If you have any questions, please let me know. My contact information can be found at the bottom of this email. Thank you for your consideration, Kate Daniel Kate W. Daniel Regional Planner I West Florida Regional Planning Council 4081 E. Olive Road, Suite A Pensacola, FL 32514 P: 850.332.7976 x245 F: 850.637.1923 NOTICE: Email communications to or from West Florida Regional Planning Council employees are considered to be public records. Florida's public records law requires these communications be made available to the public and media upon request. (Florida Statutes, Chapter 119)