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The City received a grant award notice from the Florida Division of Emergency Management on April 17, 2024 that funding in the amount of $4,282,761.60 from the HMGP-COVID
Program was provided. The City’s required match of $475,862.40 provides a total project cost of
$4,758,624 for the Neighborhood Acquisition/Demolition Project in the Quinn/Downs/Dean Neighborhood.
The focus of the program is to purchase property located in floodways or within neighborhoods that experience frequent flooding. The purchase agreement was approved by City Council on December 17, 2025. Amendment #1 extends the closing date from February 27, 2026 to August 31, 2026. Once the City purchases the property any structures on the property will be demolished, and the land will be in the City’s name in perpetuity. The purchase price of the land is $650,000 and will be paid from CIP account number 30.250.538.5386109.53.61.53861 (HMGP-COVID Neighborhood Acquisition/Demolition).
Staff has redacted the homeowner’s name and address as outlined in Senate Bill (SB) 966 adopted during
the 2020 legislative session. SB 966 provides an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information for the purpose of disaster recovery assistance from a presidentially declared disaster. These properties were affected as a result of Hurricane Irma in 2017. Once the property has been
transferred to the City’s ownership the information will be made public.