Virtual Public Meeting To Be Held Monday For Development Grants

Press release from the City of Tarpon Springs:

June 28, 2020

There will be a Virtual Public Meeting held on June 29th, 2020 from 10am – 12pm regarding the City of Tarpon Springs’ grant applications for Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding. The City is seeking public comment regarding the following grants:

Rebuild Florida Critical Facility Hardening Program – City of Tarpon Springs Community Center Hardening, Wastewater Treatment Plant Dewatering Building Structure Hardening, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations Building and Control Systems Hardening, Reverse Osmosis Facility and Water Distribution Backup Generators, and AdventHealth North Pinellas Exterior Skin Replacement and Emergency Cooling Generator projects

Rebuild Florida General Planning Support Program – City of Tarpon Springs Wastewater Utility Resiliency Plan

The City is planning to submit grant applications currently estimated at $28,370,000 in grant funding with an estimated total project cost of $39,070,000 as well as an estimated total of $10,700,000 in proposed matching funding from the One Cent Local Option Sales Tax Fund, Water and Sewer Fund, General Fund, and third-party matching funding from AdventHealth.

The virtual meeting offers options to join or view only. Please see below for more details. This information may also be accessed on our website at https://www.ctsfl.us/projectadmin.htm

INTERACTIVE MEETING OPTIONS

Join from PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android

1. Visit https://www.ctsfl.us/zoom

2. Click on the meeting titled State DEO Grant Funding for Hurricane Hardening and Planning Grants

3. Download Zoom via the screen prompts

4. To raise your hand, click the hand button.

Join by Phone (audio only)

1. Dial +1 (312) 626-6799 or +1 (646) 558-8656

2. Enter the Webinar ID 947 4047 7145

3. To raise your hand, enter *9

VIEW ONLY OPTION

Watch on the City’s YouTube channel

Visit https://www.ctsfl.us/youtube

All public comments are due by July 9, 2020 and can be emailed to Ashley Tobin at projectadmin@ctsfl.us or mailed to the attention of Project Administration at P.O. Box 5004, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688.

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