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BOCC AGENDA ITEM

Item Title:Approve a Resolution Amending the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Strategic Priorities
Date:10/19/2022
Department:County Manager
Background:

On October 10, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners heard presentations from the County Manager's office, Guidehouse Inc., and received public comments regarding the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan.  It is the recommendation of staff and Guidehouse Inc. to include the following amendments to the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan originally approved on May 24, 2021:

 

ADOPTION OF REVENUE REPLACMENT. The Board of County Commissioners will utilize the US Department of the Treasury Reporting Expenditure Category 6.1, Revenue Replacement, to fill revenue losses against General Governmental purposes per US Department of the Treasury guidance.

 

 EXPANSION OF THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE NASSAU FLORIDA PROSPERITY PLAN. The Board of County Commissioners hereby adopts a sixth Strategic Priority for the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan, Strategic Investment in Public Safety. The six Strategic Priorities of the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan are:

  1. Strategic Infrastructure Investment
  2. Strategic Investment in Local Business Incubation, Development, and Acceleration
  3. Strategic Investment in Revenue Stabilization and Diversification
  4. Strategic Investment in Leveraging State/Federal Programs & Liaison Services/Technical Assistance for Nonprofits & Community Organizations
  5. Strategic Investment in Mitigation of Economic Uncertainty
  6. Strategic Investment in Public Safety

 

ADOPTION OF THE NASSAU FLORIDA PROSPERITY PLAN PRIORITY PROJECTS. The Board hereby adopts nine (9) Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Priority Projects and allocates the necessary funds. Those projects and corelating funding allocations are adopted as follows:

Project #1: Crawford Diamond Industrial Park Water Plant       $4,500,000

Project #2: ‘Old’ Sheriff Admin. Campus Remediation              $2,000,000

Project #3: Animal Care and Control Campus                            $1,250,000

Project #4: Public Safety Radio System Upgrades                      $1,600,711

Project #5: Public Safety Radio Replacement                             $2,285,375

Project #6: Westside Regional Park Amphitheater                     $2,000,000

Project #7: 4th Street Property Reinvention/SBDC Office         $2,000,000

Project #8: Public Safety Training Facility                                     $500,000

Project #9: Broadband Local Planning Team                                 $150,000

                                      Overall Program Contingency:                 $233,698

                                      Subtotal:                                               $16,369,784

                                      Grant Monitoring & Compliance [5yrs]:  $668,489

                                                                                       Total:    $17,188,273

Request:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners Amending the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Strategic Priorities; Approving the Use of the Revenue Replacement Expenditure Category to Allocate the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; Adopting the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Priority Projects and Allocation of Funds.
Financial/Economic Impact to Future Years Budgeting Process or Effect on Citizens:
The amendments allow Nassau County to respond to the economic impacts brought on by the pandemic.
Action Requested and Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners Amending the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Strategic Priorities; Approving the Use of the Revenue Replacement Expenditure Category to Allocate the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; Adopting the Nassau Florida Prosperity Plan Priority Projects and Allocation of Funds.
Is this action consistent with the Nassau County Comprehensive Land Use Plan?
Yes
Funding Source:
N/A
Additional Information Needed for Contracts/Agreements (If Applicable)
Contract Number assigned by Contracts Management:
N/A
For non-governmental agencies, has the document been sent to the vendor for signature?
N/A
Does the document need to be recorded? If so, who will pay the recordation fee?
N/A
Are there any special mailing instructions? (Include contact name, address, deadline for submittal, how to mail such as express mail, FedEx, etc):
N/A
How many originals are needed?
One
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
Resolution10/13/2022Cover Memo