Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program Award for the Aberdeen Gardens Community Resilience Implementation Strategy [Grant No. (FAIN) 953A0079]
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City of Hampton (the “City”) has been awarded funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program, through the Community Change Grant Program, for the Aberdeen Gardens Community Resilience Implementation Strategy [Grant No. (FAIN) 953A0079] (the “Project”) in response to a grant application that the City previously submitted. The Project will support community resilience in the Aberdeen Gardens neighborhood through infrastructure and connectivity improvements, green infrastructure, community engagement, workforce development initiatives, the installation of community garden amenities, and the establishment of a community resilience center. The grant award is $20,006,400 with no local match.
Discussion:
In support of the City's efforts to help reduce flooding impacts to our residents and build community resilience, the City applied for and was awarded competitive EPA Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program funding in the amount of $20,006,400 (the “EPA Award”). Of this amount, the City will serve as the pass-through entity to provide a subaward in the amount of $2,078,601 to Wetlands Watch. The City and Wetlands Watch are parties to a Statutory Partnership Agreement, dated July 31, 2024, which established the framework for the two entities to collaborate in connection with seeking, obtaining, receiving, administering, and implementing the EPA Award to advance the Project; and staff is coordinating with Wetlands Watch on the drafting and execution of a subaward agreement to further detail the use and management of the subaward. The Project will suppo...
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