Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program

Appendix B

Florida Department of Community Affairs Projects

Mobile Home Projects

State Fiscal Year 2000-2001

Partnering Grantee Grant Award Project Description
Consolidated City of Jacksonville $525,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Manatee County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Marion County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Martin County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Okaloosa County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Pasco County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Pinellas County $525,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Polk County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
Volusia County $250,000 Install, tie-down or replace tie-down hardware on selected mobile home units in the county, allotting no more than $1,600 per unit
TOTAL PROGRAM ALLOCATION:
$2,800,000


Type I Hurricane Center Projects

State Fiscal Year 2000-2001

 

Partnering Grantee Grant Award Project Description
Florida International University $98,700 Prepare a research agenda and assist the Department with an annual report of the Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program
Florida International University $601,300 Complete five research initiatives including:

1) Sheltering for Mobile Home Parks

2) Mobile Home Recycling Program

3) Land Development and Zoning Issues

4) Homeowner Insurance and Issues of Incentives or Barriers to Mitigation

5) Issues of Structural Performance and Retrofitting of Loss Reduction

TOTAL PROGRAM ALLOCATION:
$700,000

Florida Department of Community Affairs Projects

State Fiscal Year 2000-2001

Partnering Grantee Grant Award Project Description
Florida Alliance for Safe Homes $400,000 Produce hazard mitigation outreach materials and Public Service Announcements, and maintain and track the use of a 24 hour toll free number and a website to address homeowner questions on mitigation
Florida Department of Community Affairs $250,000 Support efforts of the Building Safety Day at the Capitol and the Governor's Hurricane Conference to promote residential mitigation, reproduce mitigation outreach materials and develop software to web-enable a user interface for the Florida Building Code
Florida Windstorm Underwriters Association $50,000 Reproduce public outreach materials
Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc. $150,000 Prepare and produce public outreach materials on mobile home safety issues
Florida Manufactured Housing Association $150,000 Prepare and produce public outreach materials on mobile home safety issues
Florida Homebuilders Association $125,000 Support efforts of the South Eastern Building Code conference to promote residential hurricane mitigation, produce magazine articles in the Florida HomeBuilder magazine and public outreach materials for contractors on the Florida Building Code
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council $75,000 Support efforts of regional trade shows to promote residential hurricane mitigation
University of Florida $300,000 Construct 12 homes in various areas in the state to document the cost of constructing a new home according to the new Florida Building Code
University of Florida $250,000 Install pre-wiring in 10 homes in the Florida Panhandle for monitoring equipment to expand the Coastal Monitoring Program to test the structural performance of homes in hurricane events
Florida State University $50,000 Maintain the Resource Identification Strategy database to assist local governments in obtaining funding for wind mitigation projects
Consolidated City of Jacksonville $50,000 Retrofit homes undergoing livability rehabilitation
Volusia County $50,000 Retrofit homes undergoing livability rehabilitation
Brevard County $50,000 Retrofit homes undergoing livability rehabilitation
City of Key West $50,000 Retrofit homes undergoing livability rehabilitation
Miami-Dade County $50,000 Retrofit homes undergoing livability rehabilitation
Florida Department of Insurance $400,000 Perform an quality assurance analysis of homes previously receiving a wind inspection and analyze all technical data collected statewide
Florida Department of Community Affairs $300,000 Produce and distribute copies of the Florida Building Code to all 67 Florida counties
Florida Homebuilders Association $400,000 Develop a Disaster Contractors Network to train local associations of the major contractor organizations in disaster management issues
Emergency Response Planning and Management, Inc. $150,000 Provide all 67 Florida counties with mitigation planning software to assist Local Mitigation Strategy working groups in prioritizing wind mitigation projects
TOTAL PROGRAM ALLOCATION: $3,300,000

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