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THE TOWN OF JAY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE SMALL CITIES CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING
The Town of Jay is considering applying to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) for Small Cities Hurricane Sally Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Funding. The Town is eligible to apply for three applications, each with minimum of $750,000 up to $65 million through the Rebuild Florida Infrastructure Repair Program (IRP). All activities funded through the Program must meet a National Objectives or either benefit to Low-to-Moderate individuals or address an urgent need AND must “tie-back” to damages relating Hurricane Sally or address mitigation activities that will lessen the impact or increase resilience to future disasters.
The Town of Jay is proposing to submit applications for one or more of the following activities:
Improvements to Bray-Hendricks Park: Improvements include the addition of safety lighting, asphalt parking, construction of a Community Disaster Response Center multi-purpose building, drainage improvements and the relocation of a lift station. These improvements are needed in order to provide a staging area for storm recovery operations necessary after and during natural disasters. Estimated project cost is $5,479,939.96 which will include engineering, architectural, site development, permitting and administration. The Town Council may vote to contribute matching funds to this project.
Public comments will be accepted on this proposed project until Monday, March 20, 2023. Public comments may be e-mailed to Eric Seib at ericseibtoj@bellsouth.net or by calling Jay Town Hall at (850) 675-4556. A public hearing to obtain citizen comments regarding these proposed applications will be held at Jay Town Hall, located at 3695 Hwy 4, Jay, FL on Monday March 20, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. For information concerning the public hearing, contact Eric Seib at (850) 675-4556 or by e-mail at ericseibtoj@bellsouth.net. The public hearing is being conducted in a handicapped accessible location. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in the hearing is asked to advise the Town at least three days before the hearing by contacting Eric Seib at (850) 675-4556. If you are hearing or speech impaired please contact the Town using the Florida Relay Services, 1(800) 955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800) 955-8770 (Voice). In addition, the public hearing will be available via Zoom Conferencing by calling 312 626 6799, meeting ID: 848 2993 5430. There is no fee for using this service. Any non-English speaking person wishing to attend the public hearing should contact Eric Seib at (850) 675-4556 at least three days prior to the hearing and an interpreter will be provided.
