BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Escambia County will hold two public meetings to discuss the co unty's participation in the Hurricane Sally Voluntary Home Buyout Grants p rocess. The meetings will be held April 12 at 3 p.m. and April 13 at 10 a. m. Both meetings will take place at the Central Office Complex\, 3363 W. P ark Place\, Room 104. The public is welcome to attend both meetings. \ ;The Rebuild Florida Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery V oluntary Home Buyout Program is designed to address needs that remain afte r all other assistance has been exhausted. This plan details how funds wil l be allocated to address remaining unmet need in disaster-impacted areas in Northwest Florida and reduce vulnerability through acquisitions and buy outs. This program will primarily benefit low-to-moderate income household s with properties that are in a special flood hazard area and in high-risk flood areas to help reduce the impact of future disasters.The first optio n is to leverage CDBG-DR funding as match for projects that are also eligi ble for the Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs. The second option is to work directly with the county on projects located in LMI areas to b uyout residential areas in support of permanent open space supporting gree n infrastructure or other floodplain management systems.The county will pr ioritize home buyout projects that focus on the acquisition of concentrati ons of residential areas that meet LMI area requirements.Full project desc riptions are available at \;MyEscambia.com/sallyrecoverygrant. Public comments can be emailed to \;sallyrecoverygrant@myescambia.com. DTEND:20230412T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260627T032649Z DTSTART:20230412T200000Z LOCATION:3363 West Park Place SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Hurricane Sally Voluntary Home Buyout Public Meeting UID:RFCALITEM639181276090175404 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Escambia County will hold two public meetin gs to discuss the county's participation in the Hurricane Sally Voluntary Home Buyout Grants process. The meetings will be held April 12 at 3 p.m. a nd April 13 at 10 a.m. Both meetings will take place at the Central Office Complex\, 3363 W. Park Place\, Room 104. The public is welcome to attend both meetings. \;

The Rebuild Florida Community Development Bloc k Grant-Disaster Recovery Voluntary Home Buyout Program is designed to add ress needs that remain after all other assistance has been exhausted. This plan details how funds will be allocated to address remaining unmet need in disaster-impacted areas in Northwest Florida and reduce vulnerability t hrough acquisitions and buyouts. This program will primarily benefit low-t o-moderate income households with properties that are in a special flood h azard area and in high-risk flood areas to help reduce the impact of futur e disasters.

The first option is to leverage CDBG-DR funding as matc h for projects that are also eligible for the Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs. The second option is to work directly with the county on projects located in LMI areas to buyout residential areas in support of pe rmanent open space supporting green infrastructure or other floodplain man agement systems.

The county will prioritize home buyout projects tha t focus on the acquisition of concentrations of residential areas that mee t LMI area requirements.

Full project descriptions are availab le at \;MyEscambia .com/sallyrecoverygrant. Public comments can be emailed to \;sallyrecoverygrant@myescambi a.com.

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