Justification
Governor's Recommendations 2022-23

GRANTS AND AIDS - FLORIDA RESILIENT COASTLINES

The Governor's Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 includes funds to advance statutorily required components
of the Resilient Florida Program and continue efforts initiated in the Florida Resilient Coastlines Program. Funds will
be used to complete the Comprehensive Statewide Flood Vulnerability and Sea Level Rise Data Set and Assessment. Section
380.093, Florida Statutes - Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan - directs the department to complete
the development of a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set, sufficient to conduct a
comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise assessment.  The assessment must identify inland and
coastal infrastructure, geographic areas, and communities in the state that are vulnerable to flooding and sea level rise
and the associated risks.

RESILIENT FLORIDA PLANNING GRANTS

The Governor's Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 includes funding for the Resilient Florida grant program
established in FY/2021-22. Grant funds will be provided to counties or municipalities to fund the costs of community
resilience planning and necessary data collection for such planning including comprehensive plan amendments and necessary
corresponding analyses that address the programs statutory requirements; vulnerability assessments that identify or
address risks of flooding and sea level rise; the development of projects, plans, and policies that allow communities to
prepare for threats from flooding and sea level rise; and projects to adapt critical assets to the effects of flooding
and sea level rise. Continued support for the Resilient Florida Grant Program will help statewide communities to
understand, plan for and adapt to changing sea levels and extreme weather events.

CLEAN MARINA

The Governor's Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 includes authority for the Clean Vessel Act and Clean
Marina Program to provide pass-through grants to public and private marinas for the construction, purchase, installation,
and operation of pump-out facilities. CVA grant funding to public and private marinas has resulted in a total of over 575
pumpout projects throughout all areas of the state and has prevented more than 34,000,000 gallons of untreated boater
sewage from being disposed of into the state's waters. Boater sewage not entering Florida's waterways is a direct benefit
of the CVA grant program.

BEACH PROJECTS - STATEWIDE

The Governor's Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 includes a transfer of recurring Fixed Capital Outlay
appropriation for the Beach Management Funding Assistance Program from the Division of Water Resource Management to the
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (RCP). This issue coincides with an operating issue that transfers 66
positions and funding in the Beach and Inlet Management Programs from the Division of Water Resource Management and the
Regulatory District Offices to the RCP. The merger focuses on aligning critical personnel, programs and resources to
address resiliency. To foster continuity in reaching resiliency goals, this transfer enables a larger array of
researchers, field staff, technical experts and policymakers to collaborate more effectively.

GRANTS AND AID - WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS - BISCAYNE BAY

The Governor's Budget Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 includes funding for critical infrastructure relating to
wastewater and storm water runoff projects that address water quality impairments in Biscayne Bay. These cost-share grant
funds for water quality improvements and coral reef restoration focus on nutrient and pollutant reduction in the bay.