HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA
2013 FEDERAL AGENDA
HALLANDALE BEACH
CITY COMMISSION
MAYOR JOY COOPER
COMMISSIONER BILL JULIAN
VICE MAYOR ALEXANDER LEWY
MAYOJOY COOPER
COMMISSIONER MICHELE LAZAROW
COMMISSIONER ANTHONY SANDERS
LEWY MAYOR JOY COOPER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HALLANDALE BEACH – PRIORITY PROJECTS ............................................................................................................. 4
A.
TRANSPORTATION: SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY: SOUTH
FLORIDA EAST COAST CORRIDOR STUDY.......................................................................... 4
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ENVIRONMENT: BEACH RENOURISHMENT ........................................................... 4
C.
ENVIRONMENT: Inflow and Infiltration .................................................................. 4
D.
PUBLIC SAFETY: LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ................................................. 5
E.
PUBLIC SAFETY: Emergency Operations Center/ Main Fire Station ....................... 5
SEQUESTRATION & APPROPRIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 6
SEQUESTRATION ......................................................................................................................... 6
FISCAL YEAR 2013 CONTINUING RESOLUTION ............................................................................... 6
FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING REQUESTS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS ......................... 6
TAX & FINANCE .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
MUNICIPAL BONDS ..................................................................................................................... 7
REMOTE SALES TAX COLLECTION .................................................................................................. 7
ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES (OTCS) ............................................................................................ 7
TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................................ 8
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION ............................................................................. 8
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK ............................................................................................... 8
TIGER AND TIFIA PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................... 8
WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................... 9
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRDA) ......................................................................... 9
WATER AND SEWER REGULATIONS ............................................................................................... 9
NUMERIC NUTRIENT CRITERIA RULEMAKING ................................................................................. 9
PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS .................................................................................................... 10
PUBLIC SAFETY......................................................................................................................... 10
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ...................................................................................................... 11
HEALTH CARE .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPLEMENTATION ........................................... 11
TELECOMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 11
COMMUNITY ACCESS PRESERVATION ACT .................................................................................... 11
HALLANDALE BEACH – PRIORITY PROJECTS
As Congress prepares work on budget, tax, appropriations, authorization, and grant related
legislation for FY 2014, the City seeks assistance to improve transportation and water
infrastructure, enhance economic and community development, support public safety and
emergency response, and respond to new environmental regulations. The following are
key priority projects for FY 2014.
A. TRANSPORTATION:
SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY:
SOUTH FLORIDA EAST COAST CORRIDOR STUDY
South Florida Regional Transit Authority (SFRTA) has undertaken an initiative
called the South Florida East Coast Corridor Study to implement commuter
passenger rail service on FEC Railroad from Jupiter in Palm Beach County to
downtown Miami. The City of Hallandale Beach is closely working with SFRTA,
FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation), FEC (Florida East Coast Railway),
Gulfstream Park, and Broward College to bring a railway station to the City of
Hallandale Beach. Accordingly, Hallandale Beach City respectfully requests
assistance toward the fruition of this project, with preliminary planning studies that
are $100,000. (It is estimated that the completion of this joint project will generate
approximately 1768 jobs to the immediate area not including construction jobs for the
project)
B. ENVIRONMENT: BEACH RENOURISHMENT
The City respectfully requests assistance to the beach erosion severely impacting its
coastal residence. Perhaps the most important of all its natural resources, the beach
at City of Hallandale Beach also serves as a key component of its economy and a
primary feature of its very identity. While the City has dedicated funds for
necessary consulting and preliminary planning, along with a portion of the cost for
renourishment, the City respectfully requests assistance toward the estimated cost
of beach renourishment of $4,450,000. This is the most recent estimate before
Hurricane Sandy struck this past fall of 2012, and assistance from the U.S. Army
Corps and FEMA to address damage and erosion is requested.
C. ENVIRONMENT: Inflow and Infiltration
The City is dealing with a significant issue of infiltration and inflow, where
groundwater and rainwater are seeping into the City’s gravity sewer lines that carry
wastewater away from Hallandale Beach homes and businesses. This infiltration
and inflow adds large volumes of flow into the existing sewer flows and uses up
valuable sewer system capacity. At issue is capacity being exceeded n the City’s
treatment plants, pumping stations, and pipelines requiring costly expansion.
Accordingly, Hallandale Beach requests assistance from U.S. Army Corps and
Environmental Protection Agency programs to ameliorate the current inflow and
infiltration issues in the City, with a mediation effort estimated to cost $500,000.
D. PUBLIC SAFETY: LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES
The Hallandale Beach Police Department is a full-service supplier of law
enforcement services, furnishing uniformed and specialized police services on a 24hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week basis. The Hallandale Beach Police Department
has an ongoing interest in, and need for, resources to address training needs, timely
response, records management, investigations, substance abuse, and other law
enforcement issues. Hallandale Beach respectfully requests your support for the
Department of Justice Byrne Memorial Grant Program and COPS Office programs
that provide assistance to State and local governments like Hallandale Beach that
enhance law enforcement, community policing, and which address substance abuse,
through support for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance and
information systems, along with assistance for crime victims.
E. PUBLIC SAFETY: Emergency Operations Center/Main Fire Station
The City has identified as a critical priority replacing the Main Fire Station at 121
S.W. 3rd Street to build a new Fire Station that meets the current needs of the
community and employees, and will include an Emergency Operations Center
component. The existing Fire Station is forty years old. It was originally
constructed at 8,624 square feet and accommodated 12 employees. Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) were added in 1976, and since that time EMS calls have
outpaced fire-related calls and total incident volume has grown from 2,200 to over
8,000 per year. These calls are increasingly complex necessitating the Department
to adopt and acquire state of the art emergency medical equipment and staffing.
As the oldest occupied firehouse in Broward County, the station is only rated to
withstand a Category 2 hurricane. The Station has reached the end of its functional
lifespan and has begun to cost more in upkeep and utilities than a new, efficient
building. Also, there are significant issues with American’s with Disabilities (ADA)
compliance, dormitory and training space, Hurricane Preparedness and energy
efficiency. In fact, due to space constraints, required firefighter training or public
education for basic CPR is not available, nor is the building properly equipped to
serve as an emergency operations center (EOC).
Therefore, the City is seeking to have the EOC incorporated into the new main fire
station, as a hardened facility with full living and food preparation quarters. City
staff will be able to work through several days of a critical incident such as a
Category 4 or 5 Hurricane to run all City operations (COOP).
As such, the City Commission seeks assistance through Assistance to Firefighter
Grant and other Department of Homeland Security programs toward a new
Fire Station/EOC including necessary equipment and technology. The City is
prepared to match funding through Bond Issuance, or Fire Assessment monies.
SEQUESTRATION & APPROPRIATIONS
SEQUESTRATION
OPPOSE automatic cuts to federal programs that support Hallandale Beach initiatives.
Sequestration could cut 5 - 8% to several federal programs that benefit the City, such as:
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Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief and State and Local
Programs
Department of Justice’s State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, Juvenile
Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), and Violence
Against Women Prevention
Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Programs
Department of Transportation’s Federal-Aid Highways
Economic Development Administration’s Public Assistance Programs
Army Corps of Engineers Section 219 Programs for Environmental Infrastructure
(Water Projects)
Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services
FISCAL YEAR 2013 CONTINUING RESOLUTION
OPPOSE a full-year FY 2013 continuing resolution that will negate several important
funding and policy provisions that are part of FY 2013 appropriations legislation and
will most likely lead to decreased spending for important federal programs through the
remainder of the 2013 fiscal year.
FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING REQUESTS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS
SUPPORT federal programs in FY 2014 appropriations legislation that enhance City
services through federal formulas and competitive grants and submit programmatic
appropriations requests to the House/Senate Appropriations Committees that meet or
exceed the President’s Budget Request, for the following:
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Commerce, Justice & Science – Commerce – Economic Development
Administration; and Department of Justice – State and Local Assistance Programs.
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Energy & Water Development – Army Corps of Engineers–Construction and
Operation and Maintenance; and Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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Interior & Environment – EPA Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund; and Land & Water Conservation Fund.
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Homeland Security – State and Local Programs; Urban Areas Security Initiative;
and Federal Emergency Management Agency programs.
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Labor, Health and Human Services and Education – Health and Human
Services – Community Health Programs; Administration to Children and Families;
and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs.
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Transportation & Housing and Urban Development –Federal Highway
Administration Programs; and Housing and Urban Development Programs.
As the Appropriations process moves forward and the subcommittees proceed toward
“mark-up,” more specific requests impacting programs and funding levels will be
submitted during the Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations solicitation process.
TAX & FINANCE
MUNICIPAL BONDS
SUPPORT the current tax-exempt status of municipal bonds. Businesses need quality
infrastructure to grow and thrive that is provided through tax-exempt financing of
capital projects, such as airports, roads, electricity distribution and generation, water
and sewer facilities, and flood control projects. Retaining tax-exempt financing for state
and municipal governments will encourage continued local investment in these types of
capital projects.
REMOTE SALES TAX COLLECTION
SUPPORT legislation that would create a Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement,
similar to The Marketplace Fairness Act that failed in the 112th Congress that would
permit the collection of sales and use taxes from remote (internet) sellers. States and
local governments are losing billions of dollars in uncollected sales tax revenue every
year, estimated at over $23 billion in 2012 alone. The successor legislation introduced
in 113th Congress, is H.R. 684, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013.
ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES (OTCS)
OPPOSE legislation that would preempt local taxing authority over Online Travel
Companies (OTCs). Hotel taxes are a vital revenue source for Florida and Florida’s
tourism industry. This tax revenue source is being threatened by efforts of the OTCs to
obtain preferential tax treatment at the expense of local government budgets. OTCs
collect all funds from the consumers at the time rooms are booked, including
taxes and fees. But they only remit taxes based on what it owes the hotel, rather than
what it collected from the consumer, short‐changing local governments while pocketing
the difference. This practice is currently the subject of numerous lawsuits across the
country, including a suit by 17 Florida Counties. Consequently, OTCs are seeking
federal legislation to preempt the authority of state and local governments to impose
and collect hotel taxes from the OTCs.
TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
SUPPORT new surface transportation authorizing legislation that would support City
roads and transportation projects. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
(MAP-21) transportation reauthorization bill expires on September 30, 2014. MAP-21
provides level funding equivalent to that of the SAFETEA-LU Bill, and more robust
funding is needed to keep up with local transportation infrastructure improvements.
More specific transportation policy and program requests will be submitted
during the “Highway Bill” program or project solicitation process.
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
SUPPORT legislation to establish a national infrastructure bank. Legislation in the 112th
Congress envisioned the bank as a $5 billion fund housed within the Department of
Transportation that would provide loans, loan guarantees, and grants for infrastructure
projects only.
TIGER AND TIFIA PROGRAMS
SUPPORT targeted investments in highways, transit, rail, and aviation. Continue to
provide funding for the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
(TIFIA) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
programs. Investments in job-training programs in the construction sector help
modernize infrastructure and to create jobs.
WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRDA)
SUPPORT a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that allows for post-disaster
assistance and water infrastructure financing. The Senate Environment and Public
Works (EPW) Committee’s WRDA draft that was released in 2012 created new
authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to conduct post disaster
watershed assessments and to implement critical flood control and ecosystem
restoration projects. The new title also establishes an innovative financing mechanism,
known as the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), to allow the
USACE and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide loans and loan
guarantees for flood control, water supply, and wastewater infrastructure projects.
WATER AND SEWER REGULATIONS
MONITOR Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory policies that would have
a direct impact on local communities. The EPA released its Semiannual Regulatory
Plan, which outlines the significant regulatory policies and priorities the Agency intends
to review in the coming months. Many of these issues could affect Hallandale Beach,
including:
 EPA’s Pending Clean Water Protection Rule (aka "Waters of the U.S." Rule);
 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Lead, Copper, and Perchlorate;
 NPDES Permit Requirements for Municipal Sanitary Systems, Municipal Satellite
Collection Systems, Sanitary Sewer Overflows, and Peak Excess Flow Treatment
Facilities;
 Stormwater Regulations Revision to Address Discharges from Developed Sites.
NUMERIC NUTRIENT CRITERIA RULEMAKING
MONITOR implementation of EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria. On November 30, 2012,
EPA approved the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP’s) version
of Numeric Nutrient Criteria (NCNC). The EPA’s approval should be strongly supported
by local governments. However, significant concerns remain with the Agency’s decision
to propose additional rules to fill in “gaps” in the Florida regulations concerning certain
streams (i.e. ditches), tidal creeks/streams and also for estuaries.
PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
PUBLIC SAFETY
SUPPORT federal programs for Hallandale Beach law enforcement, such as:
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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program provides local
governments with critical formula funding necessary to support a range of program
areas including law enforcement, prosecution and courts, crime prevention and
education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and
enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and
witness initiatives.
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Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program provides local
governments with critical funding necessary to advance public safety through
community policing strategies. The program competitive grant funding to
communities, and their law enforcement agencies to hire new and/or rehire career
law enforcement officers; to increase their community policing capacity and crime
prevention efforts; and fund the COPS Secure Our Schools (SOS) Program which
grants funding to local governments working in partnership with public schools to
improve school safety and prevent school violence within their communities.
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Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and
Improvement Act promotes innovative and collaborative efforts between criminal
justice and mental health systems and assists law enforcement with training on how
to identify mental illness and effective ways to safely resolve encounters with these
individuals. These specialized law enforcement-based programs include: Mental
health courts; Mental health and substance abuse treatment for incarcerated
individuals with mental illnesses; Community reentry services; and Cross-training
of criminal justice and mental health personnel.
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Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization supports
state and local efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice
system. Program funding supports research, grants, training, technical assistance,
and evaluation of youth crime prevention programs, such as: Community-Based
Violence Prevention; Internet Crimes Against Children; Juvenile Accountability
Block Grants; Gang Reduction; and Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws
Programs.
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Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization – the Office of Violence Against
Women (OVW) administers grants and technical assistance to communities for
programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic and dating violence,
sexual assault, and stalking. OVW programs are designed to improve criminal
justice responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to increase
the availability of services for victims of these crimes.
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Second Chance Act/Prisoner Re-entry Program provides federal grants to local
government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment
assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring,
victims support, and other services that can help reduce recidivism.
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Nationwide Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network that allows first
responders nationwide to communicate with one another at all times and without
delay. Such a program would: (1) ensure increased network capacity; (2) provide
for an Emergency Response Interoperability Center to interoperability via public
safety wireless broadband communications; and (3) establish a grant program
toward the construction, operation and evolution of the network.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
SUPPORT programs for City emergency preparedness activities, such as:
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State Homeland Security Grant Program implements state Homeland Security
strategies to address the identified planning, organization, equipment, training, and
exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from
acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.
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FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Programs provide federal grants to
fire departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations to help
address equipment, trainings and other firefighter-related needs – this includes the
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program and the Fire
Prevention and Safety (FP&S) programs that provide funding for the hiring of
firefighters and EMS personnel and fire public education campaigns.
HEALTH CARE
PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPLEMENTATION
MONITOR implementation of the Patient and Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA), including the exchanges, subsidies for coverage, and penalties for failure to do
so, which go into effect beginning in 2014. In 2013, the Department of Health & Human
Services (HHS) will finalize several rules and regulations that will be important to states
and local governments.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY ACCESS PRESERVATION ACT
SUPPORT passage of the Community Access Preservation Act. The bill would
preserve and protect Public, Educational and Government (PEG) community
access television stations nationwide. With the Florida Sunshine Law mandating local
government transparency through the televising of city council meetings, school board
meetings, local emergency information and other public programming not otherwise
broadcast on television, passage of this legislation remains critical to our ability to
protect the availability of these much-needed channels.