This action approves and award in the amount of $604,310 to the city of sanford, florida

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will provide $604,310 in funding to the City of Sanford, Florida. The award will support remediation activities, including conducting environmental site assessments, creating a community involvement plan and administrative record, and reporting on progress and accomplishments, for a brownfield site in the historic Goldsboro community within the City of Sanford. The funding will enable the city to clean up the 2.99-acre former Rosemond property site, hold 13 community meetings, finalize one analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submit 16 quarterly reports. No sub-awards are included in this agreement. The award period is from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2028.

This agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to the recipient to conduct remediation activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(3) in the historic goldsboro community within the city of sanford. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to clean up a brownfield site(s). Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, will create a community involvement plan and administrative record for the site(s), and will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres).subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:further, the recipient will remediate one brownfield site(s) and anticipates holding 13 community meetings, finalizing one analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting 16 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near former rosemond property (site) (2.99 acres of historically commercial property located on west state road 46, approximately 950 feet south of lake monroe, 0.5 miles west of downtown sanford, within the historic goldsboro community) in florida.