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A bill that would have allowed Monroe County voters to decide whether they want to raise sales tax by a penny for sea level rise mitigation projects never took hold this legislative session and has died in the state House of Representatives.
The bill would have allowed local voters to decide on increasing sales tax and could allowed the local government to bond $300 million for sea level rise projects, which will cost billions of dollars in Monroe County. If passed by the voters, the sales tax increase would have given the county greater control over funding and not forced county staff and lobbyist to continually ask the federal and state government for funding for sea level rise mitigation projects.
Appropriations subcommittees released their respective, initial spending plans this week beginning the budget process that will cumulate in passage of the 2021-22 Fiscal .
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The Nation’s Oldest City knows all too well the havoc that flooding and sea level rise.
The city of St. Augustine offered backup to the Speaker of the Florida House last week on resiliency legislation.
Mayor
Chris Sprowls supporting his proposal to create a
Resilient Florida Trust Fund. An official proclamation to this effect will follow reflecting the backing of local commissioners.
For St. Augustine, the stakes are as high as the floodwaters can get.
The House is looking to budget $25 million next fiscal year and establish a program to help local governments cover costs of addressing flooding and sea level rise. The plan, which would set up the Resilient Florida Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection, calls for funding to jump to $100 million annually starting in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.