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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1516-129: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (ODOC) FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RELIEF (CDBG-DR 13) PROGRAM FOR 2013 DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $2,587,375.65 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $8,015,032.35.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman and Cleveland County both received damages to roads after natural disasters including a May 19, 2013 tornado and multiple (six or more) wild fires in August of 2012. These disasters were all located in the same general area of southeastern Norman/Cleveland County. Damages to these roads with thin pavement sections were caused by heavy equipment providing aid during the disaster and recovery phases of the responses.
In June 2014 the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) released its allocations and program requirements for the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief 2013 Program (CDBG-DR 13), based on its estimate of critical unmet needs for repairing and rebuilding housing and infrastructure and economic revitalization in the most impacted areas, primarily using data provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Within these eligible areas, the Federal Register Notice required that a minimum of $41.2 million of the total State of Oklahoma CDBG-DR funding must be expended in Cleveland and Creek Counties (exclusive of funds directly provided to the City of Moore).
In July 2014 the City of Norman and Cleveland County submitted a joint preliminary scope of projects totaling over $49,000,000. As the projects to be submitted continued to be developed, ODOC working under the direction of HUD, instructed the City of Norman and Cleveland County to determine the phasing and grouping of projects and to request funds accordingly. ODOC then bundled multiple requests and submitted to HUD for "Rounds" of funding. Due to the specific two year contract timeframe mandated in t...
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