A Bid Review Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 9:00am in the Keys Energy Services Board Room, 1001 James Street, Key West, Florida. The Bid Review Advisory Committee is being convened for the purpose of assessing bids received in response to KEYS Bid 16-24, "Consulting Services for Information Services Security and Risk Assessment", and developing recommendations to the Utility Board. The public is welcome to attend.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Florida Division of Emergency Management have received the following application for Federal grant funding. Final notice is hereby given of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) consideration to provide funding in the form of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Funds will be provided in accordance with Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal actions must be reviewed and evaluated for feasible alternatives and for social, economic, historic, environmental, legal, and safety considerations. Under Executive Order (EO) 11988 and EO 11990 FEMA is required to consider alternatives to and to provide public notice of any proposed actions in or affecting floodplains or wetlands. EO 12898 also requires FEMA to provide the opportunity for public participation in the planning process and to consider potential impacts to minority or low-income populations.
Funding for the proposed project will be conditional upon compliance with all applicable federal, tribal, state and local laws, regulations, floodplain standards, permit requirements and conditions.
Applicant:
Utility Board of the City of Key West dba Keys Energy Services
Project Title:
HMGP-4673-(134) Keys Energy Ralph Garcia Building Wind Retrofit (TB)
HMGP-4680-(032) Keys Energy Ralph Garcia Building Wind Retrofit (TB)
Location of Proposed Work:
The area affected by this project consists of the following location: Ralph Garcia Building 6900 Front Street Extended Key West, FL 33040
Proposed Work and Purpose:
KEYS is proposing to replace the existing exterior windows and doors at the Ralph Garcia Building located in Stock Island, Florida with new hurricane rated impact windows and doors, inclusive of roll-up doors. Replacement doors and windows must withstand 200 mph winds, have DP-45 score or higher, and passed the missile test. The project will consist of the removal of the existing windows and doors, preparation of the existing openings, installation of the new hurricane rated impact resistance windows and doors, caulking, and interior/exterior patching and finish work of the walls for the critical infrastructure.
Should the electric infrastructure fail, KEYS' Generation Department can produce 111 megawatts of power locally, powering approximately 97% of the customers, based on 60-minute peak annual average. However, to efficiently run the generating units, the Generation Control Room needs to be functional. The separate control room provides a safe environment for the operators and minimizes outage time. It allows power to be restored to those customers whose infrastructure remains intact following a severe weather event almost immediately.
The Control Room faces south, towards the generating units, with windows on the south, west, and eastern facing sides of the room. The current windows are not impact resistant. Thus, if damaged, the Control Room's operating equipment will be harmed by debris, wind and/or rain. KEYS and FMPA have added redundancy in our power supply to ensure the building remains operational. KEYS has installed a stationary generator and a portable generator plug in; FMPA has added battery back-up and tied the Control Room into the generation station power. This redundancy is useless if the equipment in the Control Room is damaged. Hardening the exterior of the building is critical in maintaining operation of the generating facility.
Project Alternatives:
The alternatives to the project that have been and will be considered are 1) the no action alternative and 2) construction of a new building at our Big Pine Key, Florida storage yard. These alternatives to the proposed project are not viable because under Alternative 1) wind threat is not mitigated and the needs of the community would not be served timely; and Alternative 2) is cost prohibitive, and therefore not practicable.
Comment Period:
Comments are solicited from the public; local, state or federal agencies; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of the proposed project. The comments should be made in writing and addressed to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Bureau of Mitigation, 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100. These are due within 15 days of this notice. The State will forward comments to applicable regulatory agencies as needed. Interested persons may submit comments, obtain more detailed information about the proposed action, or request a copy of the findings by contacting:
Brittani Harden, Fleets & Facilities Supervisor, Keys Energy Services: 305-295-1181 | Brittani.Harden@KeysEnergy.com
Kayla Born, State Lead Environmental Specialist, Florida Division of Emergency Management: (850) 273-9289 | Kayla.Born@em.myflorida.co