[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1676]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2892--
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requested by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  Bill number: H.R. 2892
  Account: FEMA, Emergency Operations Center
  Amount: $200,000
  Project: Monroe County Emergency Operations Center
  Requested by: Monroe County, Florida. 1100 Simonton Street; Suite 205 
Key West, FL 33040.
  Currently, there is not an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located 
in Monroe County that meets the existing state guidelines for an EOC. 
Monroe County is located in an area of high potential and historical 
hurricane landfall. Without a facility that meets the current EOC 
guidelines there is a life safety risk to emergency management staff 
who remain in the County during an event such as a hurricane. 
Presently, the EOC staff occupies a substandard, multipurpose 
government building which fails to meet structural requirements. The 
current structure risks that there might not be an operational facility 
for recovery efforts should there be an event such as a hurricane.
  Requested by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  Bill number: H.R. 2892
  Account: FEMA, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund
  Amount: $600,000
  Project: City of Miami Stormwater Project
  Requested by: City of Miami, Florida. 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, 
FL 33133
  Flooding caused by future hurricanes and storm events can lead to 
severe infrastructure damage and water quality degradation within the 
projects drainage basin. The City of Miami Stormwater Project will 
significantly mitigate flood conditions caused by local storms and will 
result in a reduction of flood damage and an increase in public safety 
for the City of Miami by implementing stormwater drainage projects 
throughout the City. This project will also help control the discharge 
of stormwater into the Miami River and Biscayne Bay and will improve 
the overall water quality of Miami's waterways.
  Requested by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  Bill number: H.R. 2892
  Account: FEMA, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund
  Amount: $500,000
  Project: Jackson Health System Hurricane Mitigation Structural 
Reinforcement
  Requested by: Jackson Health System, 1161 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 
33136
  Jackson Health System (JHS) operated by Miami-Dade County's Public 
Health Trust and is the county's sole public health system; the primary 
provider for the county's indigent and uninsured and its sole trauma 
center. When a hurricane warning is issued, JHS serves as an emergency 
evacuation shelter for medically at risk individuals. Florida 
consistently has the greatest risk for a direct hit by a hurricane of 
any other location in the U.S. Given the anticipated demands placed on 
the Ryder Trauma Center in the event of a direct hit of a high category 
storm, it is imperative that the building be structurally safe, 
adequately secured, and operationally functional. This funding will be 
used to structurally reinforce and fortify the trauma center through an 
exterior skin upgrade. The current construction is unsuitable for a 
threat of a higher category storm. This project is wholly consistent 
with Federal and agency missions to provide pre-disaster mitigation 
assistance to critical public entities who serve as vital providers of 
emergency services. The frequency and foreseeable nature of natural 
disasters striking densely populated Miami-Dade County make the project 
a natural priority for federal participation in protecting a safety-net 
institution such as the Ryder Trauma Center.

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