HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8915INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
SUBJECT: FEMA Flood Mitigation Grant
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No. 8915
February 5, 2008
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The City has been notified by the Governor's Division of Emergency Management that the City
has been awarded a Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) for the acquisition of flood prone properties along Lebow Channel. Lebow
Channel is in Council District 2 (see attached map for more detailed location).
The $1 million grant requires a 25% local match which is available from current project funds.
Grant funds will be used to expand the current property acquisition program which has already
acquired 33 parcels out of 101 parcels that have been identified for possible acquisition, in
whole or part.
The FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provides grants to states and local governments
to implement long -term hazard mitigation measures which reduce the loss of life and property
due to natural disasters. Mitigation project activities include the voluntary acquisition of real
property and its conversion to permanent open space.
The Lebow project, which is currently funded through $2.5 million from the 2004 Capital
Improvement Program, is targeted at acquiring flood prone properties, eliminating dangerous
low water crossings, restoring the channel to a more natural condition, and creating a linear
park with trails and other community amenities. As part of a comprehensive, multi - phased
approach, detailed planning studies have been completed, two low water crossings have been
closed, street improvements are under way which will allow two additional low water crossings
to be eliminated (Oscar and NE 32 "d), an assessment of environmental impacts is in progress,
and design is being completed to improve three roadway crossings.
Transportation Public Works will be working with the City's Emergency Management Office and
Department of Engineering to implement and manage the grant, including the execution of a
grant agreement and modification of an engineering service contract.
Dale A. Fisseler, E.
City Manager
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