NUMB:
990331
VERS:
Original
REF:
990019
XXBY:
The Chair
TITL:
Resolution to authorize acceptance and expenditure of a Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (DPW)
ANLS:
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This resolution allows the Commissioner of Public Works to accept Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The FEMA funds will be used for the preparation of a Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan. The FEMA funds will support 75% of the costs for the preparation of the plan and HUD funds will provide the 25% local share of the project. ________________________________________________________________________
BODY:
Whereas, The Department of Public Works has applied for and received two Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the acquisition of flood damaged properties and for floodproofing homes, and
Whereas, One of the requirements of accepting these grants is that the City of Milwaukee must prepare a Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan, and
Whereas, Funding is available for mitigation activities through the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program and as authorized by Resolution 990019 the Commissioner of Public Works submitted a formal application for flood mitigation assistance funds to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and
Whereas, The grant application has now been approved by FEMA in the amount of $6,000 (as detailed below):
FEMA $4,500 Local Share $1,500; and
Whereas, Milwaukee County has by resolution File No. 98-657 allocated funds which it received from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the City of Milwaukee in the amount of $320,000 ($47,500 to the Valley Park neighborhood and $272,500 to the Lincoln Creek Neighborhood) to be used for the local share of flood proofing in the Valley Park area and to be used to supplement the City of...
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