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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program local match funding for City projects RESOLUTION NO. 12-013 RESOLUTION APPROVING FEMA HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM (HMGP) LOCAL MATCH FUNDING AND DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR PROJECTS WHEREAS, as reported at the March 1, 2011, and December 20, 2011, City Council meetings as follow-up to the 2010 flooding, Public Works staff submitted 11 projects for consideration under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP); and, WHEREAS,the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division(HSEMD) has now completed its preliminary review of two of these properties; and, WHEREAS, Clapsaddle-Garber Associates completed the project application for these projects,which are: Waterbury Court and Castlewood Place; and, WHEREAS, if approved for funding,the cost-share basis will be in amounts not to exceed 75% from federal funds, 10% from state funds, and the remaining 15% from local funds; and, WHEREAS, engineering analysis of the other four flood mitigation projects is continuing with the hope they will be before the Council for approval to submit grant applications within the next two months, and five of these flood mitigation projects have been withdrawn from further HMGP funding consideration; and, WHEREAS,the City Council needs to designate an authorized representative for both of the HMGP projects, and staff recommends that Municipal Engineer Tracy Warner be assigned to this task. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the modified resolution as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application through the Iowa HSEMD to FEMA for local match funding being a minimum of 15%for the Waterbury Court project with a total project estimated cost of$88,700;that the modified that the modified resolution as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application through the Iowa HSEMD to FEMA for local match funding being a minimum of 15% for the Castlewood Place project with an estimated cost of$77,000; and, that the designation of Municipal Engineer Tracy Warner as the applicant's authorized representatives for both HMGP projects are hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 10'day of January, 2012. ola& Al-mo We Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor 01 Introduced by: Davis Seconded by: Goodman Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 10`h day of January, 2012.