City of Hampton - File #: 21-0322

• File #: 21-0322
• Version: 1
• Name: CFPF Grants: Honor Park, Mill Point, Water Plan
• Type: Resolution-Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/18/2021
• In control: City Council Legislative Session
• On agenda: 12/8/2021
• Final action: 12/8/2021
• Title: Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2022 Council Approved Budget and Accept and Appropriate the Honor Park Resilience Park, Mill Point Living Shoreline, and Downtown Hampton, Phoebus, and Buckroe Water Plan Grants Awarded by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Indexes: , DO NOT USE - 21 - Living with the Water, Flood Mitigation, Stormwater
• Related files: 24-0392, 22-0038, 22-0112

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2021	1	City Council Legislative Session	approved	Pass

Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2022 Council Approved Budget and Accept and Appropriate the Honor Park Resilience Park, Mill Point Living Shoreline, and Downtown Hampton, Phoebus, and Buckroe Water Plan Grants Awarded by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:

Discussion:

The Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) is a new funding source established by the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide support for regions and localities across Virginia to reduce the impacts of flooding, including flooding driven by climate change. The City of Hampton has been awarded grants for three projects in Downtown Hampton, Phoebus, and Buckroe, which are areas at risk of flooding impacts from a variety of sources, including storm surge, precipitation-driven flooding, tidal nuisance flooding, and longer-term impacts of sea level rise.

The three projects include:

(1) The Honor Park Resilience Park ("the Park"), which will mitigate the impacts of flooding by creating a park design that integrates features to manage stormwater during rain events and reduce the amount of runoff generated from the site. Memorials to Hampton's Police Officers and Firefighters, as well as those who served in the World Wars and Korean War, will remain in place. The Park will continue to commemorate and memorialize the brave sacrifices of these men and women with solemnity and dignity.

(2) The Mill Point Living Shoreline, which will transform the existing hardened shoreline of the Hampton River between Mill Point Park and Lincoln Street by restoring natural shoreline habitat. The project will improve water quality by better filtering stormwater runoff and groundwater, and will also increase adaptability to the impacts of sea level rise on this shoreline.

(3) The Downtown Hampton, Phoebus, and Buckroe Water Plan, which will be Hampton's second watershed-level resilience plan, and will identify assets and challenges, and strategies and projects...