Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMAP) Grant Award through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) for the Central Newmarket Creek Flood Mitigation Study [EMP-2022-FM-008-0003]
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND
The City of Hampton (the “City”) has been awarded funding by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (“FMAP”) through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (“VDEM”) for the Central Newmarket Creek Flood Mitigation Study [EMP-2022-FM-008-0003] (the “Project”) in response to a grant application that the City previously submitted. The Project is to study Paula Maria and City Line Apartments to see what can be done to prevent flooding of these facilities. While the original request was for $810,000, with a $90,000 local match; the grant award is $570,000 with a $190,000 local match.
Discussion:
In support of the City's mitigation efforts to help reduce flooding impacts to our residents, the City applied for and was awarded competitive FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Program funding. The Project is to study Paula Maria and City Line Apartments to see what can be done to prevent flooding of these facilities. The overall Project cost is $760,000. Of this total cost, FEMA will provide $570,000 ($542,925 for the Project and $27,075 for sub-recipient management cost funds), and the local match requirement is $190,000. The $190,000 local match will be funded evenly between the City of Hampton and the City of Newport News, with each city providing $95,000, per the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two cities. Per Newport News staff, this MOU will be on the Newport News City Council’s November 8, 2024 agenda.
The discrepancy between the City’s initial request and the resulting award is due to the program ap...
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