Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2021 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FY 2020 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Award through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) [FEMA-DR-4401-VA-004]
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The FY 2020 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides grant funds to help communities implement hazard mitigation measures following a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration. The key purpose of this grant program is to enact mitigation measures that reduce the risk of loss of life and property from future disasters. The City of Hampton (the "City") has been awarded funding through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program in response to the application submitted under 2018 Hurricane Florence DR-4401.
The project goal is to purchase and install generator quick connects at five pump stations in the City with a budget of $129,088. Of the total budget, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $98,353 (75%) in federal funding; the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) will provide a state match of $24,588 (20%) and the remaining $6,147 (5%) required local in-kind/cash match will be funded through Public Works - Wastewater Management as either an in-kind or cash match. The performance period for the grant ends on October 15, 2022.
Discussion:
In support of the City’s mitigation efforts to help reduce flooding impacts to our residents, the City applied for and was awarded a competitive FEMA FY 2020 Hazard Mitigation Grant. The project goal is to purchase and install generator quick connects at five pump stations in the City with a budget of $129,088. The City’s use of these funds to purchase and install generator quick connects at five pump stations will increase the reliability and safety for five of the City’s critical sewer pumping stations in the event of power outages to drastically reduce the possibility of sewer overflow...
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