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Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Initiative Projects, in the amount of $912,000 with the City designating $228,000 or more in matching funds for a generator at Dorchester Levee, electric actuators at Dorchester Levee and low water crossing gates on Carrier Parkway
Presenter
Stephanie Griffin, Floodplain Administrator
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The State of Texas received a Presidential Disaster Declaration following the May 2015 flooding events. The Presidential Declaration allocated federal funding through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to communities in Texas impacted by the disaster. The Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) is the State agency who administers this federal grant in concert with FEMA. The City of Grand Prairie was impacted by the May 2015 flooding events.
One of the requirements for the HMGP grant is that the applicant must have a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Action Plan (HMAP). Grand Prairie has this plan and is therefore able to pursue this funding opportunity.
The HMGP grant includes an allocation of funding for initiative projects. Initiative projects are those projects that tend to be less costly and are difficult to determine a benefit-cost ratio. The Stormwater Department, Streets Department and the Office of Emergency Management have worked closely to develop a prioritized list of projects to submit to FEMA for this grant opportunity. The following table summarizes the projects (in priority order) that City staff recommends submitting for this grant funding opportunity.
Priority Project Description 75% Federal 25% Grand Total Project
Number Share * Prairie Share* Cost*
1 Purchase and inst...
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