Title
Authorize Flood Mitigation Grant Application
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for a grant in an amount of up to $2,196,711.90 with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for the Craighead-Tryon Flood Mitigation Initiative,
B. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a grant in an amount of up to $2,196,711.90 from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for the Craighead-Tryon Flood Mitigation Initiative, and
C. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $2,196,711.90 from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety in the Storm Water Capital Projects Fund contingent upon being named a successful grant recipient.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Charles, Charlotte Water
Mike Davis, Storm Water Services
Daryl Hammock, Storm Water Services
Explanation
§ This action authorizes Storm Water Services to apply for and accept (if awarded) grant funds from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program.
§ If awarded, funds would be used for the Craighead-Tryon Flood Mitigation Initiative. The BRIC program encourages investments in underserved areas. This project directly reduces flood losses to Hope Haven and its residents, a non-profit recovery facility located in Council District 1.
§ The project will reduce flooding of W. Craighead Road and N. Tryon Street, and will improve safety of the traveling public by constructing approximately 2,500 feet of drainage pipe up to 60 inches in diameter.
§ If awarded, construction is anticipated to begin late 2024.
§ The grant would fund up to 75 percent of the cost of the project and supplant the need to spend local funds on this project. Storm Water Services will fund any amount not funded by the grant with funds from the Storm Water Capital Investment Plan.
§ The city will be notified of the award in early 2023.
Background
§ The BRIC program is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and administered through a partnership with the Emergency Management Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCEM).
§ NCEM is responsible for recommending technically feasible and cost-effective sub-applications to FEMA and providing pass-through funding for FEMA-approved and awarded project grants to eligible sub-applicants.
§ Storm Water Services submitted a letter of intent for the Craighead-Tryon Flood Mitigation Initiative in September and was subsequently invited in October to submit a full funding application.
§ The terms of the grant specify the individual submitting the grant application online must be authorized to transact funds in an amount of up to $2,196,711.90.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Storm Water Capital Investment Plan
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Budget Ordinance