Title:
Grant Application - FEMA Letter of Map Change - LUESA
Summary
ACTION:
1) Approve submittal of an application for up to $20,000 in grant funding from Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency
2) If awarded, recognize, receive and appropriate grant funds and authorize the County Manager to execute a contract to implement grant scope of work as specified in Mapping Activity Statement
3) Authorize the carry-forward of unspent funds for the duration of the grant
Staff Contact: Tim Trautman, LUESA - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
On July 1, 2006 Charlotte-Mecklenburg became the first local entity in the country to be given the authority to process Letters of Map Change (LOMCs) as part of a FEMA pilot program. These LOMCs make conditional and permanent changes to our Flood Insurance Rate Maps, which are used for floodplain management activities such as rating flood insurance, regulating development, assessing existing flood risk, etc.
The requested actions are necessary to continue the program and associated funding into the fourteenth year so that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services will be reimbursed by FEMA for the actual cost of processing LOMCs within Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte and all six towns. The annual grant application window opened April 19 and closes June 18, 2019. The Mecklenburg County grant proposal review and approval process is in progress.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
If the grant funding is approved by FEMA, the FY2020 fiscal year impact will be an increase of up to $20,000 in non-county revenue and associated expenses, requiring no match of County funds.