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Asheville outlines progress on storm recovery, cites roughly $400M in FEMA project estimates
Summary
Asheville — City staff told the Policy, Finance & Infrastructure Committee on Aug. 26 that teams have identified storm-damaged assets and are combining FEMA Public Assistance, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the city's CDBG-DR allocation to rebuild infrastructure with resilience in mind. Interim Assistant City Manager Jake Dundas presented the update.
Asheville — City staff told the Policy, Finance & Infrastructure Committee on Aug. 26 that teams have identified storm-damaged assets and are combining FEMA Public Assistance, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the city's CDBG-DR allocation to rebuild infrastructure with resilience in mind. Interim Assistant City Manager Jake Dundas presented the update.
The city has inventoried damaged assets and grouped 135 damaged inventory items into 56 FEMA projects, Dundas said. "Project development work is being completed to ensure that cost recovery is maximized and that infrastructure is rebuilt to be more resilient," he said.
Why it matters: those packaged projects form the basis for federal reimbursements and for matching mitigation and recovery grants. City staff emphasized that differing program rules and timelines require…
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