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Mayor updates assembly on FEMA flood mapping, Veterans Memorial Park sponsorships and first opioid remediation grants
Summary
Mayor Hopkins told the assembly the borough rescheduled comprehensive plan outreach due to weather, is coordinating LiDAR for FEMA flood-map revisions and has issued $25,000 opioid remediation grants to three local organizations; the borough also rolled out a bus shelter on the transportation route.
Mayor David Hopkins reported to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Feb. 13 that the borough's comprehensive-plan outreach open houses were rescheduled because of weather and that FEMA and the borough's community planning staff are coordinating LiDAR aerial mapping for updated flood maps.
Hopkins said the borough expects the FEMA map revisions and new elevation data to reduce floodplain designations in places that would save borough residents an estimated $10 million in net insurance costs over the next 20 years. "FEMA is working with the borough's community planning department to schedule summer public comment sessions and open houses about these new maps and how they'll impact people's homes," Hopkins told the assembly.
Veterans Memorial Park and opioid grants The mayor thanked assembly members for approving an updated plan and budget for Veterans Memorial Park and said the borough has prepared a sponsorship packet to solicit community support for construction and operations.
Hopkins also announced the distribution of the borough's first opioid remediation grants. The borough awarded $25,000 grants to three local organizations: Interior AIDS Association (medication-assisted treatment), the Boys and Girls Club (opioid education programs) and the Resource Center for Parents and Children (opioid outreach). "Those are $25,000 grants," the mayor said, and he said the borough expects an estimated $1.7 million in funds from eight opioid settlements over the next 20 years to flow to local remediation efforts. Hopkins said a new application round will open Feb. 20 and close March 26, with the Health and Social Services Committee slated to review applications on April 9.
Other notes The mayor said the borough transportation department is now using a new bus shelter.
Assembly members asked about grant reporting requirements and selection parameters; the mayor's chief of staff said he would provide the assembly with the grant guidelines and conditions for reporting and recipient accountability.
Ending: The mayor asked residents to watch for FEMA-related open-house dates this summer and invited assembly members to help with Veterans Memorial Park sponsorship outreach.
