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Findlay council debates executing FEMA-backed MOA and whether to hire independent environmental reviewer
Summary
Council members discussed a proposed memorandum of agreement with the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District tied to a pending FEMA grant and a separate, lengthy debate about hiring an independent third‑party environmental reviewer to protect the city's fiduciary interest in future park benching and remediation work.
Findlay City Council members spent large portions of the May 20 meeting discussing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the city and the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District tied to a pending FEMA grant for flood mitigation projects.
Councilors were told the MOA would not be executed until the city received a signed grant agreement and that the project had moved past the NEPA environmental review phase. Staff said a cost‑benefit analysis had been submitted on a 3:1 basis and that, if the analysis met FEMA thresholds, the city could expect award notification within about 60 days.
The MOA covers multiple pieces of work described in the meeting as: phase‑2 benching, a storm basin on Main Street, and benching related to the Norfolk Southern…
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