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Staff flags state and federal grant opportunities for stream restoration and flood mitigation
Summary
Borough staff briefed council on two potential grant opportunities — a DCED flood-mitigation program (cited at $500,000) and a DEP watershed planning/restoration grant — and asked council to prioritize conceptual planning and data gathering for stronger future applications.
Staff briefed council on state grant programs that may help address long‑term erosion, stream-bank restoration and stormwater flooding in Munhall, and recommended beginning planning and data collection now to be competitive in upcoming grant rounds.
The nut graf: Staff identified a DCED-administered flood mitigation program with $500,000‑level grants and a DEP watershed planning and restoration grant that would require more technical data and preparatory work; staff told council the DEP program is more technical and would be more appropriate with hydrologic modeling and engineering input.
Staff said the borough could pursue a near‑term DCED application if a feasible scope is identified quickly, but that the DEP watershed grant would more likely be a next‑year application because it requires substantial data and technical planning. Council asked staff to coordinate with the borough’s grant writer, search prior engineering files, and pursue multi‑agency partnerships (including neighboring West Mifflin where applicable) for multi-jurisdictional projects.
Ending: Staff was asked to follow up with the grant writer, compile available modeling and dam/stream reports, and return with a scope and timeline for a DCED application and a preparatory schedule for DEP watershed grant work.
