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Black Mountain pursues flood, water and resilience grants; council approves consent agenda with multiple grant applications
Summary
Assistant Town Manager Jessica Trotter outlined a new Office of Recovery & Resiliency and a broad slate of grant and loan applications tied to post‑Helene mitigation. Council approved a lengthy consent agenda that included numerous hazard‑mitigation and water‑system funding submissions.
Assistant Town Manager Jessica Trotter told the Town Council on Aug. 11 that the town has created an Office of Recovery & Resiliency to lead long-term recovery from Hurricane Helene, strengthen infrastructure and align emergency preparedness with resiliency goals. Trotter said staff is pursuing a range of federal and state opportunities, including Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) applications, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund applications and other mitigation grants.
Trotter said the town submitted nine letters of interest for HMGP and was asked to advance seven. She described projects under consideration that are intended to reduce future risk rather than repair storm damage: water-line relocations where lines run in stream banks or floodways, waterline crossing hardening, generators for pump stations and town buildings, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) panels and diesel pumps for booster stations. She said the state is offering to cover the normal 25% local match on some HMGP awards, so those…
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