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Committee hears update: BRIC pause lifted, EPA community grants accessible; federal budget uncertainty remains

3806404 · April 29, 2025
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City staff reported that FEMA's BRIC pause has been lifted — the city has a $6 million BRIC grant underway — and that EPA community change grants returned to the portal. Staff warned of federal budget uncertainty and identified potential risks to direct-pay subsidies and other programs used in the city's capital planning.

City finance staff told the Finance Committee on April 28 that several paused federal grant actions have resumed and that the city is monitoring federal budget developments that could affect future funding.

Dave (finance staff) reported that FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program was previously paused but the pause has been lifted; the city has a $6,000,000 BRIC grant for a stormwater project already under construction. He…

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