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Council adopts Pinellas County five‑year mitigation plan update to preserve FEMA grant eligibility

5503131 · May 1, 2025
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Summary

Council adopted the countywide Local Mitigation Strategy five‑year update, a FEMA‑required hazard mitigation plan that preserves grant eligibility and coordinates county and municipal mitigation actions.

The City Council unanimously adopted the 2025 update to the Pinellas County Multi‑Jurisdictional Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), a five‑year hazard‑mitigation plan required to maintain eligibility for FEMA mitigation grants.

Hannah Rebholz, the city’s floodplain manager, explained that the LMS compiles countywide hazard risk assessments, mitigation strategies, funding sources and a public‑information program to…

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