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Board briefed on county hazard mitigation plan; FEMA funds require local resolution to participate in projects
Summary
County emergency management staff briefed the board on a FEMA-approved county hazard mitigation plan that jurisdictions must adopt to be eligible for FEMA mitigation grants. Staff said adopting the plan does not obligate the district to any project costs unless the district opts into a specific grant-funded project, where standard cost
County emergency-management staff briefed the board on the county hazard-mitigation plan and the board's role in adopting the document to preserve eligibility for FEMA hazard-mitigation funding.
A county official explained the plan is a living document required by FEMA and that jurisdictions must adopt the plan to apply for hazard-mitigation grants. "Basically, this is a FEMA approved plan that has to be in place in order to seek hazard mitigation grant funds," the…
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