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Newton adopts Unifour Hazard Mitigation Plan to preserve FEMA grant eligibility
Summary
Planner Alex Fulbright told Newton City Council that the Unifour Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update, reviewed by FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management, will keep the city eligible for disaster assistance and pre-disaster mitigation grants; Council adopted the plan unanimously.
Newton City Council on March 3 unanimously adopted the Unifour Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, a multi-jurisdictional update that assesses the area's vulnerability to natural hazards and lists prioritized mitigation actions. Planner Alex Fulbright told the council that FEMA has preliminarily reviewed the update and North Carolina Emergency Management approved it on Jan. 21, 2020, and that adoption keeps Newton eligible for state and federal disaster assistance…
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