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Mamaroneck pursues state and federal grants for playground, flood mitigation and bridge repairs
Summary
Assistant Village Manager Kathy told trustees the village applied for multiple grants — including a Dormitory Authority request for Harbor Island Park, SS4A demonstration funding, FEMA SCBA replacement, and a HUD-pass-through RISK grant for Tompkins Avenue Bridge — and updated the board on local drainage and sewer work.
Assistant Village Manager Kathy reported that the village has submitted several grant proposals and provided project updates, including a state Dormitory Authority request for Harbor Island Park playground improvements and federal and HUD-related applications for flood mitigation and infrastructure work.
Kathy said the Harbor Island Park playground proposal has an estimated total cost of $1,309,905, with a state request of $1,047,924 and a local match of $261,981 if awarded. She told the board the village also applied to the USDOT Safe Streets for All (SS4A) program for demonstration activities — temporary devices and data collection — with a total project estimate of $131,000 and a village share of $26,384.
On public safety equipment, Kathy said the village applied to FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program to replace self-contained breathing apparatus in the fire department; the estimated project cost is $663,760 with a local match of $60,342.
Kathy said the village refiled a Community Resilience and Flood Risk Reduction (RISK) application — a HUD pass-through program — seeking up to $5,000,000 for replacement of the Tompkins Avenue Bridge; the village would be responsible for costs above that maximum award.
She described a Beaver Swamp Brook flood mitigation proposal to remove the Guyon Creek footbridge, reroute a sanitary sewer pipe and widen or re-channel portions to improve flood flows. The town of Rye adopted a supporting resolution and would grant an easement for work on land it owns. Kathy said that project had been submitted previously and not funded.
Kathy also reported the Jefferson and Wood Street drainage improvement project is expected to finish this month and that annual sanitary sewer inspection and cleaning will begin in the Orienta neighborhood as early as June 29 (workdays expected between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.). She urged residents to register for the Army Corps/DEC briefing and the village’s public meeting on flood mitigation scheduled for June 30 at Sarah Newman Nursing Home.
The board thanked staff and noted the village will continue pursuing multiple funding avenues and will provide more detail at upcoming meetings.
