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Buckhannon mayor authorized to sign HUD environmental review after FEMA removes housing structures from floodplain
Summary
City Engineer Jay Hollen informed council that FEMA removed two Buckhannon Housing Authority structures from the floodplain; the council authorized Mayor Robbie Skinner to execute the HUD-required environmental review so the Housing Authority can proceed with development steps.
The Buckhannon City Council authorized Mayor Robbie Skinner to execute an environmental review required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Buckhannon Housing Authority after city staff confirmed FEMA removed two structures from the floodplain.
City Engineer Jay Hollen provided written notice (included in the packet) that FEMA confirmed the two structures had been removed from the floodplain. Hollen recommended the mayor sign the HUD environmental-review documents needed to proceed. Hollen's email noted closeout documents were prepared and that the floodplain status change enables the necessary HUD steps.
Council Member David Thomas moved to authorize the mayor to execute the environmental review; Council Member Scott Randall seconded. The motion carried. The meeting record indicates the action was to authorize signature of the environmental review documents; no grant award or construction contract was finalized at the meeting.
Mayor Skinner's signature on the environmental review is an administrative step required by HUD to clear environmental compliance for the Buckhannon Housing Authority development now that the structures are no longer in FEMA's mapped floodplain. The council did not provide a timetable for subsequent funding decisions or construction in the meeting minutes.
