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Staff reports: Southport wins resilience grant and will participate in regional hazard-mitigation update
Summary
Planning staff reported the city received a Resilient Coastal Communities Program grant to begin a 12-month stakeholder-driven resilience project and that Southport is participating in a Southeastern North Carolina regional hazard mitigation-plan update required for FEMA grant eligibility; staff also updated the board on a pending PUD amendment and bed-and-breakfast text work.
Planning staff told the Southport Planning Board on Nov. 20 that the city received a Resilient Coastal Communities Program grant and is beginning a 12-month process of data collection and stakeholder engagement to identify solutions for hazards ranging from hurricanes and sea-level rise to cybersecurity and extreme heat. Planner Moe said the grant-funded project is intended to produce project-ready items that can be pursued for implementation funding.
Staff also reported participation in the Southeastern North Carolina five-year hazard mitigation-plan update, which the city must adopt to remain eligible for some FEMA grants. Moe said staff are reviewing the regional action matrix and expect to present a draft for review and likely adoption in winter 2026. In addition, staff noted an application to modify a planned-unit development at South Court Crossings is under completeness review and that a bed-and-breakfast text amendment has been worked with property owners and will likely return to the board in January.
Moe said staff are developing a development-dashboard and will continue coordinating Board of Adjustment and historic-preservation meeting dates. The board did not take action on these items at the meeting; staff indicated additional public engagement will be scheduled as the resilience and mitigation projects proceed.
