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City notifies residents of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; application deadline May 30, 2025
Summary
Finance Officer Nicole Siemonsma briefed the council on a DHS/FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (Disaster 4807) with a cost share of 75% FEMA, 15% state and 10% local; the city will assist residents who apply and the application deadline is May 30, 2025.
Finance Officer Nicole Siemonsma briefed the council on a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (Disaster 4807) administered through FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security. The grant offers two main options for eligible homeowners in a floodplain: move a structurally sound building (grant covers relocation and re-foundation but not purchase of a new lot) or acquire and demolish a structure and return the lot to green/open space. The cost share is 75% FEMA, 15% state, and 10% local; the local share can be charged to the homeowner or subsidized by the community, and the performance period is 48 months.
The council asked the Finance Office to notify residents of the opportunity and offered to assist applicants who come to the city office; the minutes record the application deadline as May 30, 2025. The program is voluntary and homeowners must apply through the city; the minutes stress that the grant will not pay for the purchase of a new lot in relocation scenarios.
