County backs FEMA BRIC safe-room application, agrees to 25% match (land value possible)
County staff told commissioners that a FEMA BRIC safe-room project on county-owned land requires a 25% match that the county hopes to satisfy in part with the land value; commissioners authorized a resolution to support the application by the July 2 state deadline.
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Candace Hill told the commission the county is preparing a FEMA BRIC grant application for a safe room on county-owned property in Asheville and that the grant requires a 25% local match. She said the county anticipates using land value as the in-kind match and earlier projects suggested construction around $165,000.
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