Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on September 25, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on September 26, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Commit the Ten Percent (10%) Non-Federal Matching Share for the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for the South Third and South Columbus Flood Mitigation Project - (the matching share of $95,000 shall be provided by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFG) through the State's $150 million funding commitment to the City of Mount Vernon. Due to this commitment, no additional financial burden will be imposed on the City o Mount Vernon's budget), be and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
COMMIT THE TEN PERCENT (10%) NON-FEDERAL
MATCHING SHARE FOR THE FEMA HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM (HMGP) FOR
THE SOUTH THIRD & SOUTH COLUMBUS
AVENUE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT
Whereas, by letter dated September 17, 2024, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works has requested legislation authorizing Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard to commit the required ten percent (10%) non-federal matching share of $95,000 as part of the total funding for the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for the South Third & South Columbus Avenues Flood Mitigation Project; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon has been awarded a grant under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 2, on October 10, 2023, for the South Third & South Columbus Avenues Flood Mitigation Project; and
Whereas, the FEMA-HMGP grant provides funding in an amount not to exceed $950,000 in federal funds for the approved Scope of Work (SOW) to address the flood mitigation needs at South Third and South Columbus Avenues, which includes the engagement of an engineering firm to prepare an engineering report recommending technical solutions for...
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