To discuss, consider, and take action to apply for hazard mitigation grants to fund a contractor to update the FY21 Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Section 322 of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165) requires local governments to develop a hazardous mitigation plan as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for mitigation projects; and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Title 44, Chapter 1, part 201, requires the County to prepare and adopt a local mitigation plan every five years. The current plan will expire in January, 2021. The grant request will be for $120,000 and there is a 25% cost sharing associated with the grant that will be offset by the ten participants in the hazard mitigation plan. Cost sharing would be $20,000 for the county and $1,000 per participating jurisdiction.