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Local Mitigation Planning Handbook: http://bit.ly/MitigationPlanningHandbook
Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC) - BYLAWS
- Local Hazard Mitigation Planning General Info.
HMPC Full Body Meetings
Schedule - Mitigation Plan Maintenance Phase - Third Thursday of the First Month of each Quarter (Oct., Jan., Apr., & Jul.)
Upcoming Meeting
Agenda(s)
HMPC Agenda 2022-10-13
Meeting Minutes
(Draft/Final, as
marked)
Final/Approved
HMPC MINUTES - Approved - 1-13-22
HMPC MINUTES - Approved - 4-21-22
HMPC MINUTES - Approved - 7-21-22
**HMPC - Special Meeting - Minutes Draft 2022-08-11
HMPC Executive Committee
Consists of Seven (7) Members Total; Three (3) Officers and Four (4) Members-at-large.
(1) Brandan Franklin, City of Gulf Shores-Chairperson
(2)Ricky Rider, City of Foley, Vice Chairperson
(3) Vernon Dandridge, Baldwin County EMA Planning & Grants Division Manager - HMPC Secretary
(4) Danon Smith, Baldwin County EMA Emergency Management Officer
(5) Erik Cortinas, City of Fairhope
(6) Barbara Etheridge, Alabama Department of Public Health
(7) Joshua Newman, City of Daphne
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation
Assistance
Programs
Guidance Governing Eligibility and Allowable Activities and Costs: FEMA's
Hazard
Mitigation
Assistance
(HMA)
Guidance & HMA Guidance
Addendum
FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs
- HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
Disaster-Contingent
Alabama EMA HMGP Information (Alabama EMA is the State Administrative Agency)
- DR-4563 HMGP (Hurricane Sally) - Application Results Pending Review by FEMA
- DR-4503 HMGP (Covid-19)-Application Results Pending Review by FEMA
DR-4632 HMGP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) - Baldwin County not declared
DR-4596 HMGP Applicant Briefing - Baldwin County not declared
***For Structure Elevations, there is a $205,000.00 maximum Federal Share; and $150,000.00 max federal share for elevations through mitigation reconstruction.
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)
Pre-Disaster Mitigation is an annual opportunity for mitigation funding from FEMA. It is highly competitive. There are two programs within PDM. Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Building Resilient Infrastructure in Communities (BRIC).
The cost share is 75% Federal and 25% Local, unless (in certain cases) an FMA project is deemed a Repetitive Loss or Severe Repetitive Loss Property.
- A Repetitive Loss (RL) Property is classified by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as any insurable structure with two (2) flood insurance claims greater than $1,000.00 in any ten (10)-year period since 1978.
- A Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) property is defined as an NFIP-Insured single family or multiple family residential structure in which four (4) or more separate claims payments have been made, with the amount of each claim exceeding $5,000.00 each (including building and contents), and with the cumulative payments exceeding $20,000.00; or for which two (2) separate claims payments (building payments only) have been made with the cumulative value of such claims exceeding the current market value of the building/structure.
Homeowners should contact their local jurisdiction if interested in mitigation assistance.
If you live in a Baldwin County unincorporated area of jurisdiction and are interested in Hazard Mitigation Assistance for Flood Mitigation, Wind Mitigation, or other eligible project (see guidance links both above and below), you must review/complete the following:
Complete necessary forms by
clicking on the links to the forms below:
SAMPLE Sub-recipient Agreement HMGP - Legal Approved
Upon Award, if awarded following the submission to FEMA of a complete application, a Sub-recipient Agreement between property owner and local government is required to document that the homeowner understands their responsibilities . This includes ultimate project cost financial responsibility, and proof of ability to meet financial obligations. County Mitigation Grant Staff will process reimbursement documents for the federal share. No work can begin on the project until FEMA makes an award and all agreements are signed. The homeowner pays the contractor, and submits involves to the local government submission to FEMA The Homeowner will have to provide documentation to the local government entity that proves funds are available for the project.
Send completed forms to BCEMA Planning &
Grants Division manager, Vernon Dandridge via email at Vernon.Dandridge@baldwincountyal.gov to apply for HMA Grants
through Baldwin County Commission and its EMA.
You may also
also call
251-972-6807, ext. 6809 and ask for Vernon or Ext. 7703 for Karen if you need help accessing the forms or emailing PDF versions of the forms.
If
you do not live in
the unincorporated
areas (outside municipal limits), you will be directed to your
jurisdiction's point of
contact for
mitigation.
If you need help
from the Baldwin
County Building Department /
Floodplain Administrator
regarding building codes, elevation
certificate information,
Floodplain
Management Regulations, or Flood Zone location
information, click
here to visit their web page for information and
guidance.
(Information is
retained by the
EMA Planning & Grants
Division to help provide information and assistance from the
local EMA, but it
is is the
requestor's responsibility to confirm receipt
and follow-up on
opportunities and
information needed for applications that may be completed and
submitted.) SEE
also IMPORTANT
RESOURCES from Alabama EMA and FEMA below.
IMPORTANT HAZARD MITIGATION INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM ALABAMA EMA
AND FEMA MAY BE
ACCESSED BY
FOLLOWING THE LNKS LISTED BELOW:
- Alabama EMA
Grants: Grants.EMA.Alabama.gov
Includes Alabama EMA's Grants Portal
(NB3), Hazard
Mitigation
Assistance Grant Program information, and Applicant
Briefing
Recordings, and additional
information may be accessed here.
The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides
grants to states
and local
governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster
declaration. The
purpose of
the HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to
enable mitigation
measures
to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster. The HMGP is authorized
under Section
404 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
FEMA-Hazard
Mitigation
Assistance Grants: FEMA.gov/grants/mitigation
Includes Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Guidance, eligible project and
applicant information,
and
resources to help interpret federal statutes, regulations and best practices about
mitigation
strategies.
Hazard mitigation is any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from future disasters. Mitigation planning breaks the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction and repeated damage. Hazard mitigation includes long-term solutions that reduce the impact of disasters in the future.
FEMA's hazard mitigation assistance provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses. It also: