Agenda Item # 4
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
July 28, 2015
Agenda Report # 09
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) Grant -
Hazard Mitigation Plan
INITIATED BY: Columbus Fire / EMS, Emergency Management Division
Recommendation: Approval is requested to submit an application and if
approved, accept a GEMA grant in the amount of $32,000, or as otherwise
awarded, with a 25% in-kind local match, to cover the cost of updating the
city?s Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Background: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act authorizes the release of federal financial assistance to communities that
have experienced a disaster and have been declared a disaster area by the
President of the United States. The amended Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
requires that local governments must have a prepared, adopted, and
federally-approved pre-disaster mitigation plan in order to be eligible for
federal financial disaster assistance, starting November 1, 2016. The city
prepared its plan in 2005, which was adopted by City Council in Resolution
552-05.
Analysis: This plan is due for review and revision in keeping with the Act?s
timetable for revision. The grant will allow the City to procure the services
of a vendor to update the existing plan. The Emergency Management Division of
the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services will administer the grant and
provide coordination and guidance, and the hours put in by local personnel will
be used as the in-kind match required by the grant.
Financial Considerations: The attached resolution will authorize the acceptance
of a GEMA grant in the amount of $32,000, with a 25% in-kind match required.
Legal Considerations: The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan is required by the
federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, and is due for revision. Revising
this plan will maintain the city?s eligibility for federal financial disaster
assistance as well as for receiving other Hazard Mitigation grants.
Recommendation: Authorize a resolution to accept a GEMA grant in the amount of
$32,000 with a 25% in-kind match for the purpose of selecting and paying a
vendor to upgrade the city?s Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan.
A RESOLUTION
NO. ______
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HER DESIGNEE TO APPLY FOR AND
ACCEPT A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FROM THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,000, OR AS OTHERWISE AWARDED, TO UPDATE THE EXISTING
PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR COLUMBUS,
GA/MUSCOGEE COUNTY AS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND
TO AMEND THE MULTI-GOVERNMENTAL FUND BUDGET FUND BY LIKE AMOUNT. THIS PLAN IS
DUE FOR REVIEW AND REVISION IN KEEPING WITH THE ACCEPTED TIME TABLE FOR THE
REVISION. THIS GRANT REQUIRES A LOCAL MATCH OF 25% TOTALING $8,000. THE 25%
LOCAL MATCH WILL NOT BE IN CASH BUT WILL BE ?IN KIND?, MEANING, THE LOCAL MATCH
WILL CONSIST OF THE HOURS PUT IN BY LOCAL PERSONNEL TOWARD THE COORDINATION AND
GUIDANCE WITH THE EVENTUAL SELECTED VENDOR. THIS GRANT SHALL BE ADMINISTERED
BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE COLUMBUS FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES.
WHEREAS, this grant will allow the City to select and approve a vendor to
update the current Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan; and,
WHEREAS, this plan will meet all federal requirements to maintain the City?s
eligibility for future Hazard Mitigation grants and maintain the City?s
eligibility to receive federal disaster reimbursement funding in the event of a
federally declared disaster in Columbus, GA; and,
WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Division will use this plan to identify
vulnerable facilities and areas of the City for future Hazard Mitigation grant
applications and requests; and,
WHEREAS, the local match of 25% totaling $8,000 will be met by personnel costs
of assisting, coordinating, and guiding the successful vendor in the update of
the plan and no funds will be expended by the General Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Manager, Mayor, or their designee is hereby authorized to
submit an application and if approved, accept a Hazard Mitigation Grant from
the Georgia Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $32,000 with a local
?In Kind? match of $8,000, or as otherwise awarded, and the FY 16 budget will
be amended by like amount and amend the Multi-Governmental Fund by the amount
awarded.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held
the __________ day of ________ 2015, and adopted at said meeting by the
affirmative vote of _______ members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting __________.
Councilor Baker voting __________.
Councilor Barnes voting __________.
Councilor Buck voting __________.
Councilor Davis voting __________.
Councilor Henderson voting __________.
Councilor Huff voting __________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.
Councilor Thomas voting __________.
Councilor Woodson voting __________.
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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Teresa Pike Tomlinson, Mayor
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