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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 21, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _ 5_F <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Hazard Mitigation Grant Project Funds -Emergency Generators <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Award Letter Jack Ball, (919) 968-2050 <br />Letter of Appreciation to NCDEM <br />Memorandum of Agreement <br />(under separate cover) <br />PURPOSE: To accept grant funding and approve a memorandum of agreement for a State <br />pass-through competitive grant of federal Hazard Mitigation funds to reimburse the County for <br />new generators to be placed at the County's Emergency Operations Center and at the <br />emergency radio communications tower on Eno Mountain. <br />BACKGROUND: The December 2002 ice storm received a Presidential disaster declaration <br />through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on December 12, 2002. This <br />declaration made available funds to assist authorized counties to mitigate the effects of future <br />disasters. Orange County was one of the authorized counties, <br />As part of the critique of the response to the ice storm, staff conducted a needs assessment of <br />potential mitigation measures. The installation of permanent generators at critical buildings was <br />identified as a priority during the needs assessment. Staff developed a federal grant application <br />based upon the needs assessment. The Emergency Operations Center and the <br />communications tower on Eno Mountain were two of the seven County- owned critical facilities <br />identified in the grant application, <br />On January 31, 2003, Orange County Emergency Management submitted the competitive grant <br />application in the amount of $503,000 to the North Carolina Division of Emergency <br />Management (NCDEM). The application proposed the procurement and installation of <br />generators at seven critical facilities in the County, competing against all other eligible counties <br />for funding. NCDEM approved Orange County's grant application, but only for the Emergency <br />Operations Center and the Eno Mountain tower. NCDEM then forwarded the County's <br />application to FEMA, Orange County s grant application was initially denied by FEMA, <br />NCDEM then appealed the denial, due to their understanding of the criticality of Orange <br />County's project. Their appeal was denied. FEMA then informed NCDEM that the project could <br />be funded out of a special allocation of the hazard mitigation funds, Since the time of the <br />original January 31, 2003 application, two other disasters had occurred which increased the <br />amount of the special allocation of hazard mitigation funds and allowed for the funding of the <br />Orange County project. In fact, the allocation (HMGP-1490-0005) that will pay for this generator <br />project is from the Hurricane Isabel mitigation grant allocation. <br />
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