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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2001 <br />Action Agen <br />'6 <br />,Aa <br />Item No. . F <br />SUBJECT: Hurricane Floyd„ Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Implementation <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager . PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />11/1/00 NC Dept of Crime Control and <br />Public Safety Letter <br />11/29/00 PBS&J Letter <br />PBS&J Scope of Services <br />Grant Agreement -- HFPAR 4292-0067 <br />(under separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of a grant agreement with the State of North Carolina for <br />the potential acquisition of two flood-damaged homes, and a separate agreement with PBS&J, <br />Inc. to administer and implement the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) agreement. <br />BACKGROUND: During the Fall of 1999, the Board directed staff to assist residents of the <br />Heritage Hills subdivision in southern Orange County with obtaining any federal disaster <br />program assistance for which they were eligible and interested in receiving. The County <br />submitted an HMGP application on behalf of two homeowners whose properties had sustained <br />substantial damage during Hurricane Floyd and related heavy rainfalls during September 1999. <br />In November 2000, the State transmitted for County approval a Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) approved agreement that would provide Federal and State <br />funding for the acquisition and demolition of the two flood damaged homes. <br />The implementation and administration of the HMGP agreement is fairly complex and time <br />consuming. Staff proposes that the Board approve retaining the firm PBS&J, Inc. of Raleigh to <br />carry out the requirements of the HMGP agreement, which would provide funds to pay the two <br />homeowners for selling their property. The structures on those properties would then be <br />demolished and the grounds restored to a natural state, with the County retaining title to the <br />lots. Among other functions, PBS&J would arrange for and/or carry out HMGP requirements <br />including (but not limited to): <br />• land surveys <br />• title searches <br />• property appraisals <br />• preparation of offers to purchase <br />• preparation and filing of all FEMA required reports