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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Designation of an Agent to Administer Orange County's Application to FEMA's <br /> Hazard Mitigation Grant Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services and Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution - Designation of Applicant's Kirby Saunders, 919-245-6135 <br /> Agent Dinah Jeffries, 919-245-6100 <br /> Brandywine Property Map Michael Harvey, 919-245-2597 <br /> Request Letter from UNC Chapel Hill Craig Benedict, 919-245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To designate an agent for Orange County's application to the Federal Emergency <br /> Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grants Program for repetitive loss property <br /> acquisition and to serve as a sub-applicant for the University of Chapel Hill to fund the <br /> installation of a generator for its Emergency Operation Center. <br /> BACKGROUND: During September 14t" through 17t", 2018 Orange County was significantly <br /> impacted by torrential rain and winds due to Hurricane Florence. As a result, significant flooding <br /> occurred over the course of several days, and Orange County was included in the list of <br /> counties that received a major disaster declaration from FEMA on October 22, 2018. (Disaster <br /> number: 4393-DR-NC). Orange County is submitting a grant request for the two projects <br /> outlined below: <br /> Project #1 <br /> Despite emergency protective measures that were taken by the County, several <br /> residential properties were flooded during Hurricane Florence due to heavy and <br /> cumulative rainfall. One of these properties, 503 Brandywine Road (PIN 9777-20-6348) <br /> within the Chapel Hill Township, sustained significant damage. Flood waters effectively <br /> destroyed the first level of the home and all of its contents. Staff completed a damage <br /> assessment of the property and concluded that the property sustained approximately <br /> $87,000 in damage. <br /> The property was developed sometime in 1971 before the County adopted <br /> comprehensive floodplain mitigation standards, and it is located within an identified <br /> floodplain. This property is considered to be at `high risk' for flooding, as defined by <br /> FEMA. <br />