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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 7, 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-h <br /> SUBJECT: Designation of Applicant's Agent Update for Orange County Application for <br /> FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program — Hurricane Florence <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> UNC-Chapel Hill Letter of Request Sarah Pickhardt, 919-245-6135 <br /> Resolution - Designation of Applicant's Patrick Mallett, 919-245-2577 <br /> Agent Kirby Saunders, 919-245-6123 <br /> Cy Stober, 919-245-2592 <br /> Christopher Sandt, 919-245-2583 <br /> PURPOSE: To update the designation of an agent for Orange County's application for Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grants Program for repetitive loss <br /> property acquisition for property most recently suffering damage on September 14-17, 2018 <br /> during Hurricane Florence. <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 14-17, 2018, Orange County was significantly impacted by <br /> torrential rain and winds due to Hurricane Florence. As a result, significant flooding occurred over <br /> the course of several days. Orange County was included in the list of counties that received a <br /> major disaster declaration from FEMA on October 22, 2018. (Disaster number: 4393-DR-NC). <br /> Orange County has been awarded a grant for the two projects outlined below. <br /> Project #1 <br /> Despite emergency protective measures that were taken by the County, several residences were <br /> flooded due to the heavy and cumulative rainfall. Included in the properties that sustained damage <br /> from Hurricane Florence is 503 Brandywine Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Flood waters <br /> surrounded the home while the family of five was inside. The flood waters then filled the lower <br /> level of the home and garage with an estimated one and a half feet of water. The entirety of the <br /> first level of the home and garage was destroyed along with the contents. A damage assessment <br /> of the home was completed, and it was concluded that there was approximately $87,000 in <br /> damage to the home and property caused by flooding during Hurricane Florence. This <br /> home/property at 503 Brandywine Road has flooded numerous times, causing damage resulting <br /> in costly repairs, which deems the property a severe repetitive loss. <br /> Project #2 <br /> Orange County has received a request from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to serve <br /> as the sub-applicant on its behalf. UNC Chapel Hill is seeking grant funding to install an <br /> emergency powered generator to support its environmental health and safety efforts on Estes <br />