City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER/s/
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Consideration of a Grant Application to the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a grant application to the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program in order to update the Northern Virginia Hazardous Mitigation Plan
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) Authorize the City as a participating jurisdiction in the submission of the grant application and;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute all the necessary documents that may be required.
BACKGROUND: In order to apply for Mitigation Grants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires communities to have a hazard mitigation plan. The Northern Virginia Hazard Mitigation Plan was last approved in February 2012 and must be updated on a 5 year cycle. The Northern Virginia Hazard Mitigation Plan covers the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William; the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park; the towns of Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico (Prince William County), Clifton, Herndon, and Vienna (Fairfax County), and Hamilton, Hillsboro, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill (Loudoun County). The Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management will act as the program manager to the 2017 update of the regional plan, and will apply for Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant funds for the purpose of this update. The City of Alexandria has been a participating community in the Northern Virginia Hazard Mitigation Plan and has contributed to plan updates in the past.
DISCUSSION: In order to update the plan, Fairfax County plans to apply for $150,000 in federal funding through the Federal...
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