On October 3rd, 2022, the Centralina Regional Council (Centralina) submitted a Letter of Interest (LOI) on behalf of Rowan County to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) 2022 Program Capacity and Capability Building (C&CB) application process.
The BRIC application is to examine and identify a priority area in the county for flood mitigation efforts and possible solutions in accordance with Rowan County’s HMP and FEMA’s regulations. The findings from this scoping grant may be used to inform future FEMA BRIC applications for the construction costs to implement the preferred mitigation measures.
In continuation of the Regional Resilience Collaborative’s efforts, Centralina is providing technical assistance at no additional cost to assist Rowan County to participate in the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) 2022 application to North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).
There is a 10% local match requirement, which is proposed to be in the form of in-kind value of $7,500, which can be in the form of donated resources, time, materials, and equipment. Such in-kind donation will be documented as part of the BRIC reporting requirements.
Recommendation: The Board of Commissioners to approve Rowan County to partner with Centralina Regional Council to apply to the 2022 FEMA BRIC Program Capacity and Capability Building program, including the commitment of up to $7,500 in-kind match.
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