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Long Term Recovery Framework with an Emphasis on Hazard Mitigation
On May 7, 2012, the Minot City Council approved a 123-page report titled, "City of Minot Long Term Recovery Framework with an Emphasis on Mitigation." This document identifies short-term, mid-term and long-term goal areas and projects that the City of Minot wishes to achieve in order to reduce or limit the effects of future disasters. This Long Term Recovery Framework will assist the City of Minot in efforts to secure important Hazard Mitigation funding from the federal government.
You can view the entire report by going to the link below.
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Long Term Recovery Framework with an Emphasis on Hazard Mitigation (document)
File Size: 2933.51 kb
COFM_Longterm Recovery Strategy emphasis on Hazard Mitigation_050712.pdf
Ways for Residents to participate in CDBG-DR planning
During the regular Minot City Council meeting on May 7, 2012 the approval was given to a Citizen Participation Plan that outlines how residents can participate in the process of developing the Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds.
One component of the plan includes the City of Minot posting its Action Plan for disaster recovery on the official City website for at least seven days for public comment.
To read the entire plan click on the link below.
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Citizen Participation Plan for CDBG-DR funds (document)
File Size: 245.1 kb
COFM_CDBG Citizen Participation Plan_050812.pdf
Federal Register lays outs details for CDBG-DR funds
In mid-April the U.S. government published in the Federal Register the official requirements, guidelines and allocations for the City of Minot's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. With this publication the City of Minot has 90 days to formulate and approve an Action Plan for the roughly $67.5 million in 2012 CDBG-DR funds.
"We've been taking all the necessary steps in the three months since CDBG-DR dollars were first announced, but this publication of the Federal Register gives us the official and final ruling on guidelines for use of these funds," said Cindy Hemphill, City of Minot finance director. "We are just a few days away from putting our Citizen Participation Plan before the City Council and we expect to be hiring a consulting firm soon that will handle much of the administrative services associated with these dollars."
According to the Federal Register, before the City of Minot can use these funds they have to submit a plan detailing their proposed use including the criteria for eligibility and how particular activities will address long-term recovery. This constitutes an Action Plan.
For additional details related to the CDBG-DR funds go to the posted news story on this site.
To view the 17-page Federal Register document that explains the allocations, waivers and alternative requirements for CDBG-DR grantees click on the link below.
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April Federal Register (document)
File Size: 259.16 kb
April 16 2012 Federal Register on CDBG-DR_042312.pdf
City of Minot sends out 108 offers for Voluntary Property Acquisition
In early April 2012 108 homeowners in the flood zone received letters from Swanson & Warcup on behalf of the City of Minot offering to buy their property on a voluntary acquisition basis.
The offers for voluntary acquisition are for those properties identified by the City as ones they would like to purchase at this time regardless of permanent flood protection plan decisions. The acquisition of these homes would provide flood mitigation benefit and would provide access and open space for emergency flood protection. Additional properties may be identified for acquisition in the future.
"The offers are intended to be equal to the pre-flood market value of the property and are based upon 115 percent of the pre-flood assessed values," said David Waind, Minot city manager. "If the homeowner chooses to accept this offer, we will move through the proper environmental studies, title issues and fund distribution as quickly as possible. But since each property is a unique situation, it is impossible to accurately project potential closing dates for these voluntary acquisitions."
For a complete list of those properties that received a voluntary property acquisition offer from the City of Minot, click on the link seen below.
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List of 108 Properties sent a VPA Offer by the City of Minot (document)
File Size: 105.17 kb
New City Website\COFM_List of 108 Properties sent a VPA offer_040512.pdf
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