The document to be formally adopted, the City of Houston Mitigation Action Plan (MAP), is required under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and must receive final State and Federal approval before any political subdivision or jurisdictional entity may be eligible to apply for and receive FEMA mitigation grant funding.
The funding for the preparation of our MAP was awarded in the maximum amount of $80,000 and was made available to the City of Houston under Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) monies following Disaster 4223 declared 5/29/2015 and required a 75% federal - 25% local cost share.
To date, the MAP has been reviewed, tentatively okayed and is currently categorized as approvable pending adoption by both the State and FEMA. Final approval of the document is contingent upon the City's action to formally adopt same.
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Dennis Storemski
Director, Public Safety and Homeland Security