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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES (BRIC) PROGRAM FUNDS TO MITIGATE DAMAGE TO THE LAKEWALK.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to apply for up to $6,750,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program.
FURTHER RESOLVED, the city of Duluth has the legal authority to accept the money and financial, technical, and managerial capacity to ensure proper planning and maintenance of the project. Match is not required but leverage is encouraged.
FURTHER RESOLVED, the Duluth city council names the fiscal agent for this project as Jen Carlson, City of Duluth Finance Director, 411 West 1st Street, Duluth MN 55802.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution will authorize the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, to submit an application to FEMA for $6,750,000 from the FEMA BRIC grant program on behalf of the City of Duluth to pay for mitigation of at-risk sections of the Lakewalk from the vicinity of Vietnam Veterans Memorial to 21st Ave East. Actions will include relocation of the trail several feet inland from the eroding bluff line, shoreline armoring, and erosion-resistant green infrastructure.
The requested funds will restore and stabilize those portions of the Lakewalk shoreline that were not restored in previous phases of FEMA-funded work. Exhibit I identifies the portions of shoreline that have been restored in prior phases with different funding sources and the portions of shoreline that will be restored if this BRIC grant request is funded. Full funding of this BRIC request would permit complete restoration of all segments of downtow...
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