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June 22, 2020 <br />The Honorable Mayor Louis R. Rigby <br />City of La Porte City Hall <br />604 W. Fairmont Parkway <br />La Porte, Texas 77590 <br />RE: Invitation to Apply for State of Texas CDBG Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) HMGP Supplemental <br />Funding <br />Dear Mayor Rigby: <br />The Texas General Land Office is pleased to announce the City of La Porte has been invited to <br />apply for CDBG Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant <br />Program (HMGP): Supplemental program for Drainage (DR-4332-271). The project was <br />submitted to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) for HMGP funding as a <br />result of Hurricane Harvey (DR-4332-TX). The project was not able to be funded through <br />TDEM’s HMGP due to an oversubscription of the program. TDEM has since worked with the <br />GLO to provide a list of unfunded projects that potentially meet selection criteria for the HMGP: <br />Supplemental program outlined in the State of Texas CDBG-MIT Action Plan (Action Plan) that <br />may specifically meet the low- and moderate-income national objective. <br /> <br />Through the application process the project will be reviewed to ensure compliance with CDBG- <br />MIT eligibility requirements. The project must meet the low-and moderate- income national <br />objective. The GLO will not require a non-federal cost share, also known as match. For <br />additional details on this program, please review the Action Plan’s section 4.4.5 found here: <br />https://recovery.texas.gov/mitigation. <br />The GLO will need official documentation that City of La Porte has either accepted or declined <br />the invitation to apply for funding for the project. Please send notification of acceptance or <br />declinationof the invitation to apply within two weeks of the date of this letter to Cynthia <br />Hudson at the email listed below. <br />The application will be due 90-days from the date of your acceptance letter. Once the GLO <br />receives acceptance of the invitation to apply, a grant manager will contact you or your <br />authorized representative to begin the application process. Of course, you may use materials <br />prepared for your original HMGP application to begin the process. <br />1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701-1495 <br />P.O. Box 12873, Austin, Texas 78711-2873 <br />512-463-5001 glo.texas.gov <br /> <br /> <br />