Drainage_and_Flooding_Report-dated_10_03_2008

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Mr. Ron Bottoms, City Manager October 1, 2008 Page 27 of 31 0 t Z associates The second loan administered by the TWDB is the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Program which provides loans at interest rates lower than the market • can •. used for • water pollution • projects and non -point source pollution control projects. The third loan program is the Water Infrastructure Fund (WIF) that provides subsidized loans to fund projects already on the State Water Plan or TWDB- approved Regional Water Plan. In order to get a new project on the State or Regional Water Plan, the regional plan would have to be amended. In addition to the TWDB, FEMA also provides for federal • to • •-•• out of flood -prone areas. FEMA also has a grant program called the Repetitive Flood Claims Grant Program (RFC), which provides funding to acquire flood damaged structures and • the property to r• • The • is limited to properties that meet the following -• • One or more claim payments for flood damages • Property must have flood insurance • Located within a State or community that cannot meet the requirements of the FMA grant program. The City of La Porte may consider using this program to fund the creation of recommended overland flow paths in subdivisions with repetitive loss properties located near drainage channels. Another program, The Governor's Division of Emergency Management at the ird str 9-t 1, Y the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and Pre -Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM) in Texas. HMGP funds can be used for: • Acquisition/demolition/elevation of flood -prone structures • Community and individual storm shelter programs • Retrofitting facilities (flood proofing, high wind, etc.) • Small scale structural hazard control/protection projects • Limited funding of innovative projects such as public awareness, enhanced hazard information systems, enhanced warning capabilities, etc. • Limited funding of the development of state and local mitigation action plans (MAPs) Pre -Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM) grants provide money for pre - disaster mitigation planning, and the implementation of mitigation projects •• natural hazards. Common mitigation projects include buy-outs, individual • • safe-rooms/storm shelters and retention ponds. :• grants require that the city or legal entity have a Mitigation Action Plan in place