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Mitigation
Objectives
- Statewide Flood Damage Reduction
- Support Community Flood Mitigation Plans
- Leverage Federal Flood Mitigation Dollars
- Encourage CRS Community Activities
- Public Water Access and Management
IDNR Flood Hazard Mitigation Program ( PDF )
FEMA mitigation programs
Eligible Recipients
- Local Governments
- NFIP Communities
- Counties
- Communities with approved floodplain development ordinance
Local Responsibilities
- Oversee structure acquisition and demolition of floodprone structures per Intergovernmental Agreement
- Pay any project costs in excess of those supported by the program
- Maintain acquired parcels as open space in perpetuity
- Acquire all local permits for the project
- Pay for any utility relocations required by the project
- Maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program
Funding Limits
- $1,000,000. Maximum / community / project
- $25,000. Minimum
Eligible Projects
Section 5: Acquisition and demolition of repetitive loss and severely damaged floodprone structures statewide.
Engineering Design
Section 110: Acquisition and demolition of lands and structures in the 100-year floodplain in counties authorized to prepare stormwater management plans
Section 120: Flood mitigation in declared disaster areas
Ineligible Activities
- Reimbursement for previously completed projects
- Maintenance / Operation or Repair costs
- Purchase of structure contents
- Equipment purchases
- Relocation / temporary housing costs
- Floodproofing private properties
- Elevating private properties
Preferences
- Projects in NFIP communities
- Projects in an approved floodplain mitigation plan
- Removal of repetitive loss or substantially damaged properties
- Cost share to leverage Federal dollars
- Mitigation activities that supplement public flood control projects
- Property acquisition for public water access or management
- B/C ratio > 1
Repetitive Loss
Four or more separate claim payments of more than $5,000 each (including building and contents payments); or
Two or more separate claim payments (building payments only) where the total of the payments exceeds the current market value of the property.
Selection Criteria
- Public Safety
- Financial Need
- Mitigation Plan
- Statewide Implementation
- Environmental Clearances
- Benefit-cost
- Related Public Benefits
- Public Safety (0 - 10 Points)
- Immediate Threat to Health or Safety of the Community
- Removal of repetitive loss or substantially damaged properties
- Frequent Evacuation Site
- Transportation Benefits
Terms of Agreement
- IDNR will reimburse community for approved Project costs
- No pre-agreement reimbursement
- IDNR will provide technical assistance
- Project administration costs not provided
- Relocation / temporary housing costs not provided
- Purchases in the name of the state with future convance to the community
- NFIP Community
- Environmental clearances
- IDNR willing to participate in condemnation if necessary
- Community to maintain open space in perpetuity