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CITY OF TUSCALOOSA FLOOD PLAIN ACQUISITION PROJECT. Lehe Planning had been retained by Tuscaloosa-based engineering firm McGiffert and Associates, LLC to develop a feasibility study for the City acquiring homes
within an area of repeated flooding. The study found the acquisition of 23 homes as feasible, and Lehe Planning submitted a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application to fund the proposed $2.5 million acquisition.
TOWN OF BROOKSIDE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. Lehe Planning helped Brookside package over $3.5 million in funds to build a new complex to include a city hall, community center, fire station, community storm shelter, and maintenance facility. Funding sources included the Jefferson County Commission, FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, HUD Community Development Block Grant Program, and the USDA Rural Development loan program. Dale Fritz and Associates, Inc. prepared the master plan, and Mark Burns, Architect, prepared the final architectural plans for the complex.
FIVE MILE CREEK GREENWAY. In April 2002, Jim Lehe first proposed his initial concept at a meeting of local community leaders - to connect open space areas acquired through FEMA flood plain acquisition projects in Brookside, Fultondale, and Tarrant. Shortly afterwards, the Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership was formed and has actively coordinated projects and events to enlarge the initial concept and make the 28-mile greenway a reality. More recently, the firm has teamed with landscape architect Dale Fritz to package a $125,000 grant application for funding of the first phase of the Brookside segment under the Recreation Trails Program administered through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA).
ADAMSVILLE STORM SHELTER. Lehe Planning has partnered with architect Mark Burns to develop plans for the location, preliminary design, and emergency operations of a 400-person capacity storm shelter serving 160 families. The project's total cost is $713,000 with a proposed FEMA share of $535,000.TANNEHILL STATE PARK STORM SHELTER. Sponsored by the Jefferson County EMA, this project calls for a community shelter to protect park visitors from severe storms and shelters.
CITY OF MOUNTAIN BROOK WATKINS BROOK FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT. The City received a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant to fund nearly $6 million in structural improvements to mitigate flood damages to the City's central neighborhood, Mountain Brook Village. The first phase is the feasibility phase where project alternatives are evaluated. The firm is working in association with Walter Schoel Engineering Co.STATE OF ALABAMA ENHANCED MITIGATION PLAN. Working with Vissering, Purdue and Associates and the URS Corporation, Lehe Planning is part of a team developing a program to help the State of Alabama achieve the Enhanced State Mitigation Plan designation through FEMA, which will significantly increase federal funding awarded for state and local mitigation projects.
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATES. Lehe Planning is updating county hazard mitigation plans across Alabama. For Jefferson County, the firm is engaged in a three-year project to update the Five Year Plan, prepare detailed risk assessments, and upgrade the Hazard Mitigation Information System. For Marshall County, Lehe Planning is working over an eighteen-month period to update the Five Year Plan and include man-made hazards in the updated plan. For Mobile County, as a two-year project, the firm is working on a Five Year Plan update that includes detailed risk assessments, specialized planning studies, and a consolidated plan for all jurisdictions within the county. The Jefferson, Marshall, and Mobile County projects have FEMA HMGP planning grant applications pending for $1.36 million, $57,000, and $529,000, respectively.
BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS BOARD EMERGENCY GENERATOR. A FEMA grant of $1 million helps fund emergency backup power at the Putnam filtration plant.CITY OF BIRMINGHAM VALLEY CREEK FLOOD PLAIN ACQUSITION PROJECT. Lehe Planning is working with Monumental Contracting Service, LLC to acquire 25 properties in the City of Birmingham within the Valley Creek flood plain. The project is funded through the FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program.