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WATKINS BROOK FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT.
The City of Mountain Brook, AL, first received a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant in 2005 to complete
the feasibility phase to evaluate project alternatives and recommend a preferred plan. The three-year construction phase, which began in the fall of 2009, includes over $6 million in structural improvements to mitigate flood damages to the City's central commercial village, Mountain Brook Village and surrounding areas. Construction should be completed in March of 2011. The firm is working in association with Walter Schoel Engineering Co. (2009-2011)JEFFERSON COUNTY MULTI- HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. Lehe Planning had prepared the original mitigation plan for Jefferson County, AL, which was approved in 2004. Under FEMA requirements, the plan must be updated every five years. Funded through a $242,700 FEMA planning grant, 35 Jefferson County jurisdictions, including the City of Birmingham, participate in this update to meet the latest Federal planning guidance issued in July 2008. A follow up phase, with additional funding, will include more detailed risk assessments and real-time flood damage estimates, using the Jefferson County EMA Hazard Mitigation Information System and automated stream gage network. (2009-2010)
MOBILE COUNTY MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. For Mobile County, AL, the firm is working on
a five year plan update that includes detailed risk assessments using FEMA's HAZUS-MH GIS software applications, specialized planning studies, and a consolidated plan for all jurisdictions within the county. The original plans were divided between incorporated and unincorporated areas. In early 2006, the separate planning committees were merged, and the Hurricane Katrina Long Term Recovery Plan was adopted. Funded by a sizeable FEMA HMGP planning grant of $538,409, the 2010 plan consolidates the three plans into one and examines risks in much greater detail. The grant will also fund specialized critical facilities assessments and publication of a poster-size plan documentation for widespread distribution among the 12 participating jurisdictions. (2009-2010)BALDWIN COUNTY MULTI- HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. Lehe Planning had prepared the original mitigation plans for Baldwin County in 2004. The 2010 update begins a new five year cycle and will be prepared according to most recent FEMA planning criteria for this high risk, coastal community. (2010)
DALE AND CHAMBERS COUNTY MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING GRANTS. Lehe Planning prepared grant applications to receive $40,000 in HMGP funds for each of these rural Alabama counties to complete the five year updates. (2010)
CITY OF TUSCALOOSA FLOOD PLAIN ACQUISITION PROJECT. FEMA awarded funds under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to cover 75% of the costs of this $2.5 million project, and the City retained Lehe Planning to implement the project. The project resulted in the acquisition of 17 substantially-damaged homes within an area of repeated flooding. The firm had previously been retained by Tuscaloosa-based engineering firm McGiffert and Associates, LLC for developing a feasibility study and preparing the FEMA grant application. (2008-2010)
CITY OF TUSCALOOSA MOODY SWAMP TRIBUTARY 3 DRAINAGE PROJECT. McGiffert and Associates, LLC retained Lehe Planning to examine the economic feasibility of over $4 million in drainage system improvements to mitigate flooding in this mixed use, urbanized area of 258 structures threatened by flooding. The proposed improvements would lower flood elevations by up to 12 feet in some locations. The feasibility study found a 2.01 benefit to cost ratio to justify a FEMA e-Grant submitted under the FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant program for $3 million in Federal funds, which is pending an award to begin construction in 2010. (2009-2011)
CITY OF ADAMSVILLE COMMUNITY SAFE ROOM. Lehe Planning has partnered with architect Mark Burns for a 400-person capacity storm shelter serving up to 160 families. The project's total cost is $713,000 with a proposed FEMA share of $535,000, which has been awarded to the City under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. (2009-2010)TANNEHILL STATE PARK STORM SHELTER. Sponsored by the Jefferson County EMA, this project has been funded through the FEMA HMGP to construct a community shelter to protect visitors to this Alabama state park from severe storms and tornadoes. (2008-2010)
BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS BOARD EMERGENCY GENERATOR. A FEMA grant of $1 million helps fund a $4 million emergency backup power generator at the Putnam filtration plant. (2008-2010)