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009 <br />LEE COU <br />d 000n aca0(D <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. Il. C. <br />Information <br />Meeting Date: April 2, 2012 Action Item <br />XX Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT Emergency Management Performance Grant Application for FY 2012 <br />DEPARTMENT Lee County Office of Emergency Services <br />CONTACT PERSON Shane Seagroves, 919.718.4670 <br />REQUEST Authorize Submission of Annual Emergency Management Performance <br />Grant Application for FY 2012 <br />SUMMARY The purpose of the FY 2012 Emergency Management Performance <br />Grant program is to provide grants to states to assist state, local, tribal and territorial governments in <br />preparing for all hazards, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency <br />Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). Title VI of the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to make grants <br />for the purpose of providing a system of emergency preparedness for the protection of life and <br />property in the United States. The total funding available in FY 2012 for the Emergency Management <br />Performance Grants Program is $339,500,000 nationally. Each local entity is required to submit an <br />application to the State Administrative Agency (SAA) to receive funding. For North Carolina, the SAA <br />is through the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, a division of the Department of <br />Public Safety. Emergency Management estimates that Lee County will receive $34,000 once the <br />application process is completed and that estimate will be included in the FY 2012 -13 budget revenue <br />line item. Based on historical precedent, funds should arrive around March 2013. This is an annual <br />grant program and Lee County has been a participant each year at least since 2004. <br />BUDGET IMPACT N/A — 50% match requirement is provided by in -kind contributions <br />ATTACHMENT(S) Application <br />PUBLIC HEARING No <br />PRIOR BOARD ACTION N/A <br />RECOMMENDATION Authorize submission of grant application and authorize the County <br />Manager, Finance Director and Emergency Services Director to sign required documents. <br />