Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing Application for a State of Washington Hazard Mitigation Grant to Upgrade the McAllister Wellfield Transmission Main and Resolution Designating the City of Olympia as the Applicant Agent
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Resolution authorizing the City to apply for a State of Washington Hazard Mitigation Grant and the State required form titled "Resolution Designating Applicant Agent", as well as authorize the City Manager to sign the grant, if awarded.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution authorizing the City to apply for a hazard mitigation grant and sign the State required form titled "Resolution Designating Applicant Agent", a requirement to be attached to the grant application for the seismic upgrades of the McAllister Wellfield transmission main.
Staff Contact:
Aurora S. Isabel, Project Engineer II, Public Works/Water Resources, 360.753.8323
Presenter:
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) is available to the State of Washington following a presidential declaration of a major disaster. The program funds mitigation planning initiatives and mitigation projects designed to reduce or eliminate the effects and costs of future disaster damage. A Major Disaster Declaration DR-4539 (Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and Tornado) was federally declared on April 23, 2020. Subsequently, a new HMGP round was announced on June 19, 2020. The announcement identifies funding priorities within the DR-4539 Declared counties, which includes Thurston County.
At least 20 damaging earthquakes have rattled Washington State in the last 125 years - most in Western Washington. According to the 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model by United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Puget Sound region has a 75 percent or gre...
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