Nine resiliency projects totaling nearly $105 million in Oregon move forward with FEMA BRIC FY22 evaluation
SALEM, Ore. – Oct. 16, 2023 – FEMA has selected nine Oregon community mitigation projects totaling just under $105 million to move forward in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant. BRIC supports states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects to reduce the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards. Oregon was competitive in the FY22 feasibility evaluations with nine of 22 submitted projects moving forward to the next stage of evaluation from a national field of 124 projects selected for this year’s competition. This is the largest amount of potential BRIC funding Oregon has ever received.
The selected projects include:
- Grants Pass Water Treatment Plant Relocation: $50 million
- BRIC22 Medford Water Distribution System Resilience Backbone: $34.8 million
- Clatsop County Tsunami Earthquake Astoria Hospital: $13.9 million
- Lane County Mapleton Water Storage: $2.7 million
- City of Portland Tree Planting for Heat Mitigation: $2 million
- Lane County Oakridge, Westfir & Blue River Communities Transmission Interconnection Project Scoping: $750,000
- Grant-Harney-Lake-Malheur-Counties NHMP Updates: $453,333
- Fanno Creek Slope Stabilization Scoping Project, Portland: $225,371
- Jackson County Development Services Infrastructure Code Revision: $126,188
“The BRIC grant program provides proactive investments in resilience for communities, so they are better prepared for potential future natural disasters,” said Jon Wiebe, Deputy State Hazard Mitigation Officer at the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. “We’re pleased to have had so many projects selected out of a national field of 803 submissions, and we’re looking forward to seeing them through the evaluation review to award.”
OEM is also preparing for the upcoming FY23 BRIC grant round, which was released last week. The department plans to resubmit several non-selected FY22 sub-applications that will be revised by their communities for a greater competitive edge; as well as new proposal submissions that OEM will work on with communities throughout the state.
FEMA provides funding to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, which manages the disbursement of the funds to the local communities. BRIC is a cost-shared grant, 75% federal funds and 25% local (non-federal) matching funds, which is distributed through the reimbursement of eligible expenses over a four-year period of performance.
The BRIC program aims to promote a national culture of preparedness and public safety through investments that protect communities and infrastructure and foster resilience, shifting the federal focus away from reactive disaster spending and toward research-supported, proactive investment in community resilience. BRIC grants support communities through capability- and capacity-building, encouraging and enabling innovation, promoting partnerships, enabling large projects, maintaining flexibility and providing consistency.
Learn more at https://www.oregon.gov/oem/emresources/Grants/Pages/HMA.aspx.
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