1. Home Elevation
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)

2. 2015 FMA Program - Awarded
$200 million grant funds were available in fiscal year 2016 nationwide
Nassau Bay was awarded $4.9M for the elevation of
Grant will cover:
100% of all eligible costs for 6 homes
90% of all eligible costs for 2 homes
75% of all eligible costs for 11 homes

3. In addition to a greater peace of mind, advantages to elevating include the following:
Elevation to 2’ above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) allows a substantially damaged or substantially improved house to be brought into compliance with your community's floodplain management ordinance or law. (The Base Flood is a flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year)
Elevation reduces the flood risk to the house and its contents.
Except where a lower floor is used for storage, elevation eliminates the need to move vulnerable contents to areas above the water level during flooding.
Elevation techniques are well known, and qualified contractors are often readily available.
Elevation reduces the physical, financial, and emotional strain that accompanies floods.
Elevation provides homeowners with additional parking and storage space within their home.
Elevation often reduces flood insurance premiums and avoids increases coming to SRL properties (Biggers Waters Act)

4. What Costs Will Be Eligible?
Eligible Costs
Architectural and engineering fees associated with a design for elevating an eligible insured building
Permitting
Clearing necessary vegetation and preparing path for installation of lifting supports
Excavation around the dwelling
Lifting or jacking building
Temporary support cribbing
Disconnecting utility connections
Extending or modifying utility connections
Reconnecting utility connections
Constructing a compliant foundation
Code upgrade requirements not related to state or local floodplain ordinances
Cost associated with elevating the insured building out of a SFHA
Restoring the lawn
Restoring walks, driveways, and other surfaces outside the perimeter exterior walls of the insured
Contractors bonding, insurance, and warranty

5. Ineligible Costs
Elevating structures that were not in compliance with current NFIP standards at the time of construction
Costs related to building additions or auxiliary structures
Construction of new decks or porches
Any improvements for purely aesthetic reasons, unless required by the EHP compliance review
HOA requirements above minimum county requirements not grant eligible
Costs to replace or repair utility service components that are undersized, inadequately designed, or unsafe, unless required by code (except utility rooms noted as eligible costs)
Exterior finish on the exposed foundation of the elevated building, unless required by EHP or local code
Additional landscaping for ornamentation beyond what existed on the site prior to construction of the project (e.g., trees, shrubs)

6. What’s Next What’s Next? Contractors identified via an RFQ process
Homeowners provide:
Proof of current flood insurance
PM team to hold quote meetings with homeowners and measure houses
quote specs will be provided to Contractors
Contractors can meet with homeowners as part of the quote process
Contractors return quotes to PM team
PM team reviews quotes and obtains State concurrence
quotes released to homeowners

7. What’s Next What’s Next?
Homeowner selects contractor from quotes provided
Homeowners can meet with contractors after quotes are released
Approximately 2 weeks to select
Owner extras will be kept to an absolute minimum
Minimal extra decking, extra lift height
There will be two rounds (approximately 10 homes in each round)
Rounds will be selected based on criteria such as
Owner occupied, BCA…

8. What’s Next What’s Next?
quote review WILL include a cost reasonableness test for all non-grant reimbursable costs
PM team prepares Agreement between Homeowner and County
PM team verifies contact information, current flood insurance, taxes have been paid current or provides proof of a current payment plan with County Tax Assessor and Collector. Notify TWDB if Homeowner is an employee of City, FEMA, Contractor or any subcontractor associated with the Program

9. What’s Next What’s Next?
EC provides to JSWA fully executed contract between homeowner and EC and proof of payment of non-grant reimbursable costs.
JSWA ensures grant reimbursable costs and homeowner selected (non-grant reimbursable) costs are clearly identified in ECs quote
No change orders during implementation
Homeowner to pay 100% of non-grant reimbursable cost paid up-front
Homeowners to pay 100% of required local match up-front
JSWA ensures Performance and Payment bond are for full contract value (both grant and non-grant reimbursable costs)

10. What’s Next Advances will be developed from Round 1
PM team will work with City to submit initial advance request to TWDB as required
Once 70% of the first advance is received, the second advance on will be submitted to TWDB
This second advance will require proof of payment of the 70% of the first advance. This will be developed by PM team as part of the 2nd advance request

11. What’s Next What’s Next? Notice to Proceed given Permits pulled
House is elevated
Temp living during elevation
Only for primary owner occupied homes
Daily limit based on house location per diem rate
Housing only
Documentation for proof of primary residence
Temp living is a reimbursable item
Paid for by owner
Lease/hotel folio provided/paid receipt provided
Owner reimbursed at the federal share %
Need to obtain current flood declaration pages from all owners
Update throughout elevation process
Deed restriction recorded requiring maintenance of flood insurance for life of structure

12. Documents we need tonight
Current flood insurance declaration page
Elevation Project Homeowner Acknowledgement Form
Non-eligible work acknowledgment
HOA acknowledgement

13. Questions?
Prepared by Jeffery S. Ward and Associates, Inc.