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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM What is the program? During the 1987 Legislative Session, Laws of Minnesota Chapter 306 Sections 3 -5 established within the Department of Natural Resources a flood hazard mitigation program to provide state technical and financial assistance to local government units for conducting flood damage reduction studies and for planning and implementing structural and non - structural flood damage reduction measures. What flood hazard mitigation measures are eligible for funding assistance? Financial assistance may be available for conducting flood damage reduction studies and for planning and implementing structural and non - structural measures including: dams, dikes, levees, flood bypass channels, flood storage and retardation structures, water level control structures, acquisition of floodplain lands, relocations, floodproofing, development of flood warning systems and evacuation procedures, adoption and enforcement of land use control ordinances and building codes, signs and other notifications of regional flood areas, provision of flood insurance and public education. What measures are not eligible for funding assistance? Certain measures are excluded from this program including deepening or straightening existing stream channels, cleaning out public ditches and clearing and snagging natural watercourses. Who may apply for funding assistance? Applications for financial assistance must be made by a local government unit including a county, statutory or home rule charter city, town, watershed district or lake improvement district. Financial assistance is not available directly to individuals, companies or corporations. How much financial assistance is available? The Department of Natural Resources may award grants up to $75,000. Grants for more than $75,000 must be submitted for consideration by the governor and the legislature before each odd numbered year. Grants awarded under this program must be matched equally by the local government unit sponsors. If your proposed project requires more than $75,000 in state cost - sharing assistance please contact your Area Hydrologist. How are grant requests evaluated? Grants are to be based on the following considerations: 1. the extent and effectiveness of mitigation measures already implemented by the local government requesting the grant; 2. the feasibility, practicality, and effectiveness of the proposed mitigation measures and the associated non -flood related benefits and detriments; PAGE -7-