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F-6. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY GRANT FUNDING FOR UPPER EAST FORK CAVE CREEK AND MIDDLE INDIAN BEND WASH STUDIES Accept Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Cooperating Technical Partners Grant funding to partially offset the cost of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County's (District's) Upper East Fork Cave Creek and Middle Indian Bend Wash Area Drainage Master Studies (FEMA Grant No. EWM-2014-CA-00153). The total amount awarded is $500,000. The term of this award is September 26, 2014 through September 25, 2016. Flood Control’s indirect rate for FY15 is 6.6%. This grant does not allow for indirect cost reimbursement. Unrecoverable indirect costs associated with this grant are estimated to be $33,000. Authorize the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the District, or his designee, to process obligating and acceptance documents as needed. The total estimated cost of the studies is $1.6 million. The grant has no matching requirement; however, the District will fund the estimated $1.1 million study cost in excess of the FEMA grant funding. Additionally, approve an increase to the Fiscal Year 2015 Flood Control Grant Fund (989) non-recurring/non-project (0001) revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $500,000.00. The Upper East Fork Cave Creek Area Drainage Master Study will identify, investigate and assess flooding hazards within a 17-square mile area in the city of Phoenix. The Middle Indian Bend Wash Area Drainage Master Study will identify, investigate and assess flooding hazards within a 35-square mile area in the city of Phoenix and the town of Paradise Valley. The study areas contain approximately 90,000 structures and have a population of nearly 200,000. This Agenda Item impacts Supervisorial Districts 2 and 3. (C-69-15-017-G-00)

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F-3. BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO FY 2016 FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT GRANT FUND - FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Approve an increase to the FY 2016 budget for the Flood Control District (690) Flood Control Grant Fund (989) Non-Recurring Non-Project (0001) revenues and expenditures appropriated budget in the amount of $123,774. This budget adjustment does not alter the budget constraining the expenditure of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. The District approved and accepted a total of $500,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funding under FEMA’s Map Maintenance Program to update the County’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study utilizing local contractors (C-69-15-017-G-00). $126,226 in grant funding had been received in FY 2015; $373,774 remains to be received. This Agenda Item increases Flood Control Grant Fund levels from $250,000 to $373,774 to fully exhaust available FEMA funding remaining under this grant. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. This budget adjustment does not alter the budget constraining the expenditure of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. This Agenda Item impacts all supervisorial districts. (C-69-16-019-2-00)