PATERSON, NJ (GovWire) - The city of Paterson held a public hearing on the Resilient Communities Program (RCP) to discuss the proposed project for protecting low to moderate income households from hazards through effective flood mitigation measures. The city is seeking HUD funding through the Community Development Block grant disaster resiliency grant funds.
Abe, Speaker 1, stated that the project will have a positive impact on low and moderate income residents citywide due to the protection of the 300 McBride Ave. Firehouse and Pennington Park, as well as the environmental, social, and economic benefits of implementing nature-based solutions of disaster resiliency.
James McGrath, the municipal engineer, discussed the preliminary proposal of the project, which will directly affect the entirety of Pennington Park as well as the McBride Firehouse. He mentioned that the project is mainly concerned with preventing the Passaic River from topping over the existing banks along Pennington Park and to the rear of the Firehouse. The proposed top of the wall is going to be proposed at the New Jersey Flood Hazard area elevation, which is several feet above the 100-year storm.
The application for this project is going to be finished up and submitted by the middle of December. The total amount available for this grant is up to $5,000,000, and the city is currently estimating that they are going to request somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 for this project.
The public was asked to provide any comments or questions by December 12th. The best way to send those questions is by e-mail to H. KADER at pattersonnj.gov.
The public hearing was closed without any questions or comments from the public.
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