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October 12, 2018

WHAT HAPPENED: Still raw from Hurricane Florence, communities across North Carolina and in neighboring states had to contend with Michael, 一场大型飓风在登陆后夷平了佛罗里达州的部分地区,随后又演变成一场热带风暴,其强度仍足以在向东北方向移动的过程中破坏卡罗来纳州.
 
WHAT IT MEANS: Michael moved over us on Thursday, 官员们将重点放在新一轮的损失评估上,其中包括一些受损房屋和大规模的清理工作, 尽管风暴没有像佛罗伦萨那样集中在北卡罗来纳州海岸. Overall, news outlets Friday morning reported​ at least 12 deaths attributable to Michael, including at least one in North Carolina. Half a million people in North Carolina were without power. Several school districts closed for the day.
 
ON TAP: 联合国大会已定于星期一复会,讨论进一步的救灾框架, due to Florence, 据州长称,飓风造成的初步损失接近130亿美元,大约相当于飓风马修和弗洛伊德的总和. 
 
THE SKINNY: As we reported in last week's Bulletin, state and community leaders will be working on this well into the future, not just next week, as some communities are still bandaged from 2016's Hurricane Matthew. We'll keep you posted on opportunities for aid as they come up. Read on in this Bulletin for more.

 
State Rep. John Faircloth​ was recognized Thursday as the 2018 recipient of the N.C. League of Municipalities’ Community Champion Award. 该奖项颁发给费尔克洛斯代表,以表彰他在2018年立法会议期间对北卡罗来纳州城镇的专门支持. The presentation took place at the Legislative Building complex. 
 
在过去的一年里,费尔布议员作为法案的发起人和主要倡导者,在旨在减少衰败和帮助城镇重新开发废弃房产的立法中发挥了至关重要的作用. Now serving his fourth term representing portions of High Point and Guilford County, 他还在公共安全问题上进行了广泛的工作,这些问题对市政府保持低犯罪率和居民安全的努力至关重要. “Situations involving abandoned, blighted properties can affect entire neighborhoods, surrounding property owners and the economic futures of entire communities,” said Salisbury Council Member Karen Alexander, a member of the League’s Board of Directors. “我们感谢费尔布众议员寻求解决方案来帮助解决这个问题.”
 
Alexander, who represents the NCLM district that includes High Point and Guilford County, presented the award to Representative Faircloth on Thursday. “我是北卡罗来纳州市政当局的终身居民,在北卡罗来纳州当地政府机构工作了30多年,并担任了7年的市议会成员, 我亲身体会到,当我们的社区与联合国合作时,我们的城镇公民会得到更好的服务.C. League of Municipalities,” Representative Faircloth said. “As a member of the N.C. House of Representatives, 当出现需要公共政策决定和立法的情况时,我曾多次与市政当局和365足彩下载合作,以实现新的计划或修改目前的做法,以应对不断变化的现实.”
 
社区冠军奖原计划在2018年城市愿景大会上颁发给Faircloth, NCLM’s annual conference, which was postponed until spring due to Hurricane Florence.

Recovery efforts for Hurricane Florence continued this week, even as Gov. 罗伊·库珀延长了一项行政命令,在受飓风迈克尔影响的县建立新的紧急状态. In response to Hurricane Michael, 联邦紧急事务管理局被迫修改了申请人简报会的会议日程,这些简报被认为对寻求联邦紧急事务管理局公共援助报销的地方政府至关重要. The revised schedule of meetings, which will run through Tuesday, can be found here. A final FEMA webinar on procurement requirements will be held Monday at 1 p.m., and you can find the link to participate here

As published previously here, this UNC School of Government temporary website​​ provides a range of recovery-related information, including FEMA rules, 最近发布了一份联邦应急管理局灾难成本文档电子表格,可以用来帮助满足要求,这样你就有最好的机会获得合格的费用报销.

You can also find helpful information in this recent edition of Coates Canons regarding zoning amendments for temporary housing for disaster victims, 这个问题对于满足流离失所居民的住房需求至关重要.

Meanwhile, 政府学院建议受飓风佛罗伦萨和热带风暴迈克尔影响的地方政府分别发布“迈克尔”紧急状态. Doing so could be helpful in documenting expenses.  

The Golden Leaf Foundation is managing distribution of funds through the N.C. 佛罗伦萨飓风救济基金,由国家设立的慈善灾难援助基金. 赠款资金可授予地方政府单位和501(c)3非营利性免税组织, 符合条件的项目包括提供临时住房和租赁援助以及提供紧急用品. Projects must be located in a county under the federal disaster declaration. Find more about the relief fund here​.
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Gov. Roy Cooper has put forth a $1.5 billion plan for North Carolina's recovery from Hurricane Florence. 他还要求联合国大会在下周举行与风暴有关的特别会议时,从总额中支付7.5亿美元的“首付款”, according to a Wednesday press release from the governor's office. That release itemizes the recovery spending proposal, with the biggest individual pieces going to home rehabs, repairs or buyouts as well as farm aid. 它还将提供2500万美元用于水和下水道系统的修复以及风暴排水系统的修复. For distribution, those funds would go to Golden LEAF, 哪一个还将获得单独的2500万美元,用于帮助地方政府修复或重建政府设施. Funds for resiliency planning are another feature of the governor's plan. As written, it's not final, 立法机构计划于周一开会,讨论自己对风暴恢复的想法,并可能批准一项细节不同的一揽子计划. Read Associated Press coverage​ of the recovery proposal and what's ahead. 

希望您的365足彩下载会员资格对全国大会的365体育足彩和政策努力有直接的影响? Then be sure to register to attend​ the 2018 Advocacy Goals Conference, Nov. 29, 2018 at the Raleigh Convention Center. By attending the conference, 当365足彩下载成员在2019-2020年与州立法者和政策制定者讨论和决定优先考虑的问题时,您的市政当局将有发言权和投票权. In order to have the most representative set of advocacy goals, we need as many cities and towns represented as possible. Register today to make sure your town is represented! 与会者还可以有机会与几个以灾害为重点的组织会面——与代表一对一地会面,以解决您对佛罗伦萨飓风的具体问题,或收集有关如何确保您的社区为下一次紧急情况做好准备的信息. 

Sometimes, 市政府的出色工作被忽视了——但塞尔玛镇正在努力改变. Mayor Cheryl Oliver calls it ” The Year of the Visual,,指的是为了给约翰斯顿县市政当局的任何人——无论是住在那里还是只是路过——一些值得一看的东西. What that means for growth and business is all explained on Here We Grow, 这是一个强大的经济发展故事网站,以北卡罗来纳州的城镇为特色. A project of the League and WRAL TechWire, Here We Grow is a free tool for League members to share, in their own words, all they're doing to improve their local economies and, by extension, the state's. Read Selma's compelling story of improvement and check the directory of other local articles spotlighting municipalities from the mountains to the coast. Haven't joined in yet? It's as easy as it is important. Send an email to about@herewegrownc.org​ to request login credentials.

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