NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE

CITY OF GREENVILLE WHO HAVE BEEN

AFFECTED BY FLOODING FROM

HURRICANE FLOYD

 As a recipient of this notice, the City of Greenville has identified you as a potential victim of Hurricane Dennis and/or Hurricane Floyd, or you have identified yourself to us.

While we know your first concern is the safety of your loved ones and cleaning up after the floods. an important secondary question in your mind may be "Can I prevent this from happening again:'"

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers funding under a program called the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) that may be able to help you do just that.

The purpose of the HMGP is to provide funding assistance to local governments, who, in turn, provide assistance to individual property owners to help minimize or eliminate the risks associated with disasters BEFORE the next hurricane or flood strikes.

The City of Greenville is in the process of developing an application to FEMA, through the State of North Carolina, in order to obtain HMGP funding to acquire flood‑prone properties and/or elevate flood‑prone structures. Either of these actions will help minimize or eliminate your damages from floods and hurricanes in the future.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CITY OF GREENVILLE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OR ELEVATION OF YOUR STRUCTURE AND/OR PROPERTY AT THIS TIME ‑ AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ANY FUNDS WILL BE RECEIVED!!! The attached survey is only an expression of your interest in acquisition or elevation of your flood‑prone structure so that the city may develop a HMGP application on your behalf.

The following is a brief description of acquisition and elevation:

Acquisition

"Acquisition" refers to the purchase of your structure and real property by the City of Greenville. This process would work more.or less like a "normal" real estate transaction, in which the City of Greenville would provide you with the pre-flood fair market value for your structure and real property as established by a State certified property appraiser. Your structure would be demolished and your land would be preserved as open space in the ownership of the City of Greenville.

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Public Information Notice

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It is important to know that the acquisition of your property with HMGP funds would be STRICTLY VOLUNTARY on your part and on the part of the City of Greenville. The City of Greenville will not force you to sell your property through use of eminent domain under the mgp

If tenants occupy your property, they will be provided with notification and relocation assistance as prescribed by Federal law. DO NOT EVICT YOUR TENANTS BECAUSE OF THIS APPLICATION!!!

At this time, there have been no funds identified to provide you as a property owner with relocation assistance above and beyond the purchase price for your property. The City of Greenville is working very hard to identify funds for this purpose.

Elevation

"Elevation" refers to the raising of the lowest finished floor of your structure to the base flood elevation. "Base flood elevation" is the depth of flooding that is expected to be exceeded only once every 100 years. This activity, therefore, prevents damage to your structure from most flood events.

Any repairs or rehabilitation work needed to make your structure structurally sound enough to be elevated are not HMGP eligible costs. The City of Greenville is working very hard to identify funds for this purpose.

Some Things to Keep In Mind

•      You must be a property owner to participate in the HMGP. Tenants can not

       directly participate in the HMGP.

•      Only property owners within the city limits of Greenville and its Extraterritorial

       Planning and Zoning Jurisdiction (ETJ) are eligible to apply for assistance under

       the HMGP.

•      Completion of this survey is simply an expression of your interest in the activities

       discussed above. Therefore, if you are at all interested in the acquisition or

       elevation of your property, you should complete and sign the attached survey form

       and return it to the HMGP Application Assistance Center by mail or in person.

•      Completion of this survey DOES NOT imply a commitment by the city to elevate

       or acquire your property. The city will have to apply for funds and compete

       against all of the other flooded communities in Eastern North Carolina for funding.

       Furthermore, each individual property will have to be found to be eligible for

       funding by FEMA. The city has not received any funds as of this time for the

       activities described above.

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•            At this point in the application process, it is acceptable for you to express your

             preference in both the acquisition AND the elevation options for further

             consideration. However, in the future you may be offered only one of these two

             options for consideration, IF you are offered ANY HMGP assistance options.

             This offer, IF ANY, will be based on Federal, State and local priorities, policies,

             laws, and regulations.

•            If you receive (or plan to receive) any Federal disaster relief or related assistance

             ‑ such as National Flood Insurance Program settlements, Small Business

             Administration (SBA) loans, FEMA Individual and Family Grant, Minimal Repair,

             or Disaster Housing Assistance funds, for example ‑ please keep ALL receipts for

             items which these funds are expended. If you do eventually participate in a HMGP

             funded acquisition or elevation project, you will be required to disclose the amount

             of funds you received and you will be required to account for the expenditure of

             these funds. Your potential benefits under the hmgp maybe reduced if you do

             not expend these funds for their intended purpose and keep receipts!!

•            A property surveyor may need to come to your property to establish the elevation

             of the lowest finished floor of your structure. This information is necessary in

             order to establish the eligibility of your home for assistance under the HMGP. The

             surveyor will have identification and should not have to enter your structure.

•            Please complete one application for each property that you are interested in having

             acquired or elevated.

Please submit the attached survey form, by mail to: City of Greenville HMGP, Planning and CD Department, Post Office Box 7207, Greenville, NC 27835, or in person at: The Flood Recovery Center, Second Floor of the Community Building, 306 South Greene Street, Greenville, NC.

The Flood Recovery Center (Inspections) can be reached by telephone at (252) 329‑4466 if you have additional questions or if you need additional assistance.

The Flood Recovery Center (Inspections) is open 8 ‑ 5, Monday through Friday, if you need assistance or have questions about the HMGP or the HMGP application. The Flood Recovery Center is located on the Second Floor of the Community Building. 306 South Greene Street. Greenville, NC.

THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE HMGP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE CENTER NO LATER THAN NO VEMBER 30, 1999.

The City of Greenville

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

Applicant Survey

Today's Date:

1.    Yes                  No

I/we own a property within the city limits of the City of Greenville or in the

Extraterritorial Planning and Zoning Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Greenville.

IF "NO". PLEASE DO NOT RETURN FORM YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR

ASSISTANCE UNDER THE HAZARD MIITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM

IF "YES", PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SURVEY WITH QUESTION #2

2.    Yes                  No

I/we own a property in the City of Greenville or its ETJ that sustained damage from flood

waters in September, 1999.

IF "NO". PLEASE DO NOT RETURN FORM, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR

ASSISTANCE UNDER THE HAZARD VITIGA TION GRANT PROGRAM

IF "YES", PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SURVEY WITH QUESTION #3

3.    Yes                  No

The property we own in the City of Greenville or its ETJ which was flooded in September

of 1999 was the primary residence of myself/us in September of 1999 or was occupied by

a tenant as a primary residence at the time of the flooding in September of 1999.

IF "NO", PLEASE EXPLAIN USE OF THE PROPERTY (e.g., vacant at time of flood, second or vacation home, less than half time residence, business, etc.)

4.                  Property Owner Names)

Spouse Name _                                                        ‑ ‑

Date(s) of Birth:                 Homeowner

                   Spouse

Home Mailing Address (Please include City/Town and ZIP code):

Applicant's Telephone Numbers (PLEASE INCLUDE AREA CODE): Residence (Permanent): Business/Work Phone: Temporary (if different than permanent): Alternate Contact Phone: Name and Relation of Alternate Contact: (e.g., friend, son/daughter, etc.)

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Address of Flooded Property (If different than mailing address above ‑‑ Please include City/Town and ZIP code):

Yes                 No

I/we have read the attached public information notice and I/we are interested in having our property and real property acquired by the City of Greenville at pre‑flood fair market value as established by a certified property appraiser.

6.                    Yes                  No

I/we have read the attached public information notice and I/we are interested in having our

property elevated to the 100‑year (or "base") flood elevation with funds provided by the

City of Greenville.

7.                    Yes                  No

Did you own the above referenced flooded property on September 1, 1999?

8.                    Yes                  No

Did you inherit the above listed flood‑prone property?

IF "YES", please indicate the name of the person from whom the property was inherited

and the year in which you inherited it

Name

Year of Inheritance

9.                     Yes                  No                   Don't Know

Was the above referenced flooded property occupied by a tenant in September of 1999?

IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO THIS QUESTION, PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #11

10.      What was the name(s) of the tenants that occupied your property in September of 1999?

Name

           Yes                  No

Are the same tenants still occupying the property as of today's date?

If not, when did the tenant who occupied the property in September of 1999 move out and why?

Date moved Explanation

11.                  Yes                  No

Is your property currently occupied by tenants?

IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO THIS QUESTION, PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #13

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12.       What is the name(s) of the tenants that currently occupy your property?

How many persons occupy the property?

What is the monthly rent that you charge these tenants? $

PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #14 UPON COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTION

13.                   Yes                  No

Do you currently occupy your. property?

If not, on what date did you move? (Month and Year)

14.       Which of the following describes your flood damaged property (please check only one):

Single‑Family detached (not mobile or manufactured) Single‑Family attached (condominium or townhouse) Multi‑Family (two or more residential units) ‑‑ Number of Units? Mobile or Manufactured Home Vacant Parcel Other (Please describe):

15.                   Yes                  No

Was your structure completely destroyed by the flooding caused by the September, 1999,

flooding and has been demolished and/or removed from the lot?

16.       Please provide the following information regarding your structure and lot:

Lot size (acres)

Number of Out Buildings (e.g., sheds, detached garages)

Please Describe (e.g., sheds, detached garages, etc.)

Total heated square feet (please approximate if necessary)

Number of Stories

17.       Which of the following describes the foundation of your structure?

Slab on Grade

Elevated on Pilings or Piers

Crawl Space

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18.                  Yes                  No

Did you carry a flood insurance policy on the damaged structure at the time of the flooding

in September of 1999? (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WILL NOT DISQUALIFY YOU

FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE HMGP PROGRAM)

IF YO U ANS WERED "NO " TO THIS QUESTION PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #21

19.      Flood Insurance Policy Number:

5‑Digit Company Code:

Agent's Name:

Agent's Telephone Number:

Yes                 No