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have limited access to community assistance and involvement. This targeted outreach will make sure <br />that these populations are provided access to CDBG- DR funds from this allocation. <br />D.Coordinationwith Local and Regional Stakeholders <br />The City has worked with the local community and various stakeholders to assess the community’s <br />unmet needs. Specifically, the City established a Task Force that included members from the local and <br />regional area to gain input on the affect the disasters had on their respective areas. <br />Moving forward, the City will continue to involve local and regional stakeholders including (but not <br />limited to) county officials, emergency response staff, public housing officials, local neighborhood <br />organizations, businesses, and housing advocacy groups as they develop program plans that will assist <br />the community in their recovery. <br />VI. Approach to Housing Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, New <br />Construction <br />A. General Construction Standards <br />Construction methods will be in compliance with Program Construction Specifications and will <br />emphasize high quality, energy efficiency, sustainability, and mold resistance. All rehabilitation, <br />reconstruction and new construction will be designed to incorporate principles of sustainability, <br />including water and energy efficiency, resilience and mitigation against the impact of future disasters. <br />Houses rehabilitated or reconstructed in the City Housing Programs will be designed and built in <br />accordance with applicable code requirements and inspected for quality and compliance by Program <br />Inspectors. <br />Since the flooding, the City has enacted three separate ordinances in order to protect citizens from <br />future loss: <br /> Owners or managers of rental properties identified by damage assessment teams to have been <br />flooded in any declared emergency or declared disaster related to any flood event must disinfect or <br />cause disinfection of all interior surfaces used for habitation. Disinfection must be performed before <br />re- occupancy is allowed inside the habitation or residence following a flood event. <br /> Property owners with rental units located in a special flood hazard area are required to provide <br />notice to their tenants regarding the potential for flooding. <br /> Structures and uses of structures which lawfully exist prior to the effective date of this ordinance <br />and which do not conform to this article may be continued subject to the following conditions: <br />-In floodway - Existing structures and uses within a floodway shall not be expanded or enlarged <br />unless the effect of proposed expansion or enlargement does not cause an additional increase in <br />floodway elevation during the occurrence of the base flood discharge, as certified by a <br />registered professional engineer. <br />-Modifications to existing structure - Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of an existing <br />structure within a floodplain which constitutes substantial improvement shall be undertaken <br />only in full compliance with this article, and the owner shall be required to obtain a floodplain <br />permit before repair, reconstruction or improvement shall begin. <br /> <br /> <br />Last Updated 3/03/20 Page 41 of 63 <br /> <br />