Reports - Mississippi Renewal

160 | POLICY RECOMMENDATIONSMembers of the Congress forthe New Urbanism shouldprovide the following services,as requested by the state:■ Assist in developing reconstructionplans for the 11 municipalitiesseverely affected along the Coast;and■ Conduct ongoing technical assistancefor local governments, operatingout of on-site design centerslocated along the Coast.FEMA’s Long-Term CommunityRecovery (ESF-14) staffshould provide the followingservices, as requested by thestate:■ Bring together federal agenciestasked with the provision of recoveryaid to support identified initiativesof the state;■ Assist municipalities and countieswith development of long-termcommunity recovery plans, as assigned;■ Assist municipalities and countiesin identifying appropriate federal,state, nonprofit, and private sectorfunding sources to implement theprojects identified in long-termcommunity recovery plans;■ Provide technical assistance to municipalitiesand counties to includerecovery planning workshops, disbursementof recovery self-helpguides, and other recovery assistanceas agreed to by FEMA, theGovernor’s Office, and MEMA;■ Provide, as appropriate, disaster assistanceinformation that can beused by the state to assess unmet disasterneeds.MEMA should provide the followingplanning and grantsmanagement services:■ Identification of hazard mitigationprojects;■ Writing hazard mitigation plans;■ Writing Hazard Mitigation GrantProgram applications;■ Notifying other planning partnersabout proposed and pending HazardMitigation Grant Program applicationsand Public Assistanceprojects;■ Providing ongoing technical assistanceto local governments, includingguidance on the implementationof hazard mitigation grants andPublic Assistance projects.Planning and DevelopmentDistricts should provide thefollowing planning andgrants management services:■ Writing of hazard mitigation plansand implementing local mitigationstrategies;■ Writing and implementing disaster-recoverygrants; and■ Assisting local governments withintegration of hazard mitigationand recovery plans into existingcomprehensive plans.Establishing a Permanent State Disaster-RecoveryTask Force. The state shouldconsider establishing a state-level disaster-recoverytask force to address